reo stood for christopher anton rea in the band reo speedwagon.
reo stood for christopher anton rea in the band reo speedwagon.
what does reo stand for in the band reo speedwagon?
christopher anton rea
they made a list of songs to learn over the summer break, and doughty landed a summer job to buy his first keyboard. on his farfisa organ, he learned "light my fire" by the doors. the members returned to school in the fall of 1967, and had their first rehearsal before classes started. they named the band reo speedwagon, from the reo speed wagon, a 1915 truck that was designed by ransom eli olds. doughty had seen the name written across the blackboard when he walked into his history of transportation class on the very first day they had decided to look for a name. rather than pronouncing reo as a single word as the motor company did, they chose to spell out the name with the individual letters each pronounced ("r-e-o"). an ad in the school newspaper produced their first job, a fraternity party that turned into a food fight. they continued to perform cover songs in campus bars, fraternity parties, and university events. the first lineup consisted of doughty on keyboards, gratzer on drums and vocals, joe matt on guitar and vocals, mike blair on bass and vocals.
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the essential reo speedwagon









































the essential reo speedwagon is a greatest hits album by the band reo speedwagon released through epic records and legacy recordings. the collection spans the band's history from 1971 through 1999 and the package includes two compact discs.









































in 2009, the album was re-released as part of the limited edition 3.0 series which added a third bonus disc with eight more tracks.









































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note: "the essential reo speedwagon [3.0]" has the same tracks above with an added cd with eight more tracks.









































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the essential reo speedwagon