REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue - Rock am Ring - 1985

[rwhhotrod0829]

saw REO several times but would have loved to have been at this concert

[dnkensinger]

and guy at 8:45 on the light pole! Could you imagine security on that dude in this day and age?

[dnkensinger]

@ 4:07 NO TV, NO RADIO, NO TELEPHONE. By today's standards, that line would be NO CELL PHONES, NO COMPUTERS, NO FACEBOOK, NO iPODS lol. Classic song. These guys have it goin on!

[phwar68]

@ 5:13 Oh no, not the telephone. I'm layin there by myself, with a beautiful lady by my side? LOL

[phwar68]

Love and respect. My teenage years would be lost without.

[pansyfaye1]

Why doesn't anybody ever talk about Neal on the the ivories? I play piano and I KNOW how hard it is to pound those keys while never missing a note. He's the reason I started listening to REO way back when. That performance takes practice, talent and endurance. Every single member of that band meshed together to create a wonderful musical experience, and I love 'em all.

[axslinger99]

Yea Gary! One of the greats!

[navysealEOD]

1 year into the career that has followed me for the rest of my life... RIGHT ON MATTERVALLEY

[navysealEOD]

where has all the time gone?

[wayneldrummond1]

Thanks Mattervalley....... damn good one.

[lealellis]

I was there!  REO was amazing!

[carnyumic68]

THese guys actually played at a high school PROM in 70 or 71 at Jeff High school in Lafayette IN

[IndyCaran672]

Nobody can talk to a crowd the way Kevin does!!!

[Eddie51ful]

Got introduced to Reo Speedwagon back when the Hi Infidelity tour was taken place.

And was litteraly blown out of my seat by Gary Richraths guitar playing, he deffinatly has the

Reo sound and its sadly missed today in the band.

[cpospec]

Great video. Gary was the one of the greatest guitarist of all time. Saw them at UF in 1973. Fabulous show.

[eucharistavemaria]

Is that Simon Phillips on drums!?!?

[carnyumic68]

@eucharistavemaria no Alan, same one they always had

[sam82594]

thes is a bad- ass song !!!!!!!

[rcpt1xp770]

rember the space. RCPT

[rcpt1xp770]

the best

[MrCabbage9]

I swear I saw some smoke comin' out of Gary's Les Paul

[STEVE25406]

my band needs to dial into this.12 bar.kickass!!!!!!!

[ShAbAm766]

Do do do didily do do do do didly do

[HorseLoveXO]

NOBODY can play like Gary does!! I saw them last week and they were FANTASTIC, BUT Dave wasn't nearly the guitarist Gary was!!! He was a great cover guitarist but not the real thing!! Brian rocked it on drums though!!

[hmsrvcs4]

gary was the the man in reo got to see them live in 81. the chemistry between those 2 was unreal, just noway todescribe the energy that was pulsating from the stage reminded me of grandfunk back in 71 in greenville, s.c. waited a long time for someone to post a performance like this. thanks

[IncaRoads]

Great version, jammier than I would have thought for '85! You Get What You Play For pretty much was the soundtrack of my life at one point. Plus, those double albums came in handy back in the day ;)

[CLAPTONUSA]

REO is kick-ass in concert. Great live band!!

[BooDog8470]

There ain't NOBODY who talks with his guitar the way Gary does!!!!!

[kimble647]

One of the most underated guitarist.

[psasher]

My favorite!!

[andersonian3122]

This is by far one of the best REO posts on all of You Tube. Thank you “mattervalley”!! I've never seen this concert footage until now. Unfortunately we’ll never get to see the chemistry between Kevin and Gary live again. This footage really captures REO at their best. I just saw REO here in Anderson, IN recently and while Dave Amato is a great guitarist and fits in great with the band, it still feels like something’s missing when you see the band without Gary Richrath.

[marks115]

@andersonian3122 not the original band!!!!

[GreyMisery]

I LOVE this song!