Original drummer Alan Gratzer, who was born in Syracuse, N.Y., will join Neal Doughty, Bruce Hall, Terry Luttrell, Mike Murphy and Steve Scorfina for the one-off “retrospective” concert ...

LA Fredrickson and Dave Leake talk to the original drummer of REO Speedwagon, Alan Gratzer, about the early days of the band at the University of Illinois, playing at the Red Lion, the eventual ...

Mar. 18—Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer were neighbors — living across the hall from each other at the Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory. They soon realized both were into music ...

You can view the seating chart here. The band’s roots go way back in Champaign — Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer met on at the ...

The event will include members Neal Doughty, Bruce Hall, Terry Luttrell, Mike Murphy, Steve Scorfina and Syracuse native Alan Gratzer, plus special guests and an in memoriam segment for the late ...

CHAMPAIGN — Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer were neighbors — living across the hall from each other at the Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory. They soon realized both were into music ...

In 1966, Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer, two college students in Champaign, Illinois, got together to start a band called REO Speedwagon. That band went through a number of different lineups ...

The Queen guitarist said that working outside their respective bands led REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer to compare the experience to being unfaithful in marriage. “It was a time when Queen ...

Donation Options Search Search Search REO Speedwagon in 1987: Neal Doughty (from left), Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Bruce Hall and Alan Gratzer. | Epic Records Share All rock ‘n’ pop respect ...

Where once his passion was making music as a member of REO Speedwagon, Alan Gratzer now spends his time finding ways to give back to the community, to children in particular as a member of Big ...

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