Does anyone know what the word "REO"in the name of the famous North American group REO SPEEDWAGON ACTUALLY stands for?
2007-03-04 08:50:15 · 6 answers · asked by ASHERS 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
REO Speedwagon took its name from the REO Speed Wagon, a truck manufactured by the REO Motor Car Company (the predecessor to today's Nucor). ("R.E.O." are initials of the company's founder, Ransom Eli Olds, who also founded the Oldsmobile division of General Motors.) The name was suggested to fellow bandmates by keyboard player Neal Doughty, who learned about the truck at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in a class about the history of transportation.
REO Speedwagon was formed in the fall of 1967 by Doughty and dorm-mate drummer Alan Gratzer to play cover songs in campus bars. Numerous early personnel changes eventually resulted in Gary Richrath's joining the band. Richrath was a Peoria, Illinois-based guitar player and prolific songwriter who brought original material to the band. With Richrath on board, the regional popularity of the band grew tremendously. The Midwestern United States remains an REO Speedwagon fan stronghold, and has its roots in this period of the band's history.
2007-03-04 08:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Shaggy 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
REO comes from Ransom E. Olds (The founder of the REO Motorcompany, whilst the Speedwagon was a model of Truck, usually fire engine, manufactured by REO
2007-03-04 08:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by scareyd 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
REO Speedwagon took its name from the REO Speed Wagon, a truck manufactured by the REO Motor Car Company
2007-03-04 08:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ransom Eli Olds.
He was a car/truck manufacter in the USA. The REO was the name a specific truck.
2007-03-04 08:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by scabby james 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
REO are the initials of the rather incredibly named Ransom Eli Olds, for whom the Oldsmobile is named.
2007-03-04 08:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ransom Eli Olds
2007-03-04 19:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by boobiebear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋