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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe
I hear ya. I think REO had to be the most played music of every Jr High and High School Dance in the 80's.
That Hi Infidelity must have sold a gazillion records, but I know you are talking Pre-that REO.
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The 80's took them a bit too top 40 for my tastes, much like Chicago after Terry Kath died, but there was still good music, and yes, it was played all over. I was glad for them hitting it large--they would basically play anywhere in the earlier days--small bars (not clubs), ballrooms and county fairs-- we didn't use the word "venues" then--places that just really resonated with loud rock and roll. Definitely a band that paid its dues.
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