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Keep The Fire Burnin' (REO Speedwagon Song)
"Keep the Fire Burnin'" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their 1982 album ''Good Trouble (album), Good Trouble''. This single was the only track from the ''Good Trouble'' album to make the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, pop charts, cresting at number seven. Background It is also the only tune from the album to feature Kevin Cronin on keyboards (piano), which, although primarily the band's lead singer and acoustic/rhythm guitarist, he had begun using (in the studio) on the ''You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish'' album. This is the only song from the band's ''Good Trouble (album), Good Trouble'' album to have been performed live in its entirety following its supporting tour in 1983. Despite that fact, however, it is still a significant rarity in the band's setlists that has only been performed a handful of times over the last 35 years. In the past couple of decades, Kevin Cronin has played a shortened version of song during solo acoustic sets during REO concerts. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The group's best-selling album, '' Hi Infidelity'' (1980), contained four US top 40 hits and sold more than 10 million copies. Over the course of their career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted 13 top 40 hits, including the number ones " Keep On Loving You" and " Can't Fight This Feeling". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity waned in the late 1980s, but the band remains a popular live act. History Formation In the autumn of 1966, Neal Doughty entered the electrical engineering program at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, as a junior. On his first night, he met fellow student Alan Gratzer. They held an impromptu jam session in the basement of their Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
