Terry Luttrell is an American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

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 singer/musician who was the original lead vocalist for the band REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band grew in popularity during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. Hi Infidelity is the group's most commercially successful album, selling over ten million copies and charting four Top 40 hits in the US...

. He had played guitar with a local Champaign band, Terry Cook and the Majestics in the early to mid-sixties. In 1968, Terry joined REO Replacing Mike Blair on Vocals, at the University of Illinois. He sang on the band's debut album

REO Speedwagon (album)

REO Speedwagon was the debut album by American rock band REO Speedwagon. Released in 1971, it was the only album recorded with singer Terry Luttrell until Kevin Cronin joined the band for R.E.O./T.W.O. The album sold well and produced the fan favorites "157 Riverside Avenue," "Sophisticated Lady"...

, which was released in October of 1971 on Epic Records

Epic Records

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Personal differences between Luttrell and REO's lead guitarist, Gary Richrath

Gary Richrath

Gary Richrath is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989...

, led to Luttrell leaving the band, in 1972. He was replaced by Kevin Cronin

Kevin Cronin

Kevin Cronin is the lead vocalist/ rhythm guitarist/ occasional pianist for the American rock band, REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 written by Cronin, "Keep on Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling" .- Early life and career :Cronin was born in Evanston,...

 before the recording of the second album, R.E.O./T.W.O.

R.E.O./T.W.O.

R.E.O./T.W.O. is the second LP released by the Illinois based rock band REO Speedwagon. Under the leadership of guitarist Gary Richrath, this album continued the musical direction set on 1971's R.E.O...

  Luttrell would go on to sing for the progressive band Starcastle

Starcastle

Starcastle was a progressive rock band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1969.-Formation:Starcastle began life in 1969 as "St. James". Heavily influenced by the British progressive rock movement of the time, the band began writing material that would eventually appear on the first album...

, on the albums Starcastle, Fountains of Light, Citadel, and Reel to Real, before the band folded in the late 1970s. He became a born-again Christian. However, Luttrell has remained interested in rock and roll since his spiritual conversion, and he participated peripherally in some recent Starcastle reunion projects, and can be heard on a few tracks from their 2007 album Song of Times. He recently helped produce some songs on an album for a country band called South Of Georgia http://www.southofgeorgia.com. He is currently working on some personal projects for himself and his daughter, Kristin Hoffman.

Luttrell has said he co-wrote the classic REO song "Golden Country" with Richrath before he left the band in 1972. Richrath is listed as the sole writer of the song. Terry is currently singing with Tons O' Fun band located in Champaign, Illinois.

Starcastle

• Starcastle (1976)
• Fountains of Light (1977)
• Citadel (1978)
• Real to Reel (1979)