Tag: Champaign music scene
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Mighty Pranksters Were a Musical Treat
“We weren’t the kind of band that lived together and saw each other every day,” Bill “Griz” Stevens said. “But when we could get together every couple of weeks, get together and go play a gig somewhere, we had great camaraderie. And when we stepped on the stage, magic happened. But then we all went…
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Recollections of the Champaign Music Scene from Gregg Philbin, Class of ’69
Things were going well for the entire year, when I was approached by Terry Luttrell, the lead singer of a band I liked very much called REO Speedwagon, who told me their bass player was graduating and would I be interested in joining REO. It was a difficult decision, but I decided to make the…