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Title: REO Speedwagon – You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Rock, Arena Rock, Champaign
Matrix #: JE 35082
Condition: EX
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Kevin Cronin had already been fired from REO once before returning; this was part of the run where he had to re-earn his place and front a band still figuring out its identity.
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Band Drama The title came from a joke tossed around inside the band, showing how REO leaned into being seen as less cool or serious than their harder-rock peers.
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Scene Ecology REO came out of the Midwest college circuit, not LA or New York, building their audience through constant regional touring before FM radio fully caught up.