Performance · Production
Gary Richrath
Peoria, United States
Gary Richrath is credited on 685 releases across 112 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
685
Pressings credited
112
Albums
7
Decades active
326
In collections
Biography
Gary Dean Richrath (October 18, 1949 – September 13, 2015) was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
685 releases · 112 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 2,049
- Production · 433
- Engineering · 45
- Other credits · 34
Studios: Kiel Auditorium · Memorial Hall, Kansas City · Convention Center, Indianapolis · Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Hi Infidelity
1980
Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986
Wheels Are Turnin'
1984
You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
1978
The Hits
1988
Good Trouble
1982
You Get What You Play For
1977
Stranger Things 3 (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2019
Ridin' The Storm Out
1973
R.E.O. Speedwagon
1971
Life As We Know It
1987
Jane Fonda's Workout Record
1981
Nine Lives
1979
R.E.O./T.W.O.
1972
Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
2004
A Decade Of Rock And Roll 1970 To 1980
1980
Lost In A Dream
1974
R.E.O.
1976
This Time We Mean It
1975
Can't Fight This Feeling
1984
Take It On The Run
1981
Find Your Own Way Home
2007
The Essential REO Speedwagon
2004
Road Songs
1994
Frequent collaborators
- REO Speedwagon
- Various
- Reo Speedwagon
- R.E.O. Speedwagon
- Wink (4)
- Jane Fonda
- Richrath
- Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
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