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2 members of REO Speedwagon perform to benefit Mass. nonprofit [Video]

WHERE TWO MEMBERS OF REO SPEEDWAGON CAME TO TOWN TO RAISE MONEY FOR ERNIE BOX. MUSIC DRIVES US, KEVIN CRONIN, DAVE AMATO TO AWESOME GUYS. THEY TOOK THE STAGE AND THEY PLAYED ALL THE HITS IN IM GONNA KICK KEEP ON LOVING YOU. SOUNDS GREAT. I KNOW. I FEEL LIKE IM BACK IN PENTUCKET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DANCING WITH MY BOYFRIEND WHO IS NOW MY HUSBAND AND KEVIN. HES OVER THERE ON THE LEFT THERE. AMAZING. HE JUST DID A DUET WITH DOLLY PARTON. HES STILL TOURING OUT THERE. THEY KEEP ON LOVING, TOURING ON THE ROAD. DAVE, BY THE WAY, IS FROM FRAMINGHAM. HES THE GUY OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT, LIVED THERE FOR 27 YEARS. MUSIC DRIVES US, HAS DONATED MILLIONS IN GRANTS TO HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS ALL THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. THE GRANTS ALLOW PROGRAMS TO PURCHASE NEW INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, SHEET MUSIC AND MORE TO BETTER TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS. AND THESE GUYS, THEY SAID THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC. THEY CAME IN AND DID AN INTERVIEW AND ILL HAVE THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC WHEN THEY WERE 12 YEARS OLD, AND THAT WAS IT. THEY WATCHED THE BEATLES AND THEY SAID, OKAY, THAT WERE HOOKED AND MUSIC DRIVES US, OPENS THAT MUSIC DOOR FOR SO MANY KIDS TH