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John Schlitt
John Schlitt
American musician and singer of Petra
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot
American Southern rock musical ensemble from Jacksonville, Florida
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Humble Pie
Humble Pie
English rock band
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Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
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Shark Island
Shark Island
US rock band
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Alias
Alias
Canadian album-oriented rock/hard rock supergroup band
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead
band
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Supersuckers
Supersuckers
band
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Starcastle
Starcastle
band that plays progressive rock
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Savage Grace (metal band)
Savage Grace (metal band)
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Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash
British rock band
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon
American musical group; rock band from Champaign, Illinois
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Adam Siegel
Adam Siegel
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and graphic designer.
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Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
American country rock band
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
British rock group
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The Crickets
The Crickets
American rock and roll band
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Tokyo Blade
Tokyo Blade
English heavy metal band
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Riot V
Riot V
American heavy metal band
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Prong
Prong
American heavy metal band
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Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley
British musician
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Enchant
Enchant
American progressive rock band
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Power Quest
Power Quest
British power metal band
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Pilfers
Pilfers
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Nantucket
Nantucket
American rock band
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GONN
GONN
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Toto
Toto
American rock band
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Canadian-American rock group
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King Kobra
King Kobra
band from Los Angeles
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
British recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester
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April Wine
April Wine
Canadian rock band
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Endwell
Endwell
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Steamhammer
Steamhammer
English blues-rock band
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Electric Frankenstein
Electric Frankenstein
band
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Elf
Elf
American rock band
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The Chinkees
The Chinkees
musical artist
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The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods
American folk rock band
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Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy
Canadian technical death metal band
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Kix
Kix
American glam metal band
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Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles
American rock and funk drummer
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Cardiac Kidz
Cardiac Kidz
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The Left Banke
The Left Banke
rock band
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Open Hand
Open Hand
Californian indie rock band
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The Meatmen
The Meatmen
American punk band
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Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster
English band
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Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
American rock group
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The Babys
The Babys
British band
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H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
American psychedelic rock band
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The Amboy Dukes
The Amboy Dukes
American rock band
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Angel
Angel
American glam rock and heavy metal band
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Witchfynde
Witchfynde
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Steely Dan
Steely Dan
American rock band
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The Choir
The Choir
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Econoline Crush
Econoline Crush
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Lillian Axe
Lillian Axe
band
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Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
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Head East is an American rock band originally from East Central Illinois. The band was formed by vocalist John Schlitt, guitarist Danny Piper, keyboardist Roger Boyd, bassist Larry Boyd, and drummer Steve Huston. They met and formed the band while John, Roger, and Larry were studying at the University of Illinois, Steve was at Eastern Illinois University 45 miles away and Danny was not in college. Eventually both Larry and Danny dropped out of the band and were replaced by Mike Somerville (guitar) and Dan Birney (bass). The band achieved success in the Midwest during the 1970s, but fell into obscurity in the following decades on both coasts while remaining strong in the Midwest and South. They remain best known for their AOR hit "Never Been Any Reason".