Kevin Cronin

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2,143 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 21 Jan

Kevin Cronin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Kevin Cronin | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 21 Jan 2026 podcast

And she said, nope, you have to take out two want ads, one for each instrument.

I'm like, where am I going to get $30?

So I, long story short, I start something called the Musician's Referral Service.

I'm running it out of my second-story walk-up just off in Rogers Park near Loyola University.

I get a call.

from a guy who says, uh, I'm in a band, we have one record out, we're signed to Epic Records, and you know the old saying, you have your whole life to write your first album and a year to write your second.

So, long story short, that was Gary Richrath, who, if you know anything about REO Speedwagon, Gary Richrath is...

He didn't want to do it all himself.

Sure.

So he saw my one-ed hanging in the Chicago Guitar Gallery, a little flyer.

So we started out, and of course, he was my big brother.

I looked up to him because he was just... What was the age difference?

Two years.

I was 21, he was 23.

Well, kind of regionally.

Exactly.

And the first album sold about 200,000 or so copies.

Irving Azoff was the manager, which didn't hurt.

A fellow Illinoisan.

A fellow Illinoisan, Danville, Illinois.

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