Terry Luttrell (Born 1947 Champaign, IL) is an American rock singer/musician who was the original lead vocalist for the band REO Speedwagon. He had played guitar with a local Champaign band, Terry Cook and the Majestics in the early to mid-sixties. In 1968, Terry joined REO Replacing Mike Blair on Vocals, at the University of Illinois. He sang on the band's debut album, which was released in October of 1971 on Epic Records.
Personal differences between Luttrell and REO's lead guitarist, Gary Richrath, led to Luttrell leaving the band, in 1972. He was replaced by Kevin Cronin before the recording of the second album, R.E.O./T.W.O. Luttrell would go on to sing for the progressive band Starcastle, on the albums Starcastle, Fountains of Light, Citadel, and Reel to Real, before the band folded in the late 1970s. He became a born-again Christian. However, Luttrell has remained interested in rock and roll since his spiritual conversion, and he participated peripherally in some recent Starcastle reunion projects, and can be heard on a few tracks from their 2007 album Song of Times. He recently helped produce some songs on an album for a country band called South Of Georgia http://www.southofgeorgia.com. He is currently working on some personal projects for himself and his daughter, Kristin Hoffman.
Luttrell has said he co-wrote the classic REO song "Golden Country" with Richrath before he left the band in 1972. Richrath is listed as the sole writer of the song. Terry is currently singing with Tons O' Fun band located in Champaign, Illinois.
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