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Links
For The Country Rock Band: Poco
Poco
is the best contemporaneous band to build on the Buffalo Springfield's
innovations. The last Buffalo Springfield album, Last Time Around (Atco,
1968) was produced by Jim Messina and featured a Richie Furay composition,
"Kind Woman," to which steel guitarist, Rusty Young, added pedal steel
-- the first time pedal steel was used on a major rock album, by most accounts.
After the breakup of Springfield, Furay, Messina, and Young started a new
group, to be called Pogo. "Pogo" became "Poco" when cartoonist Walt Kelly's
syndicate objected to the use of their name. Young brought along George
Grantham, drummer from his old band Boenzee Cryque, and Randy Meisner of
the Poor joined on bass. This team released one LP, Pickin' Up the Pieces
(Epic,1969), after which Meisner departed for Rick Nelson and the Stone
Canyon Band, Linda Ronstadt, and eventual fame with the Eagles.Timothy
B. Schmit was Meisner's replacement on bass; that quintet released two
albums, after which Messina left to find fame in Loggins & Messina.
His replacement was Paul Cotton; that version of Poco released three more
albums before Crazy Eyes (Epic, 1973), the title song of which was about
Gram Parsons. After that album, Richie Furay left, yet his tenure is summed
up nicely on The Forgotten Trail (1969-1974) (Epic/Legacy, 1990).
Poco
continued on as a quartet, releasing the widely acclaimed Cantamos acoustic
album and three others, before Timothy B. Schmit left to join the Eagles.
Following
Schmit's departure to the Eagles, Rusty Young and Paul Cotton reached Top
Forty success with the release of singles from the highly successful Legend
album. Richie Furay's new profession as a minister in Boulder, Colorado
did not preclude a brief reunion of the five members of Poco for the Inamorta
album, and the original quintet united again for Legacy, this time making
the TopTwenty with their single "Call It Love." Paul Cotton and Rusty
Young continue to keep the spirit of Poco alive, by playing most recently
in the latest version of Poco.
Links for Poco:
Poco
Homepage Main Page
POCO LEGACY HOMEPAGE
Poco
Richs' Poco
Page
Argus Music
Searcher: The Poco page
Cantamos
Mailing List
iMusic
- Poco Bulletin Board
Index
of /data/tabs/p/poco
Links
For Richie Furay:
The Richie Furay
Home Page
Richie Furay
Fan Site
Interview
June 1999 - Richie Furay
For
What It's Worth: The Story of Buffalo Springfield
Old
Grey Cat - John Einarson Interview
Harvest Crusades | Past Crusades - Richie Furay Band
iMusic
Rock Showcase - Richie Furay
Furay,
Richie
Richie
Furay Bulletin Board
Richie Furay is a founding member
of Poco, and an inductee into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
Jim
Messina is a founding member of Poco, and a Grammy Award winner.
Jim Messina Biography
Jim Messina: Been There, Done That
Jim Messina: Been There, Done That, Part II
Jim
Messina - Interview
iMusic
- The Jim Messina Bulletin Board
Poco/Loggins &
Messina
Links
For Randy Meisner and George Grantham:
Randy
Meisner, A World Class Rocker
Randy
Meisner Discography
iMusic
- Randy Meisner Bulletin Board
The
Singing-Drummer Homepage
George
Grantham's Hoopla
Randy Meisner and George Grantham
are founding members of Poco. Randy Meisner is an inductee into the Rock-n-Roll
Hall of Fame, a Grammy Winner, and has performed on the most successful
recording of all times: The Eagle's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1. 26 million copies
sold and counting! (George
is standing 2nd from the right & Randy is on the far left in this image!)
Links
For Rusty Young:
Recent Gig Promo
Dobro®
- Artist Gallery
Carter
Steel Guitars
The
Sky Kings
Boenzee
Cryque
Rusty Young is a founding member
of Poco and has had top 40 success singing on the Poco tracks - Crazy Love
and Call it Love.
Timothy
B. Schmit is an inductee into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, and a Grammy
Award winner. He is currently a member of the Eagles, and has scored Top
40 success with their song - I Can't Tell You Why.
Voices--A
Timothy B. Schmit Homepage
Timothy
B. Schmit Discography
iMusic
- Timothy B Schmit Bulletin Board
Biography
Links
for Paul Cotton:
The
Paul Cotton Home Page
Paul
Cotton: Changing Horses
iMusic
- Paul Cotton Bulletin Board
Purchase or listen to Paul's new CD!
Along with founding member Rusty
Young, Paul Cotton still fronts Poco.
Paul Cotton has
a new solo CD out called: Firebird. On it, he has not only new material, but revamped versions of Paul Cotton classics such as Bad Weather, the song which helped to land Paul the job as guitarist for Poco.
Several of the images used in the making
of this page are from a 1972 concert in Amsterdam. Richie, Tim, and Paul
can plainly be seen in this next scan. Enjoy!
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