Poco 1975

Poco begins to scale back their maniacal roadwork beginning this year. Although they are playing concerts for nearly six months straight, it is a quiet year in comparison to the band's previous history. The change from Epic to ABC Records gives the band enough financial stability to allow them some time off from the road. Poco also makes its second visit to England and Europe late in the year.

**1975**
Date	Venue/City	Also Performing	Notes	Concert Ad	Poster	Ticket	Review	Concert Memory	Photo	Set List
January 24	Midnight Special airs		Poco performs Hoedown, Bad Weather, Sagebrush Seranade, Rocky Mountain Breakdown, High and Dry and Whatever Happened To Your Smile
July 1975 (UD)	Electric Ballroom, Dallas, TX		Poco was tentatively scheduled to play this venue. No confirmation on whether they actually fulfilled it.
July 15	Tarrent Co. Convention Center, Ft. Worth, TX	Stephen Stills	Only 2,500 show up for show.
July 17	Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA	BTO & Kansas	Show grossed $106,000 of a possible $110,000 with 18,000 people in attendance..
July 18	Music Hall, White Plains, NY		Originally booked for the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Thanks to Corey Bearak for confirming the White Plains location.
July 19	Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ	Eagles and Seals & Crofts	This was a sell out with 30,000 people in the stands. The gross was a whopping $225,000.
July 22	Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, TN	Dave Mason	This show was a sellout with a gross of $24,000.
July 23	Mississippi River Festival, S. Illinois U., Edwardsville, IL	Dave Mason	20,838 attend this show.
July 24	Convocation Center, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN	Eagles
July 25	Dayton Hydroglobe Music Festival, Dayton, OH	Seals & Crofts	Just learned that Poco cancelled their appearance at this festival. Their equipment truck broke down in Indiana. Paul Cotton stayed with the truck while the others kept going. They arrived in time but without their equipment and their lead guitarist, they had to cancel.
July 26	Places Des Nations, Montreal, Canada	Dave Mason
July 27	New England Folk Festival, Stoneham, ME	Richie Havens, Seals & Crofts, others	Fan recollection (Eddie G.) This was the final date of a three-day event.
July 28	Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA	Dave Mason
July 29	Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD	Dave Mason, Livingston Taylor, John Wells Delegation	Taylor cancelled without notice and a local bar band opened the show.
July 30	Schaeffer Music Festival, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York City, NY	Kinderhook Creek	A tremendous sellout for a gross of $18,000. A tape circulates
August 1	Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, L.I., NY	Livingston Taylor	Show grosses $23,000 of a possible $29,000. An audience tape of a portion of this show exists from the live WLIR-FM broadcast.
August 2	Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT
August 4	Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN	Eagles	Kevin Blanton recalls seeing Poco open for the Eagles at this venue in 1975 and we have confirmed it.
Summer (UD)	Coliseum, New Haven, CT	Livingston Taylor, Dave Mason	Poco's set was plagued with technical problems, resulting in some impromptu jams while roadies scurried to fix things (Paul Gagne)
August 7	Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, AL	Eagles	One of those few times when the master and the subject shared the same bill. (Mark Hamilton)
August 11 (?)	Unknown venue, Springfield, IL	America	This date appears on America’s tour itinerary. It is unconfirmed if Poco joined the tour at this point or a few days later.
August 13	Cumberland County Auditorium, Fayetteville, NC	America	Appearance confirmed by ticket stub. 4,500 attend the show for a gross of $24,000.
August 14	Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, SC	America	4,600 in attendance for a gross of $25,000.
August 15	Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC	America	The venue for this date has been called into question by Poco fan Danny Jones who informs us he saw Poco and America at the Charlotte Coliseum, not in Columbia.
August 16	Jai Alai Fronton, Miami Beach, FL	America	An audience tape exists of this show. I had these two Florida shows reversed in the database but just discovered that Miami happened on the 16th and Lakeland on the 17th.
August 17	Civic Center, Lakeland, FL	America	An audience tape exists of this show. It runs fast.
August 19-20	Blossom Music Festival, Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Seals & Crofts
August 22	Schaefer Music Festival, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York City, NY	Deadly Nightshade	This show was taped for the King Bisquit Flower Hour, aired later in the year. (Thanks Jon R. for the correction)
August 23	Civic Center, Springfield, MA	America
August 24	New Jersey State Fairgrounds, Trenton, NJ	Aerosmith, Kingfish, Nils Lofgrin, Slade, Mahogany Rush
August 24	Red Rocks, Denver, CO		Poco canceled this appearance. Richie Furay had intended on attending and sitting in on a tune or two, which would have been his first appearance with Poco since he left the band back in September 1973.
August 25	Paramount Theater, Wilkes-Barre, PA	Peter Frampton
August 27	Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN	Eric Clapton
August 28	Civic Center, Charleston, WV	Eric Clapton	A tape has surfaced of this show. This is often cited as taking place in South Carolina. However, West Virginia is the correct location.
August 29	Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, SC	Eric Clapton
August 30	Scope, Norfolk, VA	Eric Clapton	Poco jams with Clapton on Let It Rain and is captured by a Clapton fan on tape. Paul Cotton is the source for the other Clapton shows, claiming Poco opened for him on the last 4 dates of Clapton’s tour.
September 12	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA	Batdorf & Rodney	Al Garth and John Brennan guest. 2,144 attend the show for a gross of $13,141. "Poco's concert provided some of the best that country rock has to offer, but regrettable there were far too many empty seats. But Poco fans are intensely loyal and their involvement almost made up for those wide open spaces," noted Herald-Examiner reviewer Robert Kemnitz.
September 13	Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA	Crosby-Nash	No confirmation on this show. Although listed on Poco’s itinerary, they were never billed to play this show.
September 14	Balboa Stadium, San Diego, CA	Chicago, War, Tom Snow	12,912 attend this big outdoor show for a gross of $105,164.
September 18	Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England	America	An audience tape of this show exits
September 20	Southport Theater, Liverpool, England	America
September 21	Newcastle Odeon, Newcastle, England	America	Our thanks to Leslie Hughes for sharing some great photos of Poco in action!
September 22	Apollo Theater, Glasgow, Scotland	America
September 23	Hippodrome, Birmingham, England	America	An audience tape of this show exists.
September 24-25	New Victoria Theater, London, England	America	Average audience tapes exist for each show.
September 27	Pavillion De Paris, Porte De Pantin, Paris, France	America	A noisy audience tape exists for this show.
September 28	Stadhalle, Offenbach, Germany	America
September 29	Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland	America	Jeffrey Middleton provided a correction to the venue. Jan Wessel also donated a great set of his photos from this show to the set.
September 1975 (UD)	Unknown venue, Mannheim, Germany	America	This was mentioned as a possible venue for America/Poco.
October 12	Poco on King Bisquit Flower Hour airs their July 30 performance at Central Park.
October 29	Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY	Doobie Bros. and Outlaws	$74,000 gross for this performance.
October 31	Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY	Doobie Bros. and Outlaws	$108,000 gross for this sellout performance.
November 1	Proctor Theatre, RPI, Troy, NY	McKendree Spring
November 2	Laker Gym, SUNY, Oswego, NY	Cross Creek	Thanks to Alan Aronsen for providing this date.
November 5	Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA	Eric Carmen
November 6	Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL	Marshall Tucker Band	From the Denny Jones archives. Show was a sellout,
November 7	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA	Marshall Tucker Band	From the Denny Jones archives, Show was a sellout.
November 8	Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK	Marshall Tucker Band, Point Blank	From the Denny Jones archives.
November 9	Century II Performing Arts Center, Wichita, KS	Marshall Tucker Band, Point Blank	From the Denny Jones archives. Show was a sellout.
November 10	Ambassador Theater, St. Louis, MO	J. Lee Stanley
November 13	Haas Auditorium, Bloomsberg State College, Bloomsberg, PA	Peter Frampton
November 14	Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ	Tom Waits	Show grosses $12,659 of a possible $21,000 as 1,958 attend the show..
November 15	Boston Garden, Boston, MA	J. Geils Band
November 16	Bouk Hall, SUNY, Cobleskill, NY		From the Denny Jones archives
November 18	Fairgrounds Coliseum, Columbus, OH		From the Denny Jones archives
November 19	Public Hall, Cleveland, OH	ZZ Top, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
November 20	Island Music Center, Commack, Long Island, NY	Marshall Tucker Band, Mama’s Pride	Canceled per Denny Jones files
November 22	Coliseum, New Haven, CT	Dave Mason
November 23	Pauly Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA	Stephen Stills and Flo & Eddie	9,470 attend this show for a gross of $46,702.
November 28	Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA	Little Feat
November 29	Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR	Little Feat
November 30	Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, OR	Little Feat
December 2	Special Events Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT	Stephen Stills, Flo & Eddie
December 8	McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas, TX	B.W. Stevenson
December 10	City Center, Austin, TX	B. W. Stevenson
December 13	Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK
December 18	Community Center Arena, Tucson, AZ	Dave Mason	Illness forces a cancellation by Poco, who are replaced by Steve Ferguson
December 19-20	Winterland, San Francisco, CA	Kingfish	Poco canceled this show to appear at the New Years Eve show at the Cow Palace.
December 31	Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA	Dave Mason, Santana, Automatic Man