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Poco was a band formed in the late '60s by Richie Furay after Buffalo Springfield called it quits. While they have created some well known songs ("Crazy Love", "Heart of the Night", etc) the band was also a hotbed for artists on their way to successful careers. Artists like Jim Messina ( Loggins and Messina ), Randy Meisner ( Eagles ), Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles) all did stints with the band. Poco is known for the softer side of music with heavy and deep harmonies. If you listen to their catalog which has covered more than three [...]
Man, sometimes you find the craziest things. OK, stay with me on this one. I'd been on a tear recently, trying to get all my vinyl cataloged into a mobile database so I know what I have, what I don't have, and hopefully stop buying so many doubles (unlikely). So there I was, somewhere in the "I" section, entering data, when I came across some record I'd never seen before. I mean NEVER. Not something I'd ever bought (or remembered anyways), nothing I'd ever touched or even laid my eyes on. The record didn't [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Q + A C Brandon, Redferns Vocalist, songwriter and bass player Timothy B. Schmit , well-known for his work as a member of the Eagles and Poco , is in the midst of a rare West Coast club tour , performing songs from his fifth solo effort, 'Expando,' as well as classics by his legendary bands. Just [...]
It was the age of the country songwriter, with people such as Harlan Howard (Heartaches By The Number), Hank Cochran (I Fall To Pieces), Roger Miller (Billy Bayou), Willie Nelson (Crazy), Mel Tillis (Detroit City), Tom T Hall (Harper Valley PTA) and the Bryants (Love Hurts) creating many classics. Some of them would become stars in their own right. None maybe more so than Kris Kristofferson, a man whose early biography reads like a far-fetched penny novel. Many of the songs he is known for were first recorded by others, sometimes several times. With the arguable exception of Me And [...]
Brooks' recent post on Big Star put me in the mind of some other music from long ago. Various songs started swirling between my ears and one thing led to another. Led, in fact, to a couple of songs from the swarm of groups and music that sprang from two of the most fecund groups to have started playing rock in the '60s: The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. You could call their music country rock, folk rock or even southern rock. But they bloomed like flowers and burst like seed pods sending forth [...]
Louise, my Grandmother, died last week. She was a firecracker of a woman. A dynamic storyteller with a wonderful sense of humor. I'm so grateful for the time I spent with her. Drinking wine, sharing stories, cracking jokes and singing along to the radio. We weren't just related by blood, we were bonded by a lifetime of friendship. I'll miss you, Grandma. 1. "Wishing You Were Here" - Chicago, The Very Best of Chicago 2. "Dallas" (Cover) - Poco, Head [...]
I'm in the middle of three music books right now: The Rock Snob's Dictionary and Lost In The Grooves are great books to drop in on when you have a few minutes waiting in the grocery line. The Mansion on the Hill by Fred Goodman requires a bit more concentration. It's Goodman's perspective on how rock and roll went from being a product of the underground to simply being a product, largely through work and personalities of three people: Albert Grossman, Jon Landau and David Geffen. David Geffen [...]
The sweet, sweet Toyota Chinook . MP3: Poco - Just For Me and You MP3: Jackson Browne - Something Fine
Poco's first two studio albums and Deliverin' , this live set from 1971, represent some of the best country-rock laid down to wax. These tracks were taken from two recorded live shows: Boston's Music Hall and New York City's Felt Forum. If you're into this kind of music, Deliverin' represents a kind of peak or pinnacle for the genre. If only for the powerful playing, tight performances and Rusty Young's brilliant, often underrated steel guitar work. It's easily one of the best live discs of its time; a better played and more enjoyable listening experience than say the Rolling Stones' Get Yer Ya Ya's Out . [...]
Filed under: The Hit List When an act names an album after itself, it's often introducing itself to the world, signaling a rebirth or telling fans that this record is its magnum opus. Either that, or they're just not very good at titles. Some ('The Byrds ') have failed to live up to their creator's name, while others (' Christina Aguilera ') have accurately signaled the birth of a star. (By the way, R.E.M.' s 'Eponymous' doesn't count -- that's a title.) And acts with multiple self-titled discs ( Weezer , [...]
Poco - Just In Case, Yes Indeed ( buy ) I usually like to start the weekend with some country rock. Here's a snappy little ditty from Poco's first album. Dig the fancy picking.
The Sadies are Canada's magnificent responding echo to California country and just finished a set of shows with Black Mountain . Their new album (featuring John Doe, one in a long line of Sadies collaborators also including Andre Williams , Robyn Hitchcock and Jon Langford) is out now on Yep Roc. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
[Jane's Addiction's Eric Avery blows out birthday candles on Saturday; cheers to him as we rock into the weekend ...] Tonight: Seems to be lighter than your average Friday, but in addition to the I Am Treasure benefit at the Roxy (featuring Pigeon John and Rootbeer ), you have some other options. She Wants Revenge , paired with War Tapes , plays downtown's Club 740 . ... Rocket shows off its new lineup and new songs at the Spaceland. ... Old-schoolers can catch Queensryche [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Vocalist, musician and songwriter PAUL CARRACK is back and ready for his re-introduction to the music world . Most listeners already know him, and not only by his solo work (2003's " It Ain't Over "), but by his many hits with the band Ace , Mike & The Mechanics and Squeeze . This time, it's I KNOW THAT NAME , the new album (full track list below) out on May 5th in the USA via 429 Records (if you can't wait, pick [...]
In the late 1960s, country rock was still in its infancy. And frankly, not a whole lot of people knew exactly what it was - even some of its better practitioners. But in 1968, along came this band Poco, and they seemed to have a pretty good idea of what they were doing. The lineage of this band had great promise: Richie Furay came out of the fractured Buffalo Springfield, and Jim Messina was that band's last bass player and producer. Furay and Messina recruited multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young (who played on Furay's "Kind Woman" for the Springfield), drummer [...]
The economy and the weather got together and conspired to make this a very low-key Christmas for my family in the spending department. We're broke so it was really easy to decide to not spend a lot of money on Christmas presents for the kids. The weather of the past week, a couple of feet of snow in Portland, made sure of it. We couldn't get out the door to overspend if we'd wanted to. The result: my 10-year old said more than once: "A big Lego set and a stack of books. It's the perfect [...]
Poco came to fruition after the breakup of Buffalo Springfield. The late Buffalo Springfield masterpiece Kind of Woman (every bit the equal of Gram Parson's Hickory Wind), written by Richie Furay, had already provided a template for Poco's sound. Jim Messina (a late Buffalo Springfield addition) and Furay built a group around this new, emerging country-rock sound. The lineup that recorded the above debut was Richie Furay (guitar/vocals), Jim Messina (guitar/Vocals), Rusty Young (organ/dobro/pedal steel/organ/vocals), Randy Meisner (bass/vocals) and George Grantham (drums/vocals). Prior to the recording sessions Poco had worked on creating a live following, [...]
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