Poco

Yeah, and Pure Prairie League, I saw them just before COVID at the smaller venue, the Kent Stage.

They were with Poco.

Sold out show.

And Pure Prairie League, I was wondering who was going to open.

Well, it was Poco who opened, and Pure Prairie League came on after that.

Yeah, could have done it either way.

Could have done it either way.

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Poco or maybe that's Toto or maybe that's Chicago.

Like, I didn't, you know, I missed out-

Right

But I think their best song is by Tim Schmidt, who is a beta, that they-

Right.

He was in Poco, right?

Yes.

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Firefall, and Poco.

Oh, wow.

Nice.

His bold move into country rock really was the catalyst for things to come.

Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Burrito Brothers, they all owe Rick a tip of the hat for charting all that unknown water.

Some people talk about Graham Parsons as being the godfather of country rock, but Rick was light years ahead of him.

Nelson had a minor hit with Dylan's She Belongs to Me, but chart success generally eluded him.

He once held Buddy Miles' kick drum pedal together with his bare hands in the middle of a Jimi Hendrix set.

He designed album covers for the bands Poco and America, as well as the logo for Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

And he did those things as a card-carrying member of the peace and love movement.

a movement that was so infamously disrupted by the Manson family, a ragtag group of hippies gone evil that just so happened to include one of Phil Hartman's former friends from high school.

Phil was rock and roll to his core.

He was a better fit at his brother's music agency on Sunset, working out of Alfred Hitchcock's former offices where he designed album covers.

Yes, the Phil Hartman was the artist behind many album covers in the 1970s for major records by bands like Poco and America.

You know, a horse with no name? Those dudes.

This is a promo poster for Jim Messina's 1979 Oasis album.

This is the legendary Jim Messina of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and most recently, Loggins and Messina.

This album didn't sound like his previous work.

Messina had become interested in Latin jazz with a rock edge.

Uh, he co-wrote several of the band's other hits, uh, as well as a, songs for a lot of other artists.

Uh, he also had this great couple albums with the Souther Hillman Furay Band with Chris Hillman of The Byrds and Richie Furay of Poco, uh, which is worth checking out, side note.

note.Uh, Joe Walsh lays down some really smoking slide guitar lines on this one, uh, which is no surprise considering how adept a slide player he can be when called upon.

Uh, there's nothing particularly earth-shattering here, but it, it's a damn ro- fine rock tune to me.

It had the 14-minute long song Telegraph Road alongside Industrial Disease.

Also in 1982, Poco released Ghost Town.

This was their 14th studio album from the country rock mainstays, and it hit number 195 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

It had songs like Break of Hearts and the title track Ghost Town.

Had a Grammy nomination for it for Best R&B Album.

It had tracks like Pure Gold and Show Me The Way.

Also in 2005, Poco released Bareback at Big Sky.

This was a live archival acoustic release and it had stripped down adaptations of their classic catalog.

Whitney Cummings is part of our homecoming weekend on campus, and this show will help connect our students and alumni with the greater community, said Binder.

Jim Messina brings his band, the Roadrunners, to Buffalo for a show on October 1st at 7.30 p.m., celebrating a career that includes Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins and Messina.

It includes Danny's song, Your Mama Don't Dance, House on Pool Corner, and Angry Eyes.

The performance spans decades of Messina's musical history and features songs from throughout his career.

It had the song Rock and Roll Soul.

In 1973, Poco released Crazy Eyes.

It was their sixth album that paid deeply soulful homage to country rock pioneer Graham Parsons.

The album hit number 38 on the Billboard Albums Chart.