Poco

Poco is a country rock band started by Richie Furay (vocals and rhythm guitar) and Jim Messina (lead guitar and vocals) following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968. Other initial members were Rusty Young (pedal steel and dobro), George Grantham (drums and vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass and vocals). The first album Pickin' Up the Pieces was significantly delayed, so Meisner joined Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band and then became a founding member of The Eagles in 1971. Timothy B. Schmit subsequently replaced Meisner in the band. Poco (1971) and Deliverin' (1972) followed. Messina then left the band, being replaced by Paul Cotton. Messina experienced considerable subsequent success with Kenny Loggins as Loggins & Messina. After two more Poco albums: A Good Feelin' to Know and Crazy Eyes, Furay also left the band, forming the Souther Hillman Furay Band.

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Country rock - Richie Furay - Jim Messina - Buffalo Springfield - 1968 - Rusty Young - Randy Meisner - Rick Nelson - The Eagles - Timothy B. Schmit - 1971 - 1972 - Paul Cotton - Kenny Loggins - Loggins & Messina - Souther Hillman Furay Band

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For Poco, the albums Seven, Cantamos, Head over Heels, Rose of Cimarron and Indian Summer followed. In 1977, both Schmit and Grantham left; being replaced by Steve Chapman and Charlie Harrison. Schmit joined the Eagles replacing Meisner on bass, generating the curiosity that all Eagles' bassists had first played with Poco. The new quartet recorded Legend which featured 'Crazy Love' and 'Heart of the Night'. Kim Bullard then joined the band, and four more albums: Under the Gun, Blue and Gray, Cowboys and Englishmen and Ghost Town were released.

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Furay, Schmit and Grantham have, since their departures, each appeared at various times with the band, which has, as a unit, broken up and re-formed a number of times. Inamorata was released in 1984 and Legacy in 1989 (produced by Richard Marx).

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1984 - 1989 - Richard Marx

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