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The Last Roundup (Poco)
''The Last Roundup'' is the 21st album, and 3rd live album, by the country rock band Poco. Recorded live in July 1977 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the '' Indian Summer'' tour (and "The Dance" done the same month at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, accompanied by an orchestra), it was intended to be the band's 13th album. However, its release was cancelled by ABC Records after Timothy B. Schmit left the band to join The Eagles. Poco had intended this album to counteract the damage done to the band's career by the release of '' Poco Live'' by their former label, and Richie Furay made a special guest appearance on the album in an effort to boost the album's appeal. It contains mainly music from the post-Furay era. This was Furay's first appearance with the group since his departure after '' Crazy Eyes''. Track listing #"Living in the Band" (Paul Cotton) – 3:15 #"Dallas" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 3:34 #"Magnolia" (J.J. Cale) – 6:45 #"Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poco
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassist Randy Meisner, and drummer George Grantham. Meisner quit the band whilst they were recording their first album, '' Pickin' Up the Pieces'', though his bass and backing vocal parts were kept in the final mix. He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit in 1969, and Messina left in 1970 to be replaced by Paul Cotton. The line-up would change numerous times over the next several decades, with Rusty Young being the only constant member. A reunion of the founding members occurred in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and the band has continued in some form through 2021, though they retired from active touring in 2013, with Young citing health concerns as the primary cause of his retirement. Young died from a heart attack in April 2021. To date, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live (Poco Album)
''Poco Live'' is the tenth album, and second live album, by the American country rock band Poco. The material for this album had been recorded for Epic Records shortly after the ''Cantamos'' album, but it was not released until over a year later, after Poco's switch to ABC Records and success with the '' Head over Heels'' album. The release of this album (April 1976, Epic) produced confusion in the marketplace over whether this or '' Rose of Cimarron'' (May 1976, ABC Records) was Poco's newest album, helping sales of ''Poco Live'' and hurting sales of ''Rose of Cimarron.'' Track listing #"Medley: Blue Water / Fools Gold / Rocky Mountain Breakdown" (Paul Cotton, Rusty Young) – 6:36 #"Bad Weather" (Paul Cotton) – 3:50 #"Ride the Country" (Paul Cotton) – 7:41 #"Angel" (Paul Cotton) – 5:14 #"High and Dry" (Rusty Young) – 4:35 #"Restrain" (Timothy B. Schmit) – 5:13 #"A Good Feelin' to Know" (Richie Furay) – 5:12 Personnel Poco * Paul Cotton – guitar, vocals * Rusty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poco Live Albums
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassist Randy Meisner, and drummer George Grantham. Meisner quit the band whilst they were recording their first album, '' Pickin' Up the Pieces'', though his bass and backing vocal parts were kept in the final mix. He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit in 1969, and Messina left in 1970 to be replaced by Paul Cotton. The line-up would change numerous times over the next several decades, with Rusty Young being the only constant member. A reunion of the founding members occurred in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and the band has continued in some form through 2021, though they retired from active touring in 2013, with Young citing health concerns as the primary cause of his retirement. Young died from a heart attack in April 2021. To date, the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grantham (musician)
George Grantham (born January 20, 1947) is an American drummer and vocalist best known for his work with pioneering country rock band Poco. Grantham and pedal steel guitarist Rusty Young (musician), Rusty Young were members of the Denver-based psychedelic rock act Boenzee Cryque when Young left the band in mid-1968 for Los Angeles. There, Young fell in with Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina (musician), Jim Messina as they wrapped up that band's final album. With Buffalo Springfield disintegrated, Furay, Messina, and Young joined together to create a new band, originally named "Pogo" but then shortly rechristened "Poco" after copyright concerns forced a change. The band needed a drummer, and Young recruited Grantham, who became part of Poco's founding line-up. Grantham's backup vocals were an important element of the band's distinctive harmony sound. Grantham remained a member of various Poco line-ups through 1977, a span of ten studio albums and two live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Young (musician)
Norman Russell Young (February 23, 1946 – April 14, 2021) was an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, best known as one of the frontmen in the influential country rock and Americana band Poco. A virtuoso on pedal steel guitar, he was celebrated for the ability to get a Hammond B3 organ sound out of the instrument by playing it through a Leslie speaker cabinet and as an innovator of producing other rock sounds from the instrument. Early life Young was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Colorado. He began playing lap steel guitar at age 6, and taught guitar and steel guitar lessons during his high school years at Jefferson High School, Lakewood, Colorado with George Grantham. During that time, he also played country music in late night bars. Young played in a well known Denver psychedelic rock band "Boenzee Cryque". Career Poco In the late 1960s, an acquaintance of Young's, Miles Thomas, became the road manager for Buffalo Springfield. Richie Furay and Jim Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cotton
Norman Paul Cotton (February 26, 1943July 31, 2021) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the band Poco and the writer of their international hit song "Heart of the Night". Before that, he was co-guitarist for the Illinois Speed Press. Early life Cotton was born in Fort Rucker, Alabama, on February 26, 1943. He started learning the guitar when he was 13 years old, and became involved in his first band a year later. He relocated to Illinois by age 16 and joined the Mus-Twangs, which later became the Illinois Speed Press. He played for the group throughout the next decade until 1970, when it dissolved due to the divergent musical interests of him and Kal David. Career Cotton joined Poco in 1970, replacing Jim Messina. Most of Cotton's music career was as songwriter, lead guitarist and lead singer for the group. He said in a September 2000 interview with ''Sound Waves'' magazine, "I'm just drawn to the South. Hey, I spent 25 winters in Chica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Of Cimarron (song)
Rose of Cimarron may refer to: * Rose Dunn Rose Elizabeth Dunn (September 5, 1878 – June 11, 1955) also known as Rose of Cimarron and later Rose of the Cimarron, was best known for her good looks and for her romantic involvement with outlaw George "Bittercreek" Newcomb when she was a ... or Rose of the Cimarron, an American outlaw of the Old West * ''Rose of Cimarron'' (film), a 1952 film directed by Harry Keller * ''Rose of Cimarron'' (album), a 1976 album by Poco ** "Rose of Cimarron" (song), the title song {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John "Juke" Logan
John "Juke" Logan (September 11, 1946 – August 30, 2013) was an American electric blues harmonica player, musician, singer, pianist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica playing on the theme music for television programs (''Home Improvement'' and ''Roseanne'') and films (''Crossroads'' and '' La Bamba''). In addition to playing on many other musicians' work, Logan released four solo albums, and wrote songs for Poco, John Mayall and Gary Primich. Biography John Farrell Logan was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. He gained his nickname, following his constant playing of Little Walter's track, " Juke". He originally learned to play the piano, and instigated his own groups the Juke Rhythm Band, and later the Angel City Rhythm Band. During his time playing in Southern California, he played with several musicians who went on to work with John Mayall, such as guitarists Rick Vito, Randy Resnick and drummers Joe Yuele and Greg LeRoy (Crazy Horse). His early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni,Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker SongsNew York Times 2017-09-04. Accessed 2019-05-29. Becker met future songwriting partner Donald Fagen while they were students at Bard College. After a brief period of activity in New York City, the two moved to Los Angeles in 1971 and formed the nucleus of Steely Dan, which enjoyed a critically and commercially successful ten-year career. Following the group's dissolution, Becker moved to Hawaii and reduced his musical activity, working primarily as a record producer. In 1985, he briefly became a member of the English band China Crisis, producing and playing synthesizer on their album ''Flaunt the Imperfection''. Becker and Fagen reformed Steely Dan in 1993 and remained active, recording '' Two Against Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Fagen
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his work with Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums. He began his solo career in 1982 with the album ''The Nightfly'', which was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. In 2001, Fagen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Steely Dan. Following Becker's death in 2017, Fagen has continued to tour as the only original member of Steely Dan. Early life Fagen was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 10, 1948, to Jewish parents, Joseph "Jerry" Fagen, an accountant, and his wife, Elinor, a homemaker who had been a swing singer in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains from childhood through her teens.Sweet, ''Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years'' 7. His family moved to the suburb of Fair Lawn around 1958 and soon after to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Eyes
''Crazy Eyes'' is the fifth studio album (and sixth album overall) released by the American country rock band Poco. Released in 1973, ''Crazy Eyes'' was the album with which founding member Richie Furay ended his original tenure with the group. Overview ''Crazy Eyes'', recorded at RCA Victor Studio (Los Angeles) during May 21–27, 1973, was the second of three Poco albums produced by Jack Richardson. Richardson's first collaboration with Poco -- ''A Good Feelin' to Know'' (1972) -- had been considered the band's most viable bid for mainstream stardom to date but proved a commercial disappointment. After that failure, and while ''Crazy Eyes'' was in its planning stage, Asylum Records CEO David Geffen had offered Furay the opportunity to co-lead the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band; Furay was receptive to Geffen's offer but opted to record a final album with Poco and kept silent about his departure until the album was nearly completed. Poco included songs from the ''Crazy Eyes'' se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Furay
Paul Richard Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member (with Buffalo Springfield). He is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Timothy B. Schmit, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner. His best known song (originally written during his tenure in Buffalo Springfield, but eventually performed by Poco as well) was "Kind Woman," which he wrote for his wife, Nancy. Life and career Early career Before Buffalo Springfield, Furay performed with Stills in the nine-member group, the Au Go Go Singers (Furay, Roy Michaels, Rick Geiger, Jean Gurney, Michael Scott, Kathy King, Nels Gustafson, Bob Harmelink, and Stills), the house band of the famous Cafe Au Go Go in New York City. In the late 1960s, he formed the country rock band Poco with Jim Messina (who produced albums and occasionally played bass for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
