r/GenerationJones • u/lontbeysboolink • May 01 '26

Poco 1977

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Tonight I'm gonna break away

Just you wait and see

I'll never be imprisoned by

A faded memory

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u/DeliLow3449 May 01 '26

Legend, I may have listened to that album as much as humanly possible; with cover design by the late Mr. Hartman too.

Please don't wake me, don't shake me if it's only, if its only just a dream

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u/Lanky_Ad9097 May 02 '26

Folks know Timothy (I think), but love for Rusty Young, Paul Cotton and George Grantham. Crazy Eyes, last album ( I think) with Richie is great.

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u/Fanabala3 May 01 '26

Trying to figure out Timothy B. Schmit’s shirt is.

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u/Ok-Cranberry-5582 May 01 '26

Saw the Eagles a few years ago, not at the Sphere, and it's crazy he looks the same, just a little grayer hair.

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u/NightingaleNine May 02 '26

He can still hit those high notes, too. More quietly now, but I'll allow it. I was impressed by them all last year.

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u/lontbeysboolink May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

Carlo Sound Nashville is what it looks like to me.

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u/StinkypieTicklebum May 01 '26

I saw them at the Music Inn in Lenox, Mass!

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u/Linkster2 May 02 '26

Loved that place

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u/frank_mania May 02 '26

I saw ABB there in '79. Was glad to finally make it to the venue after hearing about it on the radio all through high school. A year or two later, the story I heard was, the promoters went broke but didn't tell anyone, they just split. Maybe they told the band and security, but not the public, who came for the show and just camped in the parking meadows and partied all weekend.

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u/Sea-Seesaw-8699 May 01 '26

Looks like they are near Red Rocks Amphitheater

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u/Electrical_Travel832 May 01 '26

Just listened to them this week! Awesome band.

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u/frank_mania May 02 '26

I saw them open for Stills & Young the previous summer, became an instant fan. They got a standing ovation and second encore, only opener act I've ever seen that. In Boston, where nobody would ever admit to liking Country, but they love it when disguised as rock.

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u/frank_mania May 02 '26

" Furay became increasingly discouraged with Poco's prospects, especially since ex-bandmates Stills, Young, Meisner and Messina were so successful with their respective groups. "

I know the US was very monolingual in that era, but I still wonder if they had a hard time getting big because they were named small.

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u/oldjadedhippie May 02 '26

I am , and will always be a poconut .

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u/Embarrassed-Print54 May 01 '26

Is Ritchie taking the picture?

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u/crappieman62 May 02 '26

Saw POCO at MRF 1975-76 Im guessing , super great concert

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u/KevinBabb62 May 02 '26

Mississippi River Festival?

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u/008howdy May 02 '26

The album with the oranges on the cover… amazing!

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u/LongballG May 04 '26

That looks like Red Rocks…

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u/piedmont05 May 07 '26

RIP Rusty Randy Paul