For more than 50 years, Poco’s distinctive harmonies and stellar musicianship helped define the sound of country-rock. Now is the opportunity to see them Live! From Vero Beach on the Emerson Center Stage, Thursday, Feb. 15.
Still led by Rusty Young, the band co-founder and multi-instrumentalist who wrote and sang their biggest hits, they are a dedicated unit of four formidable songwriters, vocalists, arrangers and players.
And rather than rest on any of these considerable laurels, they instead hit stages coast-to-coast armed with the kind of classic songs and instrumental chops that puts performers half their age to shame.
In other words, Poco today is a band reborn.
Rising from the ashes of Buffalo Springfield, Poco was founded in 1967 by Young, Richie Furay, George Grantham and Jim Messina. Over the next five decades, alongside band mates that would also include Paul Cotton, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit, Young became not only the musical core of the band, but also the writer and vocalist behind hits including ‘Rose Of Cimarron’ and the #1 smash “Crazy Love’.
“I made a promise to myself that Poco would only keep going if we remained a band of real musicians who were having fun,” Young says. “Because audiences can tell the difference.” Today Poco is Young (steel and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Jack Sundrud (bass, vocals), Michael Webb (keyboards, mandolin, accordion, guitars, vocals) and Rick Lonow (drums, vocals).
“We’re so in tune with each other musically and personally,” Young says, “that I consider us to be one of the very best bands that Poco has ever had.”
For the band’s legion of longtime fans – known as ‘Poconuts’ – as well as new converts, it’s Poco’s live performances where their newfound attitude and energy truly goes to the next level.
Tickets are on sale now for this show and all remaining concerts by visiting www.MusicWorksConcerts.com or calling (800)595-4849.
