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a few weeks ago I happened to pick up the ST Poco at the goodwill. I've had very little exposure to Poco other than the radio played Crazy Love. I finally got around to playing the album tonite and I was set back. Side 1 is what I would've expected, kind of a funky country, I really liked it. side 2? well, now I've never applied the term Progressive country to anything before but if there is such a thing, this has to be it.

I was blown away by all the obvious influence going on in that 20 minutes of music. I'm so ever happy to have picked this gem up.

Funny how we "discover" music. I first got turned onto Poco in the 70s by a Playboy centerfold. Not the actual young lady, but in her bio she had mentioned that she loved Poco. lol... that's all it took and I've been a fan ever since.

Indian Summer and Legend are my two favorites. I have a couple more that are just as good. The music is mellow, easy going and is a good blend of country and rock. Good stuff!

i heard that by the time they recorded their last album that they recorded their parts individually and were not in the studio at the same time .

Deliverin' is a great album.

I saw POCO in the early 70's in Asbury Park, N.J.
Poco.....New Riders of the Purple Sage.....Cowboy.....Pure Prairie Leaugue.....Byrds.....Flying Burrito Bros.
That whole "progressive country" genre was a real revelation to me, after growing up on the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Beach Boys!

Steve

Great taste Gearhound!

Great album...great group!

I have most of their collection on vinyl. They made some consistently great music throughout the 70s, and most people have never heard it. Cantamos and Indian Summer are my two favs.

If you are into vinyl, it's very easy to find almost any Poco album.

JD

from the inside...and the one with the two big oranges on the cover

Also check out "Crazy Eyes". Excellent album from start to finish.

Take a listen to their Legend album (one of my favorites). That's one of the albums I bought when I purchased my 1st audio system many moons ago.

Deliverin' is a great album.

+1

Also A Good Feelin' To Know

I don't think you can go wrong by picking up any Poco you see. I only had Deliverin' for many years. Managed to pick up a few more now.

Alan

I was listening to indian summer this morning.I saw them 2 times during the 70's what a great band

Guess who was Poco's bass player on 'Deliverin'? Timothy B. Schmitt, same guy that has been doing it with the Eagles for a long time. Great bass player, and singer too.

I have a bunch of Poco LPs. They came out of the country-rock scene of the late 60s/early 70s. Bands were getting tired of psychedelic jams lasting 30 minutes and art-rock pretenciouness. So many returned to their roots via country.

This probably started with the Band (Music from Big Pink) and Bob Dylan (Nashville Skyline) and moved on to include the Grateful Dead (American Beauty), the Byrds (Sweetheart of the Rodeo) and Graham Parsons (Grievous Angel). Out of this genre came the Eagles, Jackson Brown, and CSNY. Even Little Ricky Nelson went country rock with his Stone Canyon Band and the Rolling Stones dabbled a bit on Exile on Main Street after partying with Graham Parsons.

Great stuff, especially while camping or driving through the desert or high chapperal.

I saw POCO in the early 70's in Asbury Park, N.J.
Poco.....New Riders of the Purple Sage.....Cowboy.....Pure Prairie Leaugue.....Byrds.....Flying Burrito Bros.
That whole "progressive country" genre was a real revelation to me, after growing up on the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Beach Boys!

Steve

Ditto. That and southern rock. :smoke:

I still like to listen to the Rose of Cimarron LP.

I have the LP version of Legend and Cowboys and Englishmen that I just picked up within the last year or so. My first POCO album was the dts 20 BIT / 5.1 Channel version of Crazy Eyes. Some pretty good music in a genre that I generally do not care for.

I have most of their collection on vinyl. They made some consistently great music throughout the 70s, and most people have never heard it. Cantamos and Indian Summer are my two favs.

If you are into vinyl, it's very easy to find almost any Poco album.

JD


JD did they ever release a live album? I was at a Poco show in the 70's in Milwaukee that was going to be released as an album.

This probably started with the Band (Music from Big Pink) and Bob Dylan (Nashville Skyline) and moved on to include the Grateful Dead (American Beauty), the Byrds (Sweetheart of the Rodeo) and Graham Parsons (Grievous Angel). Out of this genre came the Eagles, Jackson Brown, and CSNY. Even Little Ricky Nelson went country rock with his Stone Canyon Band and the Rolling Stones dabbled a bit on Exile on Main Street after partying with Graham Parsons.



Some classic stuff here .. get all of them if you can! I have the Graham Parsons deluxe re-release on CD. It is fantastic!

American Beauty needs no introduction. Timeless. Songs the Dead built a 30+ year career on.

I always wear tie dye shirts when I go to concerts (when I'm not working at them that is, they make me wear a uniform then, LOL). The usual question, "How many times have you seen the Dead?"

I still like to listen to the Rose of Cimarron LP.

I'll second that. The title song is fantastic.

Progressive Country - I'm thinking Dixie Dregs.

Progressive Country - I'm thinking Dixie Dregs.

By the time they morphed into the Dregs, they were just progressive!

What's the old quote? "The Byrds invented it, the Flying Burrito Brothers perfected it and the Eagles took it to the bank!" Can't remember who said that.

JD did they ever release a live album?

Deliverin' fits the bill but I'm not sure that any of it was done in Milwaukee - seems like part of it was recorded in Boston.

On second thought, since my Goldmine book is sitting within arms reach.....

Looks like [I]Live[I] came out in 1976 - may be what you're thinking of. I'm not familiar with this one.

Alan

Deliverin' fits the bill but I'm not sure that any of it was done in Milwaukee - seems like part of it was recorded in Boston.

On second thought, since my Goldmine book is sitting within arms reach.....

Looks like [I]Live[I] came out in 1976 - may be what you're thinking of. I'm not familiar with this one.

Alan

I was at that show in Milwaukee. Not sure I can remember after all the shows I have seen.