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POCO
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 8/1968

Line-Up (2009):

Richie Furay - voc
Paul Cotton - g
Rusty Young - voc,pedal steel
Jim Messina - bg,voc
Timothy B. Schmit - bg,voc

Former Members:

Richie Furay (voc, 1968-10/73); Paul Cotton (voc,g, cca 11/71-1984)

Jim Messina (bg, 1968-71); Timothy B. Schmit (bg,voc, cca 11/71-cca 10/76, ?-1984); Charlie Harrison (bg,voc, cca 1978)

Randy Meisner (bg,voc, 1968-69, 1989-?)

George Grantham (ds,voc, 8/68-cca 10/76, ?-1984, 1989-cca 7/04); Steve Chapman (ds,voc, cca 1978)

Al Garth (sax,viol, cca 10/76)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Picking Up The Pieces	6/1969	Epic			63
2.	Poco produced by: Richie Furay	06.05.1970	Epic			58
3.	Deliverin'	13.01.1971	Epic			26
4.	From The Inside	26.11.1971	Epic			52
5.	A Good Feelin' To Know	11/1972	Epic			69
6.	Crazy Eyes	02.11.1973	Epic			38
7.	Seven	6/1974	Epic			68
8.	Cantamos	24.01.1975	Epic			76
9.	Head Over Heels	25.07.1975	ABC			24
10.	The Very Best Of Poco (2LP)	08.08.1975	Epic			90
11.	Ride The Country	1/1976	Epic
12.	Live	12.03.1976	Epic
13.	Rose Of Cimarron	4/1976	ABC			89
14.	Indian Summer	4/1977	ABC			57
15.	Legend	03.11.1978	ABC			14
16.	The Songs Of Paul Cotton	1979	Epic
17.	The Songs Of Richie Furay	3/1980	Epic
18.	Under The Gun	7/1980	MCA			46
19.	Blue And Gray	7/1981	MCA			76
20.	Cowboys And Englishmen	2/1982	MCA
21.	Ghost Town	10/1982	Atlantic
22.	Backtracks	1982	MCA
23.	Inamorata	5/1984	Atlantic			167
24.	Legacy	9/1989	RCA			40
25.	The Forgotten Trail (2LP)	1/1990	Epic
26.	Crazy Loving: The Best Of Poco	1990	MCA
27.	The Very Best Of Poco	31.08.1999	Epic/Legacy
28.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	29.02.2000	Chronicles
29.	Cantamos	29.05.2003	Wounded Bird
30.	Running Horse	09.09.2003	Drifter's Church
31.	Keeping the Legend Alive	23.11.2004	Madacy
32.	Last Roundup	07.12.2004	Future Edge
33.	Crazy Love: The Ultimate Live Experience	04.01.2005	Cleopatra
34.	Essential Poco	19.04.2005	Sony
35.	Bareback at Big Sky	20.09.2005	Emergent
36.	Keep on Tryin	16.05.2006	Akarma
37.	Alive in the Heart of the Night	13.06.2006	Music Avenue
38.	Best of Poco: Live	01.08.2006	Direct Source
39.	Gold	19.09.2006	Hip-O
40.	Original Album Classics	28.10.2008	Sony BMG Europe
41.	Live at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, 9/30/71	18.05.2010	Collectors' Choice Music
42.	Setlist: The Very Best of Poco Live	12.07.2011	Epic
43.	Take My Breath Away	04.06.2013	Square Biz
44.	Live	30.06.2015	Floating World

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Pickin' Up The Pieces / First Love	6/1969	Epic
2.	My Kind Of Love / Hard Luck	11/1969	Epic
3.	You Better Think Twice / Anyway Bye Bye	8/1970	Epic		72
4.	C'mon / I Guess You Made It	3/1971	Epic		69
5.	Just For Me And You / Ol' Forgiver	28.01.1972	Epic
6.	I Can See Everything / Go And Say Goodbye	11/1972	Epic
7.	A Good Feelin' To Know / Early Times	1/1973	Epic
8.	And Settling Down / I Can See Everything	3/1973	Epic
9.	Fool's Gold / Here We Go Again	11/1973	Epic
10.	Blue Water / Magnolia	2/1974	Epic
11.	Rocky Mountain Breakdown / Faith In The Families	6/1974	Epic
12.	Bitter Blue / High And Dry	11/1974	Epic
13.	Keep On Trying / Georgia, Bind My Ties	05.09.1975	ABC		50
14.	Makin' Love / Flyin' Solo	2/1976	ABC
15.	Rose Of Cimarron / Tulsa Turnaround	7/1976	ABC		94
16.	Starin' At The Sky / P.N.S. (When You Come Around)	15.10.1976	ABC
17.	Indian Summer / Me And You	4/1977	ABC		50
18.	Indian Summer / Find Out In Time	03.06.1977	ABC
19.	Rose Of Cimarron / Indian Summer / Keep On Tryin' / Starin' At The Sky	11/1977	ABC
20.	Crazy Love / Barbados	1/1979	ABC		14
21.	Heart Of The Night / The Last Goodbye	5/1979	ABC		20
22.	Legend / Indian Summer	9/1979	ABC		103
23.	Rose Of Cimarron / Legend	5/1980	MCA
24.	Under The Gun / Reputation	7/1980	MCA		48
25.	Midnight Rain / Fool's Paradise	10/1980	MCA		74
26.	Friends In The Distance / Everlasting Kind	1/1981	MCA
27.	Widowmaker / Down On The River Again	7/1981	MCA
28.	Sea Of Heartbreak / Feudin'	3/1982	MCA		109
29.	Ghost Town / High Sierra	9/1982	Atlantic		108
30.	Shoot For The Moon / Midnight Rodeo (v GB 2/83)	12/1982	Atlantic		50
31.	Break Of Hearts	6/1983	Atlantic
32.	Days Gone By / Daylight	4/1984	Atlantic		80
33.	The Storm / Save A Corner Of Your Heart	6/1984	Atlantic
34.	Save A Corner Of Your Heart	8/1984	Atlantic
35.	Call It Love / Lovin' You Every Minute 12" + Who Else?	8/1989	RCA		18
36.	Nothin' To Hide / If It Wasn't For You	11/1989	RCA		39

Various:

disbanded 1984
reunited 1989
reunited 4/2009 (Stagecoach Festival)

Rusty Young:

appeared on the LP:

Gerry Beckley: Five Mile Road (20.9.19)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	27.11.1971	1
1972	0	29.01.1972	16	New Pop Singles	single review
1972	0	05.02.1972	9		profile
1972	0	12.02.1972	22	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	10	10.03.1973	22	Albums	album review
1974	24	15.06.1974	50	Albums	album review
1975	33	16.08.1975	42	Albums	album review
1975	37	13.09.1975	16		profile
1975	40	04.10.1975	32	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	14	03.04.1976	29	Albums	album review
1976	28	10.07.1976	22	New Albums	album review
1980	34	04.10.1980	28	Albums	album review
1982	43	23.10.1982	22	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	13.01.1973	34	Albums	album review
1973	0	05.05.1973	9	This Is America
1973	0	15.09.1973	41	This Is America
1973	0	20.10.1973	3	News
1975	0	04.10.1975	21	Platters	album review
1975	0	04.10.1975	41	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	10.07.1976	37	Platters	album review
1976	0	23.10.1976	57	On The Town	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	2	31.01.1991	6	Dopisy	discography
1995	11	06.06.1995	6	Galerie