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Poco. Richie Furay genuinely loves this town and Boston genuinely loves Poco. I know a guy with tickets in the second row, and he's on cloud nine. And with good reason. Poco makes about the finest countrified rock around, and does it with such effervescent good humor that it's contagious. Furay and his band ooze the same good vibes that you get from the likes of Rod Stewart...
...Buffalo Springfield's Los Angeles rock of the late sixties. Since the Springfield was burdened with more talent than it could ever sustain, it had to collapse, and when it did, the boys in the band went separate ways. Stills and Young went on to sometime solo careers. Furay and Messina formed Poco, to get a little closer to the country than they could with the folkrockers. Poco, after a very slow start, in which every copy of their first album for Epic was badly pressed went on to be the complete success that Stills and Young together couldn...
...songs played at Boston Common on August 9 have in common a pervasive country flavor, the flavor that Furay sought in leaving the Springfield for Poco. The sets that used to begin with the irrepressible rock 'n' roll feeling of "C'mon," start with the shit-kicking, finger licking goodness of "Hoe- Down," in acknowledgement of Poco's antecedents, "Well, I'm goin' to a hoe-down--And kick up my heels--Go all night and never slow down--Yes, I love how it feels." Three more songs were played in rapid succession: "It's a Good Mornin'," "Railroad Days...
...FURAY'S BALLADS are infused with country sentiment. Both he and bassist Timothy Schmit write songs of unrequited love of slightly less fervor than Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (with similar arrangements.) Songs like "What If I Should Say I Love You," with very large organ sounds coming from Rusty Young's pedal steel guitar, and final choruses of shouting begin to combine elements of rhythm and blues with the country arrangements. But Poco wraps each song in its own harmonies; because it is one of the few groups with four blendable voices (nobody...
...POCO REALLY functions on Richie Furay's limitless energy. Furay is the embodiment of how much fun it is to play rock 'n' roll for people. He must be a joy to play lead guitar for--he's one of the finest rhythm guitarists playing. Laugh not--playing good rhythm is tough, because you're responsible for pushing the lead guitarist to whatever heights he's trying to achieve, as well as keeping the music on an even keel by keeping the time and most of the beat, and most importantly, filling out the sound as though there...