RIP Rusty Young

[TheSportsPredictor]

Co-founded Poco, big in the ‘70s.

Rusty Young, Poco’s Co-Founder and Longtime Frontman, Dies at 75

 

[garrow]

Nooooo! I love Poco. Saw their exhibit in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in '16. RIP.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Great band that never got over the stardom hump.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

He wrote and sang their biggest hit



When he played the song for the band, he said he hadn’t finished it, that he needed to write the lyrics for the chorus
Band members said no, leave it the way it is
So that’s why it goes ah— hah

 

[maumann]

Furay, Messina, Schmidt, Meisner -- all members of Poco at some time in their complicated history.

And didn't know the Legend album cover art (the outline of a horse with glowing red eyes) was designed by Phil Hartman, who was the brother of the band's manager.

 

[micropolitan guy]

One of those bands I really like - like the original SSJ and the Jukes, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Pure Prairie League - that were never as big as I thought they would be.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Young also wrote my favorite Poco song, though Timothy B Schmidt made it his own

 

[Jerry-atric]

What about Rusty Trombone?