Poco (album)
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Poco is the second album by the Country rock
band Poco
. The Messina-penned "You Better Think Twice" became a signature song for Poco. A copy of this record hangs in the Poco exhibit in the Country Music Hall Of Fame in Nashville along with the jacket Rusty Young wears on the back cover.
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
band Poco
Poco
Poco is an Southern California country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay and Jim Messina following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968. The title of their first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, is a reference to the break-up of Buffalo Springfield. Highly influential and creative,...
. The Messina-penned "You Better Think Twice" became a signature song for Poco. A copy of this record hangs in the Poco exhibit in the Country Music Hall Of Fame in Nashville along with the jacket Rusty Young wears on the back cover.
Track listing
- "Hurry Up" (Richie Furay) – 4:06
- "You Better Think Twice" (Jim Messina) – 3:21
- "Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas FrazierDallas FrazierDallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
) – 2:43 - "Keep On Believin'" (Richie Furay, Timothy B. Schmit) – 2:51
- "Anyway Bye Bye" (Richie Furay) – 7:01
- "Don't Let It Pass By" (Richie Furay) – 2:33
- "Nobody's Fool/El Tonto de Nadie, Regresa" (Richie Furay, Jim Messina, George Grantham, Timothy B. Schmit, Rusty Young) – 18:25
Personnel
- Jim Messina - guitar, vocals
- Richie FurayRichie FurayRichie Furay is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner...
- guitar, vocals - Rusty Young - steel guitar, guitar, vocals
- Timothy B. SchmitTimothy B. SchmitTimothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...
- bass guitar, vocals - George Grantham - drums, vocals
- Bobby DoyleBobby DoyleBobby Doyle is a former Gaelic football player for Dublin. Renowned more as a hurler, he made his name with the Dublin Football team as a free-running and free-scoring forward.- External links :**...
- piano - Larry KnechtelLarry KnechtelLawrence William "Larry" Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with such artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Partridge Family, The Doors, and Elvis Presley, and as a member of the 1970s...
- piano - Milt HollandMilt HollandMilt Holland was an American drummer, percussionist, ethnic musicologist, and writer in the Los Angeles music scene who pioneered the use of African, South American, and Indian percussion styles in jazz, pop and film music, traveling extensively on those continents to collect instruments and to...
- percussion
Production
- Producer: Jim Messina,
- Recording Engineer: Terry Dunuvan/Alex Kazengras
- Art Direction: Gary Burden
- Photography: Henry DiltzHenry DiltzHenry Stanford Diltz is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s....