STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - POCO - POCO

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It was on this very day in 1968, from the ashes of Buffalo Springfield, arose a new country rock band called Pogo, who made their live debut at the Troubadour, West Hollywood. Pogo comic strip creator,  Walt Kelly found out and threatened the band with a lawsuit and in order to avoid the litigation, the group changed their name to Poco. The rest is how they say, history.  Poco's second and self titled LP was released May 6, 1970 on the Epic label and produced by founding member and guitarist, Jim Messina. It peaked at #68 in America, #34 in Australia, and #14 in Canada. The album's sole single, "You Better Think Twice" reached #72 on the Hot 100 and #61 in Canada. 

1. "Hurry Up" Richie Furay 4:06

2. "You Better Think Twice" Jim Messina 3:21

3. "Honky Tonk Downstairs" Dallas Frazier 2:43

4. "Keep on Believin" Furay, Timothy B. Schmit 2:51

5. "Anyway Bye Bye" Furay 7:01

Side 2 

6. "Don't Let It Pass By" Furay 2:33

7. "Nobody's Fool/El Tonto de Nadie, Regresa" Furay, Messina, Schmit, Rusty Young, George Grantham 18:25

Jim Messina – guitar, vocals

Richie Furay – guitar, vocals

Rusty Young – steel guitar, guitar, vocals

Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals

George Grantham – drums, vocals

With:

Bobby Doyle – piano
Larry Knechtel – piano
Milt Holland – percussion

Production

Producer: Jim Messina
Engineer: Terry Dunuvan/Alex Kazengras
Art direction: Gary Burden
Photography: Henry Diltz