Rusty Young up close

Mike Bacciarini · From: Arizona

Just saw this of Poco in 1992. Excellent close ups of Rusty on psg showing lots of his techniques including thumb-behind-ring-finger harmonics, his notorious “slap n slide”, crazy slide antics, etc., plus lots of just cool pickin’.
16:05 Heart of the Night
22:05 Magnolia
29:45 Boomerang

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P84NZsgO5S4

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Craig Stock · From: Westfield, NJ USA

Thanks Mike, so great, I miss Poco and the Bottom Line
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Steve Mueller · From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Got to see him play in Cincinnati shortly before he passed away. What a treat. Also had the pleasure of meeting and talking some steel guitar with him after the show. Very humble, a wonderful guy.
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John McClung · From: Olympia WA, USA

Is he playing a keyless Dekley? Looks like a Dekley fretboard, never could make out the front of cabinet logo, but I've never seen a keyless Dekley before. Man, Rusty tears it up on rock stuff!
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Johnny Jones · From: Benton, Kentucky USA

Looks like a BMI to me.

John McClung · From: Olympia WA, USA

Johnny, I think you're right, I'm losing track of fretboard artwork in my dotage! Confused

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Fred Treece · From: California, USA

I loved Poco, but I really wish they could have found another front man. Rusty was so much more fun as the great multi-instrumentalist of the band. Paul Cotton, fine writer/singer/player that he was, never was up for the front job either.

Aside from 3 or 4 excellent post-Richie Furay albums, their live shows never really fully recovered from his exit, imho. And after Timothy B and George Grantham left, there was very little left of the chemistry that made them a great band. Ghost Town was the last album of theirs that I ever bought. It was good, but it wasn’t really Poco anymore.

Roger Rettig · From: Naples, FL

I loved Poco, but they were never as good after Jim Messina left. Rusty and Jim made magic together!

I saw them once in London but with Paul Cotton in Jim's place. They'd lost something, in my opinion.
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Mike Bacciarini · From: Arizona

I totally agree, guys. Saw them at the Filmore West the last night Jimmy played with them (Paul first played w/them the next night)... Best show I've ever seen. What a tight band, and vocals to die for.
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Bob Carlucci · From: Candor, New York, USA

Kind of strange.. The general consensus is that POCO had "lost something" in its later iterations, especially when Rusty had more or less abandoned being the great multi instrumentalist and became the front guy.. I agree.
However, thats when they had their biggest hits, go figure.

They had a much more commercial sound, and had lost some of the country rock feel, and it worked out for them, for a while at least. then later on, as with many aging bands,they were playing clubs, small venues, and humping their own gear with original member leaving, joining, joining, leaving, and a bunch of replacements always on tap depending on the gig... the POCO I will always remember is the original lineup..Immense talent. RIP Rusty and Paul....bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAn7mgaRjfA&list=PLw-aBPPes4XWTjdSWGe_9TllIaPhM0OCx&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjja3rHQeZA&list=PLw-aBPPes4XWTjdSWGe_9TllIaPhM0OCx&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=978hAGpe6EM&list=PLi307k6VzjI-f3kRf_3NPEDeT3R4uOxsX&index=1
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Jeremy Ball · From: Florida, USA

I love Poco. I met Rusty young around ‘92, he looked exactly like he does this video. Had the same bassist and drummer. Poco had 4 shows at the President Casino in Biloxi. I went to all 4, and met them after the first show. We had every Poco album and started talking “Poco” stuff with them.

I got to spend a lot of time with Rusty and Paul at the President Casino that weekend, even having dinner and drinks with them. That was one of the best weekends of my life Smile

Not long after this, Rusty changed his appearance when he clipped off his hair. But here, he still looks a little like the 70s Rusty we remember from the old Poco days.

Fred Treece · From: California, USA

Every couple months or so I find myself needing a Poco fix, and this was it for tonight. Came across this post again and watched the video start to finish. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks Mike - this was great stuff! Forget about that earlier post of mine 😎

Joachim Kettner · From: Germany

I bought the first Poco album "Picking Up The Pieces" I think back in '71. I still can't play Messina's solo On Up The Junction properly.
Paul Cotton, whom I remembered from his Ilinois Speed Press days replaced him.
I saw them with him maybe in '75. Rusty was was playing the Mellobar-slide a lot.
I had a subscription of Hit Parader magazine for a few years in the sixties so I was well informed as to what happened to the Buffalo Springfield guys after they broke up.
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Dale Rottacker · From: Walla Walla Washington, USA

I must admit, that back in the day I wasn't a big fan of the looseness? of the whole Country Rock genre ... which is a bit odd considering all the Poco 8 track tapes I had. Poco was almost always in my 69 Impalas 8 track player, and I was always perusing through the latest Guitar Player magazines to read the latest installment from Rusty. He was a huge influence and surely brought in many people to the steel guitar world that otherwise wouldn't have gotten there though the Hard Core Country crowd. A lot of "youngsters" hated Country Music, but Poco and Rusty I think were a bridge to those who eventually grew to love Pedal Steel and Country Music and now we all just hate Bro Country Winking

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Fred Treece · From: California, USA

I understand what you’re saying about the “looseness” of early country rock, Dale. Some of the other hippie bands that attempted it just didn’t do it for me. I always felt that Poco had tighter arrangements, more interesting songs, better pickers, and superior vocals.

The group in Mike’s video is barely a shell of the original band, but I think the quality of the playing and singing is still present, with Rusty and Paul carrying on with the heart and soul of the mission.

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