Rusty Young, RIP

[TomB]

Hate the Eagles all you want, but remember that Timothy Schmitt first came to prominence on bass with Poco! I loved that band, saw them many times (PS - I never saw the Eagles ). RIP Rusty.

PPS - I read recently that Richie Furay’s still going strong, leading a congregation from a pulpit. Bet they have a great choir!

 

[electracoyote]

Two words:

"Crazy Love"

Two more:

I'm sad.

RIP Rusty.

 

[J R Knots]

Hate the Eagles all you want, but remember that Timothy Schmitt first came to prominence on bass with Poco! I loved that band, saw them many times (PS - I never saw the Eagles ). RIP Rusty.

PPS - I read recently that Richie Furay’s still going strong, leading a congregation from a pulpit. Bet they have a great choir!

Richie Furay recently took big step into retirement and is not quite as active in the Church - the band took a pretty big hit at that time. ( that band sounded pretty fabulous)

But he did say some pretty nice things about Rusty and his passing last week.

 

[MrLenny1]

I saw the band in Boston years ago and he was playing
his pedal steel thru a Leslie unit. Sounded great.
RIP

 

[Scarysharkface]

It’s been a couple of days, and I didn’t see any mention of it...known primarily as steel guitarist for Poco, but started out guesting on “Kind Woman”...
Rusty Young, Poco Co-Founder and Pedal Steel Player, Dead at 75

As has been stated, Poco was a killer band. Rusty was a bit of an icon back in the day. I hope he went easy.

John

 

[jerry]

I was a big Poco fan, was just going thru my lyric/chord sheet of Rose of Cimarron a couple of weeks ago. Saw them around 1979 at a big multi band stadium show in Raleigh. We did Heart of the Night years ago. Great band.

Rose of Cimarron is such a great and well crafted song, Timothy B Schmitt's falsetto at the tail end still gives me chicken skin. One of the 70's overlooked great songs, awesome production too. When I saw Poco way back when Rusty was doing all the stuff Robert Randolph is known for now, manhandling the guitar, playing through distortion etc.

 

[bodollar]

Saw Poco play in 69, yea I know, Rusty Young was using his metal chair as a slide the place erupted. They were truly a super group! Rest easy Mr. Rusty Young.

 

[Michedelic]

Hands down, the best steel guitar in rock. Great guitarist and vocalist.
Saw him several times. Mad respect.
Bummer....
Via con dios Rusty

Not to detract from Rusty’s accomplishments, but “best steel guitar in rock”? That’s a bit much. Buddy Cage, Sneaky Pete, Steve “West Virginia Creeper” Davis, Al Perkins, Red Rhodes, even BJ Cole don’t rate? As “Sweethearts Of The Rodeo” is technically a rock album, you have Nashville icon Lloyd Green playing on it. Rhodes himself had a foot in both camps of country and rock, as well as Tom Brumley. But none of them are going to touch Speedy West, who along with Jimmy Bryant were forerunners of ‘country rock’ in their own way, and set the standards.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Very sad, Rose of Cimarron was a favourite in the 70s.

 

[tr4252]

First heard them on the album From the Inside. The song Bad Weather was my favorite cut, mostly because of the steel guitar and vocal harmonies. Always liked them, never understood why they were not more popular.

Tom

 

[Smooth_bass88]

RIP Rusty. Drummer I work with regularly was in Poco. He's pretty bummed

 

[Rip Van Dan]

It’s been a couple of days, and I didn’t see any mention of it...known primarily as steel guitarist for Poco, but started out guesting on “Kind Woman”...
Rusty Young, Poco Co-Founder and Pedal Steel Player, Dead at 75

Sorry to hear about that. I saw Poco play at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach in 1970 right after Jim Messina left the Group and Joe Cotton took his place on guitar. We were sitting in the folding chairs against the back wall, but were only about 30-ft from the stage. Was a great concert. The next time I saw them was in a convention center somewhere in the LA area. Before the lights went down some mics were brought out in front of the curtain and these guys came out and started singing with just a guitar playing. And people didn't realize it was Poco singing the song that was just coming out called "Keep On Trying" and the dang crowd noise kept going through it. And then the curtains opened and they all walked back on the stage as the house lights went down and people finally shut up.

Was quite a good concert and I was surprised that Timothy Schmidts hair was much more blonde than I expected. His long hair as he moved onto the front of the stage was the thing that made me think, "Wait, that's Poco lining up out front". Rusty Young with his steel guitar was always a good part of Poco's sound. I don't generally care for a lot of steel guitar but like the Eagles later, it always just seemed to fit right in with their songs.