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RIP- Rusty Young


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Just came across this. And it was 2021. First heard him in Poco. Got me interested in Dobro.

 

RUSTY YOUNG, 74, died April 14.
Founder/leader of country-rock band Poco. Influential Steel Guitar Hall of Fame member. Sang lead on Poco hits “Rose of Cimarron” (1976), “Crazy Love” (1979). Poco colleagues included Jim Messina, Richie Furay, Paul Cotton, Timothy B. Schmitt, George Grantham, Randy Meisner. Formerly on Buffalo Springfield LP Last Time Around (1968). Also in 1996 country supergroup The Sky Kings with Bill Lloyd & John Cowan.

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A buddy of mine was in Nashville a couple of years back and was in one of the bars on Broadway listening to a band of relative youngsters. The exception was a much older pedal steel player who turned out to be Rusty Young. Loved Poco. What voices!

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