tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post853536928909414330..comments2023-03-25T07:00:32.679-06:00Comments on Cormey's Corner - A View from the Lake: Best Wishes 'Denver George'Steve Cormeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05922634615443969008noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post-58772258152904494872008-12-17T15:25:00.000-07:002008-12-17T15:25:00.000-07:00Thanx, Corm, for passing the "Denver George" info ...Thanx, Corm, for passing the "Denver George" info on to your Blogites! Yep, POCO was/is the best. I, too, saw them at the Denver Pop Festival (Dick, were you the guy standing up in front of me all day?!) and they were great. They followed AORTA, who wouldn't be great?! LOL<BR/>Boenzee Cryque played at my high school, too. The first time I ever heard "Purple Haze," Rusty was playing it on a pedal steel!!!<BR/>I once counted up the POCO concerts I had been to and I realized I had seen them more than any other band. They won by a mile....<BR/>it numbered in the 20s....WOW. I remember all of us going down to a show at the Denver Coliseum ('73??)when they opened for Loggins and Messina. Now that was an incredible show! Saw them last in the summer of '07 and Rusty and Paul were still blowin' 'em away.<BR/>POCO Forever!<BR/>There's a rumor of a DELUXE box set being assembled by Rusty that would cut across all the different labels, different eras, and include every member of the legendary band. Let's hope we can all ask for that for Christmas in 2009!<BR/><BR/>Consequently, So Long!<BR/><BR/>-SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post-83222992319938341182008-12-10T20:22:00.000-07:002008-12-10T20:22:00.000-07:00You have stirred some memories Dick, including tha...You have stirred some memories Dick, including that show at some bar in Aurora where along with the fog machine you could dance to Poco, if I remember right. That was an interesting show. One of the first times I saw Poco was in Greeley, early ‘70s. Great show. I remember Paul Cotton breaking a string during a lead and without missing a beat Rusty Young finished the lead on his steel. Amazing. One of the best shows I have ever seen was the “Legend” incarnation of Poco at the Blue Note in Boulder in ‘79. Incredible show. Richie Furay and JD Souther sat behind us with a tape recorder taping the show. Oh to have a copy of that. And the show at the Grizzly Rose with George back and Richie showed up and they did an acoustic set that was unbelievable. Remember that one Dick? Poco is one of the most underrated, under appreciated bands in music, even though the band has always had some of the most talented musicians to ever sing a note or pick up instruments. Poco is one of those bands that when you hear the music, you are forever a fan.<BR/>RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post-79464246275060199682008-12-10T15:50:00.000-07:002008-12-10T15:50:00.000-07:00Damn Dickie, you and Corm are old dudes, hard for ...Damn Dickie, you and Corm are old dudes, hard for a guy my age to remember this stuff.<BR/><BR/>HammerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post-9524767051237656282008-12-10T15:11:00.000-07:002008-12-10T15:11:00.000-07:00I saw Poco at the Denver Pop Festival in 1968. The...I saw Poco at the Denver Pop Festival in 1968. They were the<BR/> 2nd band on a bill that included Zepher with Candy Givens and Tommy Bollin, Jeff or Tim Buckley(I always get them confused),and headlined by Creedence Clearwater Revival.<BR/>I remember being impressed with Poco and their style of music, which I didn't know at the time was "Country Rock". I only knew I really like the Steel Guitar and the Rock beat.<BR/>One of the guys I went to the concert went out the next day and bought "Pick up the Pieces" and we listend to it over and over. Could that really have been 40 years ago? I can still smell the tear gas from when people tried to crash the gates and the police gassed them.<BR/>I didn't see Poco live again until years later, after I'd met Cormey, Ray, Rob, Sean and the rest of that group of musicians. I remember seeing various incarnations of the band at places like The Rainbow Music Hall, some bar in Aurora that had a fog machine and the reunion concert at Winter Park. I have poster of that show, that I had framed, hanging in my condo in Grand LakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334937644711506837.post-26149754660407303712008-12-10T13:24:00.000-07:002008-12-10T13:24:00.000-07:00"You Are The One"...George. My thoughts are with ..."You Are The One"...George. My thoughts are with him too.<BR/>RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com