Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
PocoNot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||
Eligible since: 1995First Recording: 1969Previously Considered? Yes what's this? |
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Essential Albums (?) | Wikipedia | YouTube | |
Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Legacy (1989) | ☆ | ☊ |
Poco @ Wikipedia
Will Poco be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? "Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction." |
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18 comments so far (post your own)Poco Posted by Roy on Monday, 05/27/2013 @ 10:28am |
If Niirvana can get in with just 3 studio CDs and being the initiators of Grunge, then why not Poco as the initiators of Country-Rock? I know that Nirvana was one of the top bands from 1992 to 1994, but with Rusty revolutionizing the PSG, the Eagles elaborating on their sound, and much of country music basing their sound on Poco, is it really that much of a stretch to recognize their influence in the RRHOF? Also, a lot of their non-recognition could be traced to some higher-ups in the music business actively working against their success, e.g., one past record company releasing a live album at the same time a studio album is released with a new record company. There are other examples of some at the top of the music business at the time not wanting them to succeed. Posted by Mike R on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 16:15pm |
Poco didn't initiate country rock. The only ones who say that are Poco guys like Furay and Young who sadly today are still seeking glory or recognition which never came. It didn't come because they weren't good enough and Furay's ego. He's the reason people quit to find success elsewhere. Furay was so intent on proving he was as good as former bandmates Young and Stills etc it ate him up. He still sounds jealous and bitter over 40 years later, it's sad.So does Young. They are extremely pathetic when they refuse to give props to Gram Parsons. It's typical . They are the only ones who do not recognize his work as country rock. They do the same thing when discussing the Burritos. Same with the Byrd's and others. It's childish nonsense at this point over 40 years later .Maybe it's time to grow up and face the facts.Young talks like evryone in Nashville owes something to him and Poco, a band no one today in Nashville cites as an influence.To say much of country music bases their sound on Poco is pure lunacy worthy of a furay or Young comment ! Young played the steel trough leslie speakers making it sound like an organ. That was his revolution of the steel ! Did anyone take up on that appraoch ? No, because fans and steelers prefer their steel to sound like a steel.Even Young dropped that approach. So much for the revolution. Do some research on the stell please. See who really revolutionized it. You won't see Young's name in any article. Posted by Greg on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 12:07pm |
An interesting discussion. Both sides well stated. Of course they didn't 'invent' countrr rock-- no one did. Their music didn't break big until after Schmit, Furay and Messina left, and then that which broke wasn't representative of their best work. Meisner barely left a footprint in this band.They did squander opportunities (who moves to Colorado to make in the music business?). But if it's up to me they're in, for the excellence of their work from '68 to '79 and its obvious influence and resonance to this day. Posted by Born Band Creature on Friday, 01/2/2015 @ 11:54am |
Beyond LUDICROUS that POCO & RUSTY have been ignored. We have to start a petition. Posted by Sidelle Brown on Thursday, 07/19/2018 @ 00:20am |
Poco had longevity, but a myriad of members. Posted by Mark on Thursday, 07/19/2018 @ 19:07pm |
Sorry no way. Very mediocre material for most of their 40 plus years. What they are doing for the last several decades is brutal, new music dreadful. Greg and Kenny's comments above nailed it on the head. They summed it up accurately and without the absurd bias many of these remarks contain. It can't be stated any better than they did. It's a big no for these guys especially when you consider all the country rock and southern rock bands that are not in and far more deserving than Poco. Posted by Lenny on Monday, 10/15/2018 @ 16:43pm |
The better your write-ups I go through, the far much better the fabric receives. Posted by Amber Hill on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 07:07am |
The RRHOF is a bad joke. Two thirds of the artists in the hall have no business being there. Some are great artists but their musical genre never was, and never will be considered anything close to Rock n Roll. When you look at many of the acts in the hall and many of those so far excluded, you have to wonder what the hell kind of brain damage does the selecting committee have? Bands as diverse as Mott the Hoople and Poco ( maybe deserving maybe not) are easily better choices than 25% of the crappy acts in the HOF, let alone the truly great performers that have been ignored like Warren Zevon, Todd Rundgren, (and add your own choices here) . Posted by Robert Sweeney on Tuesday, 10/13/2020 @ 21:44pm |
RIP Rusty Young Posted by Roy on Friday, 04/23/2021 @ 18:08pm |
Corey Bearak's post says it all. Read his well researched reason for Poco being inducted into the R&R Hall pf Fame. I was always a big fan. They influenced so much of the folk rock genre. The Eagles would not be the band they became without Poco. The extreme quality of their music makes them a so in. Posted by Carl Hardy on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 08:27am |
No, Poco did not invent country rock, actually nobody can pinpoint an exact moment when it all started. Perhaps the closest is Dylan's Nashville Skyline or the Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo. However, Poco's first album is a pivotal one and certainly they influenced and helped to shape the southern rock genre. Posted by Rolando Aponte on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 15:59pm |
I'm amazed that POCO has not been inducted. I had just thought they were…what an oversite. If you want to be taken seriously then do your homework. Posted by richard hamling on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 18:27pm |
POCO,,, have sold millions of records over the years and their style and sound have influenced many other musicians. They have always promoted excellence in vocal harmony and blazed the trail of Rock , Folk and Country. It's disappointing they have been overlooked all these years. It has been said that whenever the Eagles' needed a bass player they got him from Poco. Posted by Ed Walmsley on Saturday, 09/17/2022 @ 15:43pm |
Rest in peace, Randy Meisner Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 07/27/2023 @ 21:30pm |
RIP Meisnee :( Posted by Will m on Friday, 07/28/2023 @ 00:14am |
The Hall of Fame is a joke. Poco's harmonies and songwriting alone put them a category by themselves Posted by Timothy Schwalier on Tuesday, 08/8/2023 @ 12:08pm |
Poco in my estimation was just as good a representation of County Folk Rock as the Eagles. There harmony and strong song writing makes them worthy of induction. Richie Furay was Poco along with Rusty Young and Paul Cotton. A message recently by one reviewers risked Furay. This person is an idiot. Furay is an excellent musician and vital part of them Poco legend. Posted by Carl Hardy on Tuesday, 03/5/2024 @ 08:23am |
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