Rusty Young Sighting
Posted: 18 Mar 2008 12:10 pm
Poco played Charleston last Friday, opening for America. My wife had snagged us second row seats, and it turned out to be one of the greatest concerts I have ever seen in my 58 years.
He had his black Carter S-10 3X4 running dry through a Twin. Poco played for about an hour, and he sat down at the PSG only three times, which was disappointing, but worth the wait. He played without fingerpicks. The highlight for me was "Magnolia" which I loved on record, live it was unbelievable. He is definately fronting the band, and singing on most of the tunes. Particularly impressive the way he can sing and play steel at the same time. How many of us can do that?
Also memorable, he took off his ball cap and asked rhetorically, "how come the Eagles aint bald?" Great stuff. What a fine band, celebrating 40 years. And none of them younger than yours truely.
Oh, and America was pretty good, too.
He had his black Carter S-10 3X4 running dry through a Twin. Poco played for about an hour, and he sat down at the PSG only three times, which was disappointing, but worth the wait. He played without fingerpicks. The highlight for me was "Magnolia" which I loved on record, live it was unbelievable. He is definately fronting the band, and singing on most of the tunes. Particularly impressive the way he can sing and play steel at the same time. How many of us can do that?
Also memorable, he took off his ball cap and asked rhetorically, "how come the Eagles aint bald?" Great stuff. What a fine band, celebrating 40 years. And none of them younger than yours truely.
Oh, and America was pretty good, too.