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CARSON CITY — Rusty Young by his own assessment, was born to play music. With half a century of performing, recording and touring with his band Poco, which he co-founded in 1968 with Jim Messina, Richie Furay, Randy Meisner and George Grantham, he’s made good use of his gift.
Rusty Young, who co-founded the band Poco, has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 75. Per the outlet, Poco was formed in 1968 by Young, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, George Grantham and Randy Meisner, who was soon replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. Over its 50-plus-year history, Young was the only original band member to stay with Poco. Although Young had planned to retire over the years, iterations of the country-rock group went on with Young leading the band, according to Variety. Poco's current band members paid tribute to the late artist on Thursday. Bassist and vocalist Jack Sundrud ca...
Rusty Young Dies Of Heart Attack At 75 Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and one of the most influential steel guitar players in rock history, died of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri on April 14, 2021. He was 75 years old. Norman Russell ‘Rusty’ Young was born February 23rd, 1946 in Long Beach, California and raised in Denver, Colorado, where he began playing lap steel as a boy and performed in local country and psychedelic rock bands throughout his teens. In 1967, Rusty was invited to Los Angeles by Richie Furay to play steel on Buffalo Springfield’s third ...
Rusty Young, Poco's Co-Founder and Longtime Frontman, Dies at 75 Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A representative said Young died of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri. “I just received word that my friend Rusty Young has passed away and crossed that line into eternity,” co-founder Richie Furay said in a statement to Variety. “My heart is saddened; he was a dear and longtime friend who help me pioneer and create a new Southern California musical sound called ‘country rock.’ He was an innovator on the steel guitar and carried the name Poco on for mor...