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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...

Poco's Rusty Young has died at the age of 75 after facing a fatal health condition. The music industry sent an outpouring number of messages for the only long-time frontman of Poco for decades, Rusty Young. Per Variety, Young died on Wednesday after suffering from a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri. A representative of the country singer also confirmed the saddening news. Meanwhile, co-founder Richie Furay also sent an exclusive statement to the news outlet, expressing his heartbreak over the news. "I just received word that my friend Rusty Young has passed away and crossed th...

Speaking about his death, Richie Furay, Poco’s co-founder, and Young’s longtime friend noted that Young played an important role in his career and helped him in creating a “new South California sound called ‘country-rock.’” He added, “He was an innovator on the steel guitar and carried the name Poco on for more than 50 years. Our friendship was real and he will be deeply missed. My prayers are with his wife, Mary, and his children Sara and Will.” (L-R) Timothy B. Schmit, Paul Cotton, George Grantham, Rusty Young and Richie Furay pose backstage during day two of California's St...

ADVERTISEMENT “He was an innovator on the steel guitar and carried the name Poco on for more than 50 years,” continued Furay. “Our friendship was real and he will be deeply missed. My prayers are with his wife, Mary, and his children Sara and Will.” Young, born on February 23, 1946 and raised in Colorado, became adept from an early age as a pedal steel guitarist. After the 1968 split of Buffalo Springfield, on whose last album he played, he joined Furay, fellow Springfield guitarist Jim Messina, drummer George Grantham and bassist Randy Meisner (later of the Eagles) in forming Poco i...