Richie Furay with Special Guest Rusty Young & additional surprise guest(s) celebrating Richie’s Milestone 70th Birthday is a one-night-only concert event featuring the Richie Furay Band and an exclusive area performance by Rusty Young along with special surprise birthday wishes. Opening set by Richie's daughter, Jesse Furay Lynch.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Richie Furay has been a pioneering force in rock and country music. A founding member of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and SHF, he was an innovator of new musical forms, a great songwriter, and last and definitely not least, some of Rock and Roll's best vocals.
Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in 1966 with best friends Stephen Stills & Neil Young. Buffalo Springfield’s debut album included the hit single “For What It’s Worth” including Furay’s unmistakable voice for most of the record. About their reunion tour in 2011, USA Today wrote, “(Stephen) Stills’ high lonesome voice anchored "Rock & Roll Woman," while (Neil) Young’s distinctive cry lit up "Burned." But Richie Furay, who stood center stage, reminded everyone he was the linchpin, his plaintive tone painting songs such as "Kind Woman, Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It and Sad Memory" with a soulful brush that had women in the largely Baby Boomer crowd doe-eyed. After Buffalo Springfield disbanded, Furay formed POCO, one of the first country-rock bands with Jim Messina & Rusty Young. POCO’s unique sound set the stage for bands like The Eagles as well as the rock music that now dominates the modern country music market of the 21st Century.
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After being invited to play pedal steel guitar on the original Buffalo Springfield recording of "Kind Woman," Rusty co-founded POCO and was the only original member to remain with the band and appear at every concert performance and recording from 1968 until Rusty retired the band in February of this year. Some of POCO’s biggest hits and most requested songs were written or sung by Rusty including "Crazy Love," "Spellbound," "Rose Of Cimarron,and "Call It Love." Rusty is a multi-instrumentalist playing pedal steel, banjo, dobro, acoustic & electric guitars, and mandolin.
The show is sponsored by Investors band & D'Angelico guitars
