Poco LIVE - Pickin' Up The Pieces

[@tovarisch2788]

I was there, in Springfield, Mass., when George had his stroke, right in the middle of the first song. Terrifying moment.

[@Yokonono99]

JUST BEAUTIFUL. BTW...George's stroke was in the summer of '04, on stage playing drums in a Poco concert; and ended his career; he is their original drummer; starting on the debut album Pickin' Up the Pieces back in 1969. This appearance is simply amazing.

[@PEDROCLASSIC]

OH MY MY MY! DREAM COME TRUE! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THESE GUYS BACK TOGETHER JUST TO PERFORM JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS. it's nice to see timothy back with POCO. .....

[@bigboijc]

George looks great! and to be that in tune vocally after being out of commission after a stroke??? that's AWESOME! My dad worked with Grantham back when Grantham was with Ricky Skaggs and George was one of the drummers who (after me watching him) made me pick up a pair of sticks.

[@tonjahilton4899]

Used to see them at The Whiskey in West Hollywood....I really liked them...

[@susanmiller6248]

love this

[@trevorwoolley3375]

I saw these guys Manchester Piccadilly Theatre around '76 - the best!!! God bless George, what a drummer and singer, What a great band, vastly underrated, still keeping me Pickin' Up The Pieces in my old age haha!

[@krisscanlon4051]

He's much better now... just saw video of he and his wife. Nice voice and harmonies

[@StevieReidEFC]

It just feels so right to have Richie on stage with Poco again. All this and Tim, George and Jim too. God I wish I had been there. There's got to be a DVD release of this concert.

[@lantose]

My daughter has a turntable, so I’ve got to get all my Poco albums to her!

[@inatizzy2]

POCO helped to get me through my rough times as an older teen. The lyrics, the energy, and the feelings just rocked my soul, Hope it influences you kids of today

[@JeffMcCalib]

Thanks kitnewel. What a great day for Poco.

[@Piero9551]

❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹Oh lord taking me back to the earliest 70S, 69 - 1970 Greetings from Guayaquil Ecuador western South America 🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🤷🤷😍😍

[@garyonderisin8338]

poco were country rock game changers, seminal founders. i loved them in the day, i love them now. their good timey vibe helped me get my head together in the sixties and beyond.

[@roddymoore]

Thanks George, you are as great as ever. You have a voice man, God bless you.

[@Topkat311]

I am so happy to see this. These guys were so great together! If I knew this was happening, I would have come from NY to see it! Love them all, George's shirt,"Old Dudes Rock" ! So true & totally wonderful!

[@jaddison1112]

As a young adult I played the Poco "Pickin Up The Pieces" LP until the grooves practically wore out !!!!! Love this .....

[@LeeEisenstein]

Ya! Love it. Great then, great now.

[@donnahess-gilmour2869]

Saw Poco in concert in 81 excellent band they headlined for Marshall Tucker and blew them away!

[@ThePico1950]

Oh this brings back High School Days to me....bring them on again! Love Richie Furay and Timothy B. Schmidt!!!

[@StevieReidEFC]

@druther530 What amazes me abount George (apart from his incredible high regisiter harmony) is when you watch him live - his drumming is intense - he's not just keeping the beat here, but still he never misses a vocal back-up. Talk about multi-tasking, the man is amazing - the backbone of the group.

[@interested-q4d]

Tim was in England a year ago promoting his new cd. Good to see him again.

[@Thecodi55]

Enjoy watching Timothy and George. You can see Timothy's love for this guy - brought me to tears. Great video, thank you. Will always love Poco.

[@denisehoward177]

Great seeing them having fun..all talented!😃

[@jillcinfl9627]

WOW, this is priceless! Went right to my heart. I LOVE POCO!

[@pause10two4]

Just love seeing these guys together again! George looks great!

[@halbie71]

Thanks for posting this!!! I was a big Poco fan back in the day. I just saw Jim Messina a few months ago at the Brxiton in Redondo Beach. Good to see Jim, Tim & Richie back with Poco again!!!

[@joemeeker5211]

Some of the very finest American made music!

[@miketheshanmanmangan]

You have heard me rave about" Pickin up the Pieces" that I tried to break into top 40 radio in 1969 Put the Legenday Band back together forty years later with the original talents of Richie Furay,Jim Messina,Timothy B.Schmitt,Rusty Young,Randy Meisner,Paul Cotton & George Grantham amd you have a spectacular reunion 40 years later and what an awesome live version from POCO !!

[@Piero9551]

Well done George

[@loscrimefighter1899]

Great job all these years later - and seeing George has me grinning from ear to ear :)

[@Clancee7]

just great....great...great...thank you very much!!

[@williamsollenberger8457]

This pretty good .Timothy B.Schmitt is somebody I like to hang around with.

[@artgabrielalejo1218]

me too

[@kitnewell]

Interesting that they helped you through a rough patch. Exactly the same for me. Isn't it amazing how music can lift you out of a funk?

[@WildAngelJoy]

@hoodihooo Cool story, Bob...thanks so much for sharing :) Your music has also touched many of our lives!

[@wayneo1269]

TB Schmidt all class.

[@artgabrielalejo1218]

right

[@Pugsley492]

great have all pocos albums

[@grafikfeat]

He's on the second album self titled POCO. The one w/ two oranges.

[@nyrichiek]

Just wish Randy was involved but nonetheless it was great seeing them all together.

[@inatizzy2]

Richard Fury, always has been one of my favs, I Have a Double .. Laughing,,,, CD of this band. ssongs ever and yes they R a feel good band!

[@BreezyT816]

Tim is the best!

[@FernandoPerez-sv9tp]

gran canción, mucho talento, Richie Furay es un grande

[@druther530]

I agree George sounds good. His voice is more mature but still has that fresh, innocent quality. His singing spawned a whole slew of singing drummers. I've got a magazine article about this subject.

[@normatible9795]

I dont know what to feel really. I see the eagles, i see buffalo springfield, i see loggins and messina, and i think of meisner

[@davidcassidy3956]

Rusty Young called it "American music history."

[@MrWrightey]

Fucking awesome! What a performance!!

[@PEDROCLASSIC]

im smiling. what? it's timothy with POCO. Its like the beatles reuniting

[@hoodihooo]

P.S The only reason I regret moving from L.A. is that I miss VERY SPECIAL events like this.....

[@19roza]

great.........great

[@druther530]

You want to hear a man with range? Pull up John Gary "Another Go Around" on youtube. Gary was a Baritone who sang in Tenor as often as Baritone. He had a 5 Octave range and could sing In Soto in Full Soprano all the way down to the upper Bass range with no loss of timbre, tone or clarity. No Falsetto! That's his natural voice! He had a TV show on CBS in the mid 60's. His big hit was "Softly As I Leave You". Elivis was a huge John Gary fan. John died several years back.

[@eljaydiver1]

Correction! Timothy B. Schmidt IS NOT a founding member. Randy Meisner, who was also a founding member of the Eagles, was the original bass player for Poco!

[@druther530]

Jimmy was long gone and involved in Loggins and Messina when Richie left.

[@druther530]

How about Barry Gibb or Smokey Robinson? They could both get up there. A group called Steps covered the Beegees song Tragedy. You can listen to both versions on youtube, the ladies couldn't sing as high as Barry and had to drop it a register.

[@lylelehman3456]

That's not right. Tim replaced Randy Meisner when Randy was recruited to the Eagles. Jim Messina saw the writing on the wall and decided to leave and was replaced - over a long period of time - by Paul Cotton.

[@StevieReidEFC]

@PEDROCLASSIC Henly and Frey could continue as a duo called - The EGO'S!. Is iot just me or did the Eagles get shit after 'Desperado/On the Border' ? - the only memorable songs were 'I Cant Tell You Why' and 'In the City' off 'The Long Run'

[@monicaanastasiadis6468]

some songs were still good after t hat but i think the heart went out of them..

[@nyrichiek]

@StevieReidEFC Well George was able to do that. And very Well Alas he no longer can..

[@druther530]

Let's not go negative. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band got a fair amount of airplay out HOPC. How about "Angry Eyes"? There's a more serious piece.

[@PEDROCLASSIC]

@StevieReidEFC yeah. i wonder if the EAGLES would continue on if timothy left and JOE WALSH too to reform the JAMES GANG. what's left with the eagles? oh wait then bernie and randy would rejoin. so it's like 1972 all over again.

[@Sneaky-Sneaky]

Is that Timothy Schmit up there with his old band ?

[@kitnewell]

Was it "Windy"?? Just kidding... thanks for the insight.

[@StevieReidEFC]

@PEDROCLASSIC Could not put it better myself!

[@inatizzy2]

@nyrichiek Hey if it makes them money..... Perhaps.

[@cindypawelski6854]

Where's Messina ..?

[@TheMOstang1]

He’s right there on stage, playing electric guitar.

[@nyrichiek]

@PEDROCLASSIC Randy and Bernie would never rejoin Henley & Frey