POCO - C'MON Don Kirshner's 1973

TV-show recorded in the Palace Theatre (New York, NY) in November 1973. I was 17 years old and remember so well seeing my heroes for the very first time on TV, in black and white. Here's a piece of the song in color.
The entire concert can be heard on Wolfgangs Vault, and here's a piece of the text from them.
To cap off the set, the band dips back to one of Richie Furay's tried and true standards, "C'mon." Always a high energy number, this reading is miles ahead of the infectious three-minute romp featured on the live Deliverin' album just two years prior. Here it is a nine-minute jamfest featuring an impressive guitar solo from Cotton and some of the most savagely executed pedal steel one could possibly imagine from Rusty Young. Young's mastery of processing gear and distortion is innovative and adventurous and like Jimi Hendrix, these elements are fully integrated into his sound. Here the band finds balance between raw instrumental intensity and sweet vocal harmony.

[@rosemariemaldonado5886]

Unf...ng real ..Rusty on PSG and folding chair slide! Paul really rocking the guitar and vocals. They are all awesome.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

There is just most of the wimpy reaction channels only play the top 40 stuff they did....look up the live versions here on KZbin for Boomerang and Nature of Love with Rusty killing the Solos

[@julierauthshaw8556]

This is the Poco I have always loved. Got me through some very bad times.

[@grayfox2497]

Paul and Rusty with beards! Cool. Great see Rusty cut loose, and the crowd roars.

[@julierauthshaw8556]

I can't stop watching this over and over again.

[@thisone9]

I've seen Rusty do this 5 or 6 times! Great shows back then!

[@adamphillips6865]

We need more footage!!! This is gold

[@veazy1]

Damn!!!! Rusty!

[@twstrgmailcom]

If you were fortunate to see them back then - the pyrotechnic playing Rusty exhibited was insane! This is one of the few vids I've seen that give one an idea of his work!

[@julierauthshaw8556]

Must have been right after Richie left. Rusty had to take over the lead guitar on the pedal steel. He was an incredible mater of the instrument. We will never see another lime him. This also was the time that Paul Cotton took over a lot of the lead vocals. Can't ever forget the treasure they had in George Grantham, with his highest harmonies.

[@tolbiny36]

Thanks for the upload, Peter! So freaking awesome

[@markbramble7438]

Thanks Peter!

[@Liviticuss]

‘Avin it Large..Go on son, rip it up😳

[@dougbrown6690]

never seen a PSG get whipped like that...... dang Rusty!

[@WearyCowboy]

Honestly....Rusty's playing is so supreme, that the theatrics weren't neccessary. Amazing steel player. I don't think I could do that to my steel.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Should see him on the live Version of Nature Of Love with him killing the steel pedal

[@WearyCowboy]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN sounds pretty cool.

[@larrydering1598]

I totally agree.

[@scottrick5190]

Damn, ya gotta love POCO 😊

[@alanrockman2469]

I figured it was late 1973 as no sign of Richie. He was already probably with Chris and J.D.

[@josecolon5017]

Talk about a fantastic band that went nowhere SHF. Someone’s lost not mine.

[@alanosterman7130]

now that's what I call, musical chairs. I was really sad when I heard that Richie wasn't with them anymore. Still great.

[@brianmungermusic1744]

Wow!!!!

[@andyinoregon]

Love the kid at 1:13 doing the Costanza peek.

[@thebuzzman13]

No lighter fluid? I don't understand why there isn't more live footage of them as well as many of their contemporaries.

[@richardperusse4299]

you don't have the complete show , not sure, it was 20 or 30 minutes ?

[@mrtriffid]

"And this little piggy went "weeee-weeee-weeee all the wa-wa-waaaay . . . " OOOPS!!!! I'm sorry, that was Rusty Young on steel guitar! 🤭 Ummm, I guess I liked "the wimpy stuff" better! Young really did presage Robert Randolph by decades though!