I know, I know. I can see the panic in your eyes already, O Ye
\nDV Faithful. Another seventies staple band dusting off their
\ninstruments and putting out a CD of guaranteed VH-1 appeal and
\ndubious quality. (Although it’s not as if VH-1 actually plays music
\nvideos anymore — but I digress. That’s a rant for another time.)
\nLast time we dealt with this, I roasted Jefferson Starship over a
\nslow flame — and I don’t know about y’all, but this whole
\nFleetwood Mac Night Of The Living Dead Zombie Comeback thing is
\nstarting to get on my nerves.<\/p>\n
So, I suppose there’s no reason to have any high hopes for
\nRunning Horse<\/i>, the first album from country-rockers Poco in
\nthirteen years. Sure, Poco was always pretty cool; while some bands
\nin the country-rock genre sold out for success, they put out a
\npretty fair group of albums between the late sixties and early
\neighties without compromising themselves. Their first comeback,
\nLegacy<\/i>, produced one of the catchier singles of 1989, “Call
\nIt Love.” But how much could we expect?<\/p>\n
Surprise, surprise, folks; this is why we actually listen to the
\nCDs.
\nRunning Horse<\/i> is pretty damn good.<\/p>\n
First off, this band is tight. Original Poco members Rusty Young
\nand George Grantham are joined by almost-original member Paul
\nCotton, whose harder-edged sound is a key component to this new
\nmillennium Poco. The fourth member, Jack Sundrud, is a long-time
\nNashville session musician who has worked with the band in the
\npast. Add in some co-writing credits from Craig Fuller of Pure
\nPrairie League and newgrass great John Cowan (a past favorite of
\nmine whose
\nAlways Take Me Back<\/i> CD appeared on last year’s Top Ten), and
\nwhat we have here is some nonpareil musicianship. The production of
\nMike Clute, whose past credits include Diamond Rio and Blackhawk,
\nprovides a shining focus for Poco’s trademark harmonies and Rusty
\nYoung’s breathtaking guitar, mandolin, and dobro work.<\/p>\n
Tracks worth noting include Cotton’s driving “Every Time I Hear
\nThat Train”; the joyous love song “Forever,” a contribution from
\nnewest member Sundrud; the rollicking good-time “Never Get Enough”;
\nand the quirky “Shake It,” wherein Poco talks about rap music.
\nUnexpected, but kinda cool.<\/p>\n
Far from being another tired nostalgia retread,
\nRunning Horse<\/i> proves that Poco hasn’t lost a step. Fans of
\ncountry-rock music should really check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6825],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-37565","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-poco","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37565"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37565"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}