PICKIN’ UP THE PIECES
Pickin’ Up the Pieces is the debut album by country rock pioneers Poco, released in 1969. It was one of the earliest examples of the emerging genre of country rock. Several of the songs here date back to Richie Furay’s days in Buffalo Springfield. An early version of “What a Day” was included on the Springfield’s eponymous box set in 2001. (More from Wikipedia)
Poco’s first album, Pickin’ up the Pieces is considered to be a classic of the country-rock genre, the leading sound emerging from Southern California in the 1970’s and into the 1980’s. But their internal problems began almost immediately: Randy Meisner played on the first album but was asked to leave the band after becoming angry at being left out of the final mixing and production of the tracks on the record. Poco went further than most in its acrimony: Although his instrumental contributions were left in, Meisner’s lead vocals were removed from the album (George Grantham sung new ones to take their place), and he was taken out of the cover painting and replaced with a dog.
(April 2014)
