ROSE OF CIMARRON
“Rose of Cimarron” is a song by country rock band Poco from their Rose of Cimarron album, written by original member Rusty Young. Paul Cotton, whose tenure with Poco would be second only to Rusty Young’s, would describe “Rose of Cimarron” as being his favorite Rusty Young composition. Issued as a single, “Rose of Cimarron” charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1976 peaking at #94. The song was covered by Emmylou Harris on her 1981 album Cimarron. (More from Wikipedia)
Richie Furay stayed with Poco through their sixth album, Crazy Eyes (1973); the album made the Top 40, but with the lackluster sales of both albums and singles, even he was starting to get discouraged. Poco hung in there and hit something of a creative peak with Rose of Cimarron (1976); the title track, “Rose of Cimarron”, written by Rusty Young was covered by Emmylou Harris and was the de facto title track on her album Cimarron. Though only Rusty Young remained among the founding members, their 1978 album Legend was the band’s most successful, reaching #14 on the Billboard album charts and including two Top 20 singles, “Crazy Love” and “Heart of the Night”.
(April 2014)
