Poco Co-Founder Rusty Young Died of Heart Attack at 75
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Mourning the loss, former bandmate Richie Furay remembers the multi-instrumentalist as 'an innovator on the steel guitar' and praises him for carrying their band's name for more than 50 years.
Apr 16, 2021
Poco co-founder
Rusty Young has died after suffering a heart attack. The 75-year-old passed away at his home in Davisville, Missouri on Wednesday, April 14.
Born Norman Russell Young in Long Beach, California, Rusty was raised in Colorado and played in several psychedelia rock acts in his teens. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1967, befriended
Buffalo Springfield star
Jim Messina.
They released their debut album, "Pickin' Up the Pieces", in 1969 and went on to drop almost 20 albums. The group's biggest hit was 1979's "Crazy Love" from the album "Legend", which was a top 20 hit in the U.S.