For Immediate Release
May 30, 2013
Legendary Country Rock Band POCO Added to Grand Ole Opry
Lineup This Weekend
Nashville, TN—Celebrating 45 years of
making great music, country rock band Poco will continue a stellar 2013
with announced performances at the Grand Ole Opry this Friday and
Saturday, May 31 and June 1. On Friday,
Poco will be on the line-up with Vince Gill, Amy Grant and others, and on Saturday they will share the stage with
Ricky Skaggs, The Whites and more.
Tickets are $35/$45/$57 and are available by calling 800-SEE-OPRY or
through www.opry.com.
"We're
excited about playing the Opry this weekend and looking forward to seeing our
old friends Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill,” said Poco’s Rusty Young, the longest
standing member of the band.
Pioneers
of the country-rock sound that soared out of California in the late sixties and
early seventies, the current incarnation of Poco (Young, Jack Sundrud, George
Lawrence and Michael Webb) is riding a wave of success following the March
release of All Fired Up, the group’s first studio album since 2002 – and is a
celebration of the group’s longevity and unparalleled songwriting.
Poco charted several times in the ‘70’s and
early ‘80’s with hits like “Crazy Love” and “Heart of the Night” (both from the
critically acclaimed Legend album), as well as “Rose of Cimarron,” “Good
Feeling To Know” and “You’d Better Think Twice.” In 1989, the band recorded Legacy, which
spawned a few more of the band’s Top 40 hits, “Call It Love” and “Nothing To
Hide.” Poco’s new millennium
releases – 2002’s Running Horse, 2005’s Bareback At Big Sky. the 2004 live
CD/DVD Keeping The Legend Alive and now 2013’s All Fired Up – are among the
best of their career. With 45 years,
more than 25 albums and thousands of fans behind them, Poco was, is and forever
will be the defining voice of country/rock.
An
institution in Nashville for almost 90 years, the Grand Ole Opry consistently
showcases the best and brightest in country music—both rising stars and classic
acts. Because of this, the Opry is
genuinely known as “The Show That Made Country Music Famous.”
For
more information, please visit www.poconut.org
Publicity: Mike Farley
Michael J. Media Group
608-848-9707
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