Indian Summer
This is my favorite Poco CD. The band is at there peak. Most notable instrumentally is Rusty Young's chameleonic approach to pedal steel guitar (making it sound like an organ, a "normal" wah-wah'd guitar, a harmonica, a sitar, a Duane-Allmanesque slide, and oh yes, a country pedal-steel). In addition to George Grantham's great drumming and high vocals, and Tim Schmit's solid bass-playing and scintillating vocals, Schmit contributes some harmonica and Young, some banjo. And who could have asked for better than Paul Cotton to continue in the spirit of Messina/Furay? Several guests appear, notably Donald Fagen on synthesizer, and horns and strings make a bow in the ending "Dance" suite, but the front four carry the day.
The melodies and vocals are sweet/evocative and spirited, in turn. All in all this makes for a gorgeous set of music which, at the time it first appeared, typified my hopes as to where country music was going.
The melodies and vocals are sweet/evocative and spirited, in turn. All in all this makes for a gorgeous set of music which, at the time it first appeared, typified my hopes as to where country music was going.
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