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Poco was started in 1968 in L.A. when the Buffalo Springfield was splitting up. The final Buffalo Springfield Show was on May 5, 1968. Jim Messina and Richie Furay decided to start a new country-rock band, and they needed a pedal steel guitar player. Rusty Young had played pedal Steel guitar on "Kind Woman". Rusty's friend and drummer from Boenzee Cryque, his former band, George Grantham, also joined. Randy Meisner, a bass player who had been in "The Poor", a band from Nebraska, joined also, at Rusty's recommendation. The new band was called Pogo, and they debuted at "The Troubador" in L.A. in November, 1968. In April, 1969, Walt Kelly threatened to sue them because "Pogo" was the name of his comic strip. They decided to drop the line off the "G", and became "Poco". Meisner quit the band around this time. In February, 1969, Pogo signed with Epic Records, after trading Graham Nash for Richie Furay with Atlantic Records. Th...