Poco 1973

Poco performs two concise tours before the departure of founder Richie Furay. The first month is an odd pairing of Poco and Yes, followed by dates with Frampton’s Camel. In the summer, after Rolling Stone publishes that Richie is leaving Poco, the band does a tour with the Mark-Almond Band and David Blue. With Richie Furay’s sudden exit in September, Poco spends a month of rehearsals, then the new Poco (The Fab Four) hit the road in November and stay there for the remainder of the year.

DATE	VENUE	LOCATION	ALSO PERFORMING	NOTES
February 7	Exhibit Hall, University of South Alabama	Mobile, AL	Badfinger	Poco canceled when their equipment truck broke down on its way to the show.
February 20	Old Grey Whistle Test airs on BBC-TV			Poco is seen performing ‘A Good Feeling to Know’ on film.
March 28	The Music People on CBS-TV		Loggins & Messina, Dr. John, Blood, Sweat & Tears
April 4	San Diego Sports Arena	San Diego, CA	Yes, Albert Hammond	One show at 7:30 p.m. The first tour booked by Poco’s new booking agency, Premiere Talent. It’s an interesting pairing that begins a string of tours where Poco is paired with a British band. 8,200 attend this show.
April 5	Los Angeles Forum	Inglewood, CA	Yes, Albert Hammond	One show at 7:30 p.m. 15,000 attend this show.
April 6	Ice Palace	Las Vegas, NV	Yes	This was a sell out, grossing $30,000. Ticket stub added
April 7	Winterland	San Francisco, CA	Yes, Focus	One show at 8:00 p.m.
April 8	Johnson Gym, University Of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	Yes, Jim Baugh	Check out the review by an Albuquerque high schooler.
April 9	Civic Plaza	Phoenix, AZ	Yes
April 11	Century II Convention Center	Wichita, KS	Yes	One show at 8:00 p.m. Don Pesek informs us that Yes and Poco shared this bill, not a Poco solo show as originally thought.
April 12	Fairgrounds Arena	Oklahoma City, OK	Yes	Kark Speck provided the venue information.
April 13	Municipal Auditorium	San Antonio, TX	Yes	One show at 8:00 p.m. New press added.
April 14	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston, TX	Yes, Gentle Giant, Tret Fure	One show at 8:00 p.m. Gentle Giant canceled and were replaced by Tret Fure
April 15	Dallas Memorial Auditorium	Dallas, TX	Yes	One show at 5:00 p.m.
April 16-17	Kiel Auditorium	St Louis, MO	Yes	April 17th’s show was a sellout, and the promoter asked for an additional date. Yes altered their schedule and added April 16, which also sold out for a gross of $122,000. Paul D. tells us that although originally booked for the Kiel Opera House, the shows were moved to the Auditorium, which held roughly 16,000. Added a review and concert ad to the site.
April 18	Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, TN	Yes	One show at 8:00 p.m. 7,373 attend this show for a gross of $40,436.
April 19	Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Georgia Tech University	Atlanta, GA	Yes, Les Moore	One show at 8:00 p.m. Show was originally booked for the Omni, but changed to the Coliseum.
April 20, 1973	Civic Center	Savannah, GA	Yes	Review added to site.
April 21	Curtis Hixon Hall	Tampa, FL	Yes	One show at 7:30 p.m.
April 22	West Palm Beach Auditorium	West Palm Beach, FL	Yes
April 23	Coliseum	Greensboro, NC	Yes	There is some doubt as to whether Yes appeared at this show. I got this date from a fan’s website attempting to document Yes concerts, but since then, most Yes experts inform me that this date is dubious. Could be a Poco headlining show.
April 24	Stetson University	Deland, FL		Canceled per Denny Jones Archives
April 25	Nassau Community College	Garden City, NY
April 26	SUNY, Stony Brook	Stony Brook, NY	Frampton’s Camel	Thanks to an anonymous email for correcting our information that this show actually took place at SUNY and not at the high school.
April 27	Gym, Fairfield University	Fairfield, CT	Frampton’s Camel
April 28	Roberts Center, Boston College	Boston, MA	Frampton’s Camel	Added a review from the college paper.
April 29	Atwood Hall, Clark University	Worcester, MA	Frampton’s Camel
April 30	Gym, Southeastern Massachusetts University	North Dartmouth, MA	Frampton’s Camel	One show at 8:00 p.m.
May 1	Union Quad, Buffalo State College	Buffalo, NY	Frampton’s Camel	Rain early in the day kept attendance down at this free show that got started about an hour and a half late. New concert review added.
May 3	Gym, Castleton State College	Castleton, VT		One show at 8:00 p.m
May 4	The Spectrum	Philadelphia, PA	J. Winter, Foghat	One show at 8:00 p.m. Observers reported that firecrackers were thrown onto the stage after the second song. Poco walked off and did not continue their set.
May 5	Capitol Theatre	Passaic, NJ	J.D. Souther	According to the accompanying concert ad, this show was a sell-out. The show grossed $16,189. Ticket stub added
May 5	Farleigh Dickerson University	Madison, NJ	J.D. Souther	This was a free concert in the afternoon.
May 6	Intermural Field, Penn State University	State College, PA	Don Cooper
May 8	Masonic Temple	Detroit, MI	Spooky Tooth, King Crimson	One show at 8:00 p.m.
May 9	Auditorium, Wittenberg University	Springfield, OH	J.D. Souther	One show at 9:00 p.m. New press added.
May 10-11	Ohio State University	Youngstown, OH		Poco canceled their appearance.
May 10	Lantz Gym, Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, IL	J. D. Souther	One show at 8:00 p.m. New advert added.
May 11	Cowtown Ballroom	Kansas City, MO	J.D. Souther
May 12	Kinetic Playground	Chicago, IL	Strawbs, J.D. Souther	Concert review added to site.
May 13	Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois	Champaign-Urbana, IL	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	One show at 8:00 p.m. 3,153 attend this performance for a gross of $11,237. Poco’s fee was $6,000.
June 9	Rock On TV show airs in New York		Loggins & Messina, Santana, Blood, Sweat & Tears	It’s possible that this is the exact same show as the Music People show broadcast in March on CBS.
August 10-11	Winterland	San Francisco, CA	Robin Trower, Mark-Almond, David Blue	During David Blue’s opening set, Graham Nash sat in for a couple of tunes. New press added.
August 12	Memorial Auditorium	Sacramento, CA	Mark-Almond	One show at 8:00 p.m. 3,000 people attend this show, according to industry journal Amusement Business.
August 14	Albuquerque Civic Auditorium	Albuquerque, NM	Mark-Almond	One show at 8:00 p.m.
August 16	Civic Theatre	Akron, OH	Mark-Almond, David Blue	One show at 9:00 p.m. Added new press.
August 17	Masonic Temple	Detroit, MI	Mark-Almond, David Blue	Recent information provided by Tony Wagoner assures us that this show was cancelled.
August 18	Convention Center	Asbury Park, NJ	Mark-Almond	Two shows at 7:30 & 10:00 p.m.
August 19	Portsmouth Stadium	Portsmouth, VA	Edgar Winter, Foghat, Tower of Power, Spooky Tooth	Attendance for the festival was roughly 7,000. Rainfall early in the day limited the attendance. Dennis Samples informs us that Poco arrived so late that they were the last group to perform. Dennis also provided photographic proof that Spooky Tooth did perform contrary to press reports.
August 20	Syria Mosque	Pittsburgh, PA	Stories, Barnstorm, David Blue	An audience tape of this show circulates. Stories and Barnstrom canceled.
August 21	Carolina Coliseum	Charlotte, NC	Mark-Almond	No confirmation on Poco appearance.
August 22	The Spectrum	Philadelphia, PA	Mark-Almond, David Blue, Robin Trower	Richie performed a mini-solo set to open Poco’s set (Bob Cannon)
August 23	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Columbia, MD	Mark-Almond	One show at 7:30 p.m. Show grossed $21,000 of a potential $38,000. Recent violence at the venue had caused management to cancel shows the following week. Although this show evaded being cancelled, six fans were arrested for destruction of property during the show, along with the usual drug arrests.
August 24	Dillon Stadium	Hartford, CT	The Beach Boys	An audience tape of this show circulates. 14,000 attend. Added press and a brief review
August 25	Roosevelt Stadium	Jersey City, NJ	The Beach Boys, Stanky Brown Group	One show at 7:30 p.m. A tape of this show circulates. The show grossed $129,800 of a potential $137,500.
August 31-September 1	Wollman Rink, Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park	New York City, NY	David Blue	One show each night at 7:30 p.m.
September 4	Harrington Gym, Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA	Duke and the Drivers	This is Richie Furay’s final show with Poco. The college paid Poco $6,000 and it lost $4,000 on the concert
October 3-7	Roxy Nightclub	Los Angeles, CA	David Blue	This series of shows was canceled due to Furay’s departure from the band, although Richie had offered to play them.
November 1	Nathanial Hawthorne College	Antium, NH		The first show of the post-Furay era. They remain with Premiere Talent but leave Geffen-Roberts management.
November 2	Orrie De Nooyer Auditorium, Farleigh Dickerson University	Hackensack, NJ	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:30 p.m. This show was recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour. It is now available from Wolfang’s Vault. I’ve also corrected the location of the concert as Hackensack, NJ
November 3	Alumni Memorial Gym, Monmouth College	West Long Branch, NJ	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:30 p.m.
November 4	Panzer Gym, Montclair State College	Montclair, NJ
November 5	State Farm Arena	Harrisburg, PA	Doobie Bros., Three Man Army	Poco canceled their appearance to play Boston and were replaced by the Marshall Tucker Band.
November 5	Boston Garden	Boston, MA	J. Geils Band	Poco was a late addition to this bill after canceling the above date. Most ads did not have Poco listed. Despite this, the show was a sell out for a gross of $88,056.
November 6	University Gym, Fordham University	Bronx, NY	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:00 p.m. Although official itinerary lists Lehman College, concert actually held at Fordham and co-sponsored by Lehman College. Gary Gelfand was a member of the concert committee and tells us that since Lehman College kept the booking after Richie left, they were able to book Neil Young at Queen’s College (and they took a bath on it).
November 7	Palace Theater	New York City, NY		Taping for Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert – now posted on Wolfgang’s Vault
November 8	Welsey College	Dover, DL		Now confirmed that this show was canceled per Denny Jones archives
November 9	Venable Hall, N. Adams State College	North Adams, MA		One show at 8:00 p.m.
November 9	In Session airs on ABC-TV		Phil Everly, Ted Neeley, Kenny Rankin	Poco is shown performing Blue Water in a studio setting.
November 10	Sienna College	Loudonville, NY		This show does not appear on the tour itinerary, so I assume it was canceled in favor of the show at Wheaton College below.
November 10	Wheaton College	Pawtucket, RI
November 11	New York State University, Oneota	Oneota, NY
November 12	Hofstra University	Hempstead, LI, NY		Appearance was postponed until November 20.
November 14	Brooklyn College	Brooklyn, NY
November 15	Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut State College	New Britain, CT	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:30 p.m. Although the student press did not reveal specifics, the show lost money.
November 16	Capitol Theatre	Passaic, NJ	Marshall Tucker Band	Poco grossed $31,000 of a potential $34,000.
November 17	South Auditorium, West Point Military Academy	Highland Falls, NY	Chad Stuart
November 18	Jorgensen Auditorium, University Of Connecticut	Stoors, CT	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:15 p.m.
November 20	The Playhouse, Hofstra University	Hempstead, LI, NY	Chad Stuart	Two shows at 7:30 & 10:00 p.m.
November 21	Colden Auditorium, Queens College	Flushing, NY
November 22	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY	Loggins & Messina (headliner), Dalton & Dubarri	One show at 8:00 p.m. This is the first time that Poco shared the bill with their former producer and lead guitarist. Although it never was a common occurrence, both bands shared bills again. Variety reported that ticket sales were slow until Poco was added to the bill. The show eventually sold out with a gross of $130,000.
November 23	Valley Forge Music Fair	Devon, PA	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:30 p.m.
November 24	Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert airs in syndication			Poco performed ‘C’mon,’ ‘Here We Go Again’ and ‘Keeper of the Fire.’
November 24	Park Center	Charlotte, NC	Spirit, Emperor Jones	One show at 7:00 p.m. The Dennis Jones Archives confirmed this show was canceled
November 24	University of Scranton	Scranton, PA		From the Denny Jones archives.
November 25	Civic Center	Baltimore, MD	Edgar Winter, Frampton’s Camel	One show at 8:00 p.m.
November 25	King Biscuit Flower Hour airs in radio syndication		Livingston Taylor	Tape of this show circulates. Airdate in most markets. Show was recorded on November 2.
November 28	Springfield Municipal Auditorium	Springfield, MA	Chad Stuart	One show at 8:00 p.m. Added ads and press
November 29	C.W. Post Dome, Long Island University	Greenvale, NY		Recently confirmed by the Denny Jones archives that this show was canceled.
November 29	Lyman Auditorium, Southern Connecticut State College	New Haven, CT	Chad Stuart	Confirmed that this show replaced the cancelled show above.
November 30	Columbia Music Hall	Hartford, CT	James Montgomery	One show at 8:00 p.m. Concert was originally booked for the Columbia Coliseum but moved to the smaller Music Hall.
December 1	Elting Gym, SUNY, New Paltz	New Paltz, NY	Chad Stuart	Two shows at 8:00 & 11:00 p.m.
December 2	Gym, Salem State College	Salem, MA	David Bromberg, Chad Stuart
December 3	Sutter Gym, Wagner College	Staten Island, NY	Chad Stuart	Added an interesting and well thought-out review that compares Richie Furay with Mickey Mantle! Also a new concert ad.
December 5	Gallagher Field House, Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, OK	Chad Stuart, Jimmy Spheeris	One show at 8:00 p.m.
December 6	Kiel Auditorium	St. Louis, MO	Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Chad Stuart	One show at 7:30 p.m. One of the first times that an opening act outperformed Poco. BTO put on a booming, high-powered show and Poco’s fell flat, according to reviews.
December 7	Metropolitan Sport Center	Minneapolis, MN	The Guess Who	One show at 8:00 p.m. Ironically, the next night, Poco shared the bill with Randy Bachman’s old band, the Guess Who.
December 8	Brown County Arena	Green Bay, WI	The Guess Who, Cherlyn Dilcher	One show at 8:00 p.m. New advert and new review added.
December 9	Pershing Auditorium	Lincoln, NE	The Guess Who	One show at 8:00 p.m.
December 10	Mayo Civic Center	Rochester, MN	The James Gang, Judd	One show at 7:00 p.m. Added ads, press and a brief review that focuses more on opening act, Judd.
December 13-16	Roxy Niteclub	Los Angeles, CA	Ned Doheny Band	An audience tape of one of these shows circulates.

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