Poco 1982 Concerts

Poco has one short tour and the first leg of a larger tour booked for this year. The summer is used for the Bayou Blitz tour, as the band called it. The infamous GHOST TOWN tour began in December. Kim Bullard says the December tour was just like Spinal Tap as Poco returned to the club circuit. Poco begins to perform at small venues that would have been unthinkable only a few years earlier. It proved to be a tough adjustment for the band. A winter tour takes its toll with illness canceling a few shows and generally making the band feel it had run its course.

DATEVENUELOCATIONALSO PERFORMINGNOTES
April 16-19, 1982High Sierra TheatreLake Tahoe, NVMarshall Tucker Band (co-headliner)From the Denny Jones archives
New concert ad
June (UD), 1982Sherkston Shores Port Colbourne, Ontario, CanadaThe Beach Boys 
June 17, 1982Mabee Center, Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, OKThe Beach Boys One show at 8:00 p.m.
New concert ad
June 18, 1982Zoo AmphitheatreOklahoma City, OKThe Beach BoysOne show at 7:30 p.m.
Due to a rainy day, the show was moved indoors to the Lloyd Noble Center.
New press and we put up the newspaper review in total.
June 19, 1982Civic Center Amarillo, TXThe Beach Boys 
June 22, 1982Old Town Music HallBirmingham, AL TellurideTwo shows at 7:30 & 11:00 p.m.
After a grueling 1,000 mile drive, Poco play two shows at this small 250-seat club.
New press and opening act added
June 23, 1982Slick’s Rock and RollSt. Martinsville, LA One show performed at this 2,500 capacity hall.
June 24, 1982SouthPaws Bossier City, LA Venue had a capacity of 750.
June 25, 1982U.S. Presidential New Orleans, LA This show was booked for a river cruise. Poco performed one show as the boat moved upstream.
June 26, 1982The Iron Horse Thibodaux, LA  
June 27, 1982Billy Bob’sFt. Worth, TXOne show at 9:00 p.m.
Two new reviews added. Written by the same reviewer for the same newspaper with minor revisions.
June 28, 1982Liberty LunchAustin, TX Your MoveThis semi-open air venue held 800 patrons.
New concert ads and a brutal review that states Poco played only eight songs before calling it a night. Fans were outraged and pounded on Poco’s tour bus after the show in anger.
July 4, 1982Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine, CAChristopher Cross (headliner) One show at 8:00 p.m.
July 17, 1982Sheraton Grand Ballroom Anchorage, AK Two shows at 7:00 & 10:00 p.m.
A rare concert in Alaska still had the local press being critical. “The band looked bored playing its popular hits but this concert-starved audience ate it up.” Poco also took some time off to fish and relax.
New press added
July 22, 1982Old Waldorf San Francisco, CA Poco postponed this performance, eventually playing it in December.
July 23, 1982Crest TheaterSacramento, CA  Two shows at 7:00 & 11:00 p.m..
Both shows were canceled when the promoter sold his lease on the venue after several shows were canceled due to low ticket sales.
New press added
July 24, 1982Sierra Summer Festival Mammoth Lakes, CA From the Denny Jones archives
October 2, 1982Concord Pavilion Concord, CA Poco performs a private party. From the Denny Jones archives
October 17, 1982Santa Clara Fairgrounds Santa Clara, CANorton Buffalo, Joe Sharino One show at 3:00 p.m.
New concert ad
November 19, 1982SweetwaterRedondo Beach, CASwing Shift with MaryFrom the Denny Jones archives
New press and concert ad. The ad takes note of the fact that the venue was closing in December.
November 21, 1982Arnold Hall, U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO From the Denny Jones archives
November 22, 1982Events Center, Colorado UniversityBoulder, CO Jefferson Starship (headliner)One show at 7:30 p.m.
Richie Furay sat in with Poco on the encore.
New press added
December 3, 1982The Pub, California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA The start of the GHOST TOWN tour that essentially led to the demise of the Legend-era band begins in a small on-campus venue.
December 9, 1982Warnor’s Star PalaceFresno, CA One show at 8:00 p.m.
New press added
December 10, 1982Grand Ballroom Reno, NV From the Denny Jones archives
December 11, 1982Old Waldorf San Francisco, CAMichael de JongTwo shows at 8:00 & 11:00 p.m.
Poco was in a joking mood with many in the audience seeing both shows. Charlie Harrison broke a bass string during the second set, leading Rusty to joke that Tim Schmit had never broken a string in all the years he’d played with Poco.
December 12, 1982Lobero Theater Santa Barbara, CA  One show at 8:00 p.m.
December 15, 1982The Palomino North Hollywood, CA Two shows at 8:00 & 11:00 p.m.
Although tabbed as a country-rock artist from the beginning, this is Poco’s first appearance at the noted country music club.
New concert ad
December 17-18, 1982The Golden Bear Huntington Beach, CA The early show sold out as Poco returns to this Southern California club for the first time since their early days.
December 19, 1982Dooley’sTempe, AZ One show at 8:00 p.m.
From the Denny Jones archives
New press added
December 31, 1982Good Time Theatre, Knott’s Berry FarmBuena Park, CAPointer Sisters, David Lindley, Johnnie OtisFrom the Denny Jones archives
New concert ad