Poco 1987

The Nashville years draw to a close with a smattering of dates during the summer. Steve Chapman remains as the drummer of choice during the year. At the end of the summer, Poco does not officially break up but according to Jack Sundrud, Rusty Young just quit calling. The storied career of America’s trailblazing country-rock band seems to pass into history rather quietly.

DATE	VENUE	LOCATION	ALSO PERFORMING	NOTES
July 9, 1987	Oscar’s	Santa Barbara, CA	Wristrockets	Jimmy Messina, a Santa Barbara resident, sat in for both shows. Although a bit ragged during the segments when Messina was onstage, Poco still gave the crowd all it asked for.
July 10, 1987	At My Place	Los Angeles, CA
July 11, 1987	The Coach House	San Juan Capistrano, CA
July 12, 1987	Bacchanal	San Diego, CA
July 22, 1987	Birchmere Club	Alexandria, VA	Dave Allen	An audience tape exists of this show.
July 23, 1987	Jam’s	Sinking Spring, PA	Oklahoma Dan
July 23, 1987	The Chance	Poughkeepsie, NY	Lance Hoppen and Bob Leimbach (Orleans)
July 24, 1987	The Bottom Line	New York City, NY	Cliff Eberhardt
July 25, 1987	Club Bene	Sayreville, NJ		One show at 9:00 p.m.
July 26, 1987	Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Grounds	Branchville, NJ	Willie Nelson, O’Kaynes, Jim Beam	One show at 3:00 p.m. Condit Motors “Country Picnic”
July 27, 1987	The Recovery Room	Morristown, NJ		Two shows at 6:30 & 10:00 p.m.
July 29, 1987	Parallel Bars	Miami Beach, FL
July 30, 1987	Recreation Deck, Peabody Hotel	Orlando, FL		One show at 6:00 p.m.
July 31, 1987	Summer on the Beach	Ft. Lauderdale, FL		One show at 9:00 p.m.
August 1, 1987	Jannus Landing	St. Petersburg, FL		One show at 8:00 p.m. An audience tape exists of this show.
August 7, 1987	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO
September 6, 1987	Taste of Colorado, Civic Center Park	Denver, CO	Blood, Sweat & Tears	Two shows at 2:00 & 8:30 p.m.
September 29, 1987	Fox Theatre	St. Louis, MO	Mick Taylor, Ozark Mt. Daredevils, Firefall, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jonathan Edwards	One show at 6:00 p.m. St. Louis Benefit for AIDS