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Rusty Young, Poco’s Co-Founder and Longtime Frontman, Dies at 75

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Chris Willman Music WriterRusty Young, who co-founded the country-rock group Poco in 1968 and was the only mainstay through the band’s five-decade-plus history, died Wednesday at age 75.A representative said Young died of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri.“I just received word that my friend Rusty Young has passed away and crossed that line into eternity,” co-founder Richie Furay said in a statement to Variety. “My heart is saddened; he was a dear and longtime friend who help me pioneer and create a new Southern California musical sound called ‘country rock.’ He was an innovator on the steel guitar and carried the name Poco on for more than 50 years.

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