With Buffalo Springfield disintegrated, Furay, Messina, and Young joined to create a new band, originally named "Pogo" but then shortly rechristened "Poco" after copyright concerns forced a change.[citation needed] The band needed a drummer, and Young recruited Grantham, who became part of Poco's founding lineup. Grantham's backup vocals were an important element of the band's distinctive harmony sound.[1] Grantham remained a member of various Poco lineups through 1977, a span of ten studio albums and two live releases. He returned in 1985, and was part of four of five band incarnations before departing again 1990. Reunited once more in 2000, he suffered a debilitating stroke in 2004[1] and was unable to rejoin the band again until some vocals-only appearances in 2009.
george, grantham, musician, this, biography, living, person, relies, single, source, help, adding, reliable, sources, this, article, contentious, material, about, living, people, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, november, 2017, lea. This biography of a living person relies on a single source You can help by adding reliable sources to this article Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message George Grantham born January 20 1947 1 is an American drummer and vocalist best known for his work with pioneering country rock band Poco George GranthamGrantham left and Rusty Young at KFRC in 1970 Background informationBorn 1947 01 20 January 20 1947 age 77 Cordell Oklahoma U S GenresCountry rockOccupation s Drummer singer Contents 1 Early career 2 Poco 3 Discography 4 ReferencesEarly career editGrantham and pedal steel guitarist Rusty Young were members of the Denver based psychedelic rock act Boenzee Cryque when Young left the band in mid 1968 for Los Angeles There Young fell in with Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina as they wrapped up that band s final album 1 Poco editFurther information Poco band With Buffalo Springfield disintegrated Furay Messina and Young joined to create a new band originally named Pogo but then shortly rechristened Poco after copyright concerns forced a change citation needed The band needed a drummer and Young recruited Grantham who became part of Poco s founding lineup Grantham s backup vocals were an important element of the band s distinctive harmony sound 1 Grantham remained a member of various Poco lineups through 1977 a span of ten studio albums and two live releases He returned in 1985 and was part of four of five band incarnations before departing again 1990 Reunited once more in 2000 he suffered a debilitating stroke in 2004 1 and was unable to rejoin the band again until some vocals only appearances in 2009 Discography editMain article Poco discographyReferences edit a b c d Eder Bruce George Grantham biography at AllMusic Retrieved November 24 2011 nbsp nbsp This article on a United States drummer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Grantham musician amp oldid 1200416640, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
