Pickin' Up the Pieces The Heart and Soul of Country Rock Pioneer Richie Furay

by Furay, Richie; Roberts, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781578569571
• ISBN10: 1578569575
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-18
• Publisher: WaterBrook

Summary

When a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn't one of his concerns. But destiny was. Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay's destiny had finally arrived. Although the band recorded only three albums, it remains a touchstone of sixties rock musicwith all five band members now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Furay remained a musical pioneer, forming Poco and recording some of the firstand bestcountry rock music of the sixties and seventies. His work was a major influence on the Eagles and innumerable other bands. But he still had not found his destiny. It wasn't until his marriage almost disintegrated that Furay confronted his need for God. After co-founding two legendary bands and recording with a rock super-group, Richie Furay finally found his destiny. The long journey took him from sold-out arena concerts to the pulpit of a Colorado church, from rock royalty to the Rock of Ages. Destiny is often found in the places where we're not looking. As you follow the twists and turns in Richie Furay's inspiring journey, you'll gain fresh insight into your own.

Author Biography

Richie Furay is a pioneer of folk-rock and country rock music. He was a founder of Buffalo Springfield and Poco, bands whose recordings continue to influence both rock and country music today. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Furay is coauthor of For What It’s Worth: The Story of Buffalo Springfield. Today, he pastors a Calvary Chapel church in Colorado and continues to record and perform music. Married since 1967, he and his wife, Nancy, have four daughters and four grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue: The Hall-of-Fame Phone Call	1	(132)
1 Yellow Springs, Ohio	11	(10)
Boyhood Dreams and a Summer Tragedy
2 A Folk Singer in the Making	21	(14)
My First Brush with the Big Time
3 Big City Lights and Village Nights	35	(14)
From Passing the Hat to a Record Deal
4 The Move to L.A	49	(10)
Meeting Neil Young; Hanging Out with Gram Parsons
5 Becoming the Buffalo Springfield	59	(14)
Two New York Folkies and Three Canadians Create Magic
6 Visions of Fame and Fortune	73	(14)
How a Fast Start Drifted into the Slow Lane
7 "Stop, Children, What's That Sound?"	87	(12)
An Unexpected Single Breaks Big
8 A Legendary Band Self-Destructs	99	(18)
The Impossible Challenge of Keeping Things Together
9 A New Type of Rock Music	117	(16)
Finding Three Other Guys Who Love Country Rock
10 The Bottom Keeps Falling Out	133	(14)
Fleeting Success and the Damage of Sexual Sin
11 Will Deliverin' Really Deliver?	147	(14)
Leaving Poco to Form the First Country Rock Supergroup
12 On the Brink of Commercial Success	161	(12)
How "Super" Could This Group Become?
13 A New Life of Faith	173	(14)
Traveling the Long Road Back Home
14 A Christian Making Music	187	(14)
Striking Out in Another New Direction
15 Finding a New Calling	201	(14)
Who Would've Guessed That I'd Become a Pastor?
16 The Challenges of a Poco Reunion	215	(16)
At First It Seemed Like Such a Great Idea
Epilogue: The Lord and Me	231	(10)
Discography	241	(2)
Notes	243	(4)
Index	247