Poco

Initially the band were so conscious of hitting the East Coast - suspecting that they lacked a following there - that they planned an intensive campaign which resulted in them causing near hysteria at the Shea Stadium Peace Festival in 1970.

The group was somewhat over-shadowed by other ex-Buffalo members Neil Young and Stephen Stills, and a series of line-up changes eventually saw Messina depart in 1970 and Furay leave in 1972.