1. Richie Furay is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Timothy B Schmit, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner.
19 Facts About Richie Furay
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Richie Furay's best known song was "Kind Woman," which he wrote for his wife, Nancy.
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Richie Furay had an early interest in music, sparked by his father listening to country music.
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Richie Furay left Poco in 1974 to form the Souther-Hillman-Richie Furay Band.
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In support of the release of the album, Richie Furay formed an alliance with David Geffen and Asylum Records.
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Richie Furay assured Geffen that his album would be Christian influenced but would not be an attempt to preach about his newfound beliefs.
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In 1983, Richie Furay became senior pastor of the Calvary Chapel in Broomfield, Colorado, a non-sectarian Christian church in the Denver area.
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In 1989, Richie Furay reunited with Poco to release an album entitled Legacy.
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The Richie Furay band continued to tour through 2008 and 2009.
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Richie Furay appeared with Poco for several shows in early 2009.
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In July 2011, Richie Furay announced on his Facebook page that he would be touring with Buffalo Springfield in early 2012, ending speculation there would be a 2011 fall tour with them.
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In 2011, Richie Furay collaborated with the Piedmont Brothers Band as guest vocalist on the albums PBB III, "Back To The Country", and "A Piedmont Christmas".
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Richie Furay appeared on the 2013 Carla Olson album, Have Harmony, Will Travel.
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Richie Furay retired as Pastor of Calvary Chapel in December 2017.
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On June 13,2018, the Richie Furay Band began the Deliverin' Tour at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in New Jersey.
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In mid-2019, Richie Furay announced he would be retiring from touring as a headliner.
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Richie Furay embarked on a tour of the west coast in the fall of 2019, sharing the bill with Dave Mason.
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Richie Furay included "Crazy Love" and "Bad Weather" in the shows, as a tribute to Poco bandmates Rusty Young and Paul Cotton, respectively; they both died in 2021.
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In June and July 2022, Richie Furay kicked off a mini-tour, beginning in New Jersey, as well as the City Winery in Nashville, New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Boston.