Richie Furay

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Richie Furay (2006)

Paul Richard "Richie" Furay (born May 9, 1944 in Yellow Springs , Ohio ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist . He became known as a co-founder of the band Buffalo Springfield .

Life

Furay played with Stephen Stills in the band The Au Go Go Singers and together with him became one of the founding members of Buffalo Springfield . When in the late 1960s first Neil Young (initially in favor of a solo career) and then Stephen Stills left the band (he founded Crosby, Stills and Nash , Neil Young later joined) Buffalo Springfield broke up.

Furay's next band, Poco , is one of the founding fathers of country rock. In 1974 he left this group and became one of the namesake of the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band . After two released albums, this band also split.

In 1976 he founded his fourth group with The Richie Furay Band . The album I've Got a Reason , however, fell through with the audience and did not make it to the chart. After two concert tours in the late 1970s, the group broke up.

Furay has been a priest at a Christian church in Denver since the early 1980s . He occasionally appears as a solo artist or with his former band Poco and publishes solo albums at irregular intervals.

In 2006 he was in support of America and Linda Ronstadt on a concert tour and released a "secular" solo album, The Heartbeat of Love .

Discography (excerpt)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
I still have dreams
  US 39 December 15, 1979 (11 weeks)

Albums

with the Au Go-Go Singers:

  • Au Go-Go Singers (1964)

with Buffalo Springfield:

  • Buffalo Springfield (1966)
  • Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
  • Buffalo Springfield Last Time Around

with Poco:

  • Poco / Pickin'Up The Pieces (1969)
  • Poco / Poco (1970)
  • Poco / Deliverin (1971)
  • Poco / From the Inside (1971)
  • Poco / A Good Feelin 'to Know (1972)
  • Poco / Crazy Eyes (1973)
  • Poco / Legacy (1989)

with the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band:

  • Souther Hillman Furay (1974)
  • Souther Hillman Furay / Trouble in Paradise (1975)

Solo:

  • I've Got a Reason (1976)
  • Dance a Little Light (1978)
  • I Still Have Dreams (1979)
  • Seasons of Change (1982)
  • In My Father's House (1997)
  • I am sure (2005)
  • The Heartbeat of Love (2006)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: US
personal data
SURNAME Furay, Richie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Furay, Paul Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Yellow Springs