Jazz Articles about Cimarron 615

Cimarron 615 and Poco: This Country Rocks!

by Doug Collette
June 17, 2023

When Poco formalized the marriage of country music with rock and roll via Pickin' Up The Pieces (Epic, 1969)--after the first convergence of the genres on the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Columbia, 1968), the quintet emphasized improvisation in a way that's been lost during the evolution of contemporary country (although it's now the foundation of progressive bluegrass like that of Greensky Bluegrass, Railroad Earth and Billy Strings). The release of a new long-player by latter-day members of the band ...