We wondered, ‘Are we going to be able to do these songs, make them our own, and still give them a freshness that people who are so familiar with them won’t look back and say, ‘Oh, man, this isn’t so-and-so’s version?” but forged ahead anyway. Explains Furay, “To have these songs that are so ingrained in people’s minds was a challenge.
When asked how he chose the material for the recording, Furay replies, “All the songs on the album had to have a message,” revealing that he picked Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You” to open the record because he “loved the lyrical content” and because the song had “such a freshness to it.”Īdvertise with New Jersey Stage for $50-$100 per month, click here for infoįuray also chose tunes like Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance” and Marc Cohn’s “Walkin’ in Memphis” for the project, despite suggesting that doing so was somewhat problematic.
On his new recording, In the Country, Furay sets his sights on the genre of country music.īefore tonight’s show, we talk to Furay about In the Country, a collection of cover versions of well-known country tunes. It is said that at an Eagles’ concert in Denver, band leader Glenn Frey once pointed out Richie Furay in the audience and announced, “If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t be here.”įollowing Poco, Furay went on to lead the Souther-Hillman-Furay band and, later, to work as a contemporary Christian music artist. In the process, they worked with others including Randy Meisner in their group, Poco, developing a groundbreaking genre of music called country-rock - Messina continuing his experimentation with Loggins and Messina, and Meisner with the Eagles. Buffalo Springfield’s biggest hit, “For What It’s Worth,” became an anthem for the 1960s, but the band’s three albums - all recorded in the span of just two years - consisted of such additional outstanding material as Furay’s original composition, “Kind Woman.” Furay’s crisp, clean vocals earned him the nod as the group’s lead singer and, as such, it is his voice which carries many of Neil Young’s early compositions.Īfter Buffalo Springfield disbanded, in 1968 Furay teamed up with Jim Messina in an effort to fuse the sounds of rock and country in a new musical style. In the mid-‘60s, Furay formed Buffalo Springfield with several other up-and-coming musicians including Stephen Stills and Neil Young, both of whom went on to achieve success independently and with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
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In tonight’s special “Album Preview” performance, music lovers will get to sample several tunes from Furay’s latest effort, his 2022 release, In the Country.įuray, 78, is an Ohio-born musician who started his professional music career in the NY/NJ metropolitan area as a member of the Au Go Go Singers, the house band at the Café Au Go Go, a famed ‘60s-era Greenwich Village nightspot. Fans of country-rock are filtering into South Orange’s SOPAC auditorium this Sunday, Jevening for a concert by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay.
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