Keep On Tryin' by Poco

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TGNeil
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Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:07 pm

Hey Folks,
Finally adding Poco to our roster of bands with Keep On Tryin'!

Poco was one of the pioneering bands in the early days of country rock. Richie Furay and Jim Messina came from the Buffalo Springfield orbit and continued on their path by starting Poco in 1968. Timothy B. Schmidt joined as their bass player the next year and stayed with them until 1977, when he joined The Eagles. Schmidt wrote Keep On Tryin', which appeared on their 1975 album Head Over Heels, which went on to be their biggest hit up to that time. The song was recorded one half step low and featured a simple acoustic guitar accompaniment, along with great harmony vocals.

This lesson is done at standard pitch and starts with a 'Work It Out' segment for the student to figure out the chord progression, so please try that before printing out the chart if you are interested.

It continues with a segment on country style strumming, goes over the progression and some bass run embellishments, and a short Play Through.




Clarkreb
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Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:00 pm

Loved this lesson Classic Poco Song
Would love Neil for you to add some more Poco songs like Good Feeling To Know , Bad Weather and Go and Say Goodbye

Also would you consider adding some Firefall Songs like You Are The Woman and Just Remember I Love You

I love your instruction Neil
Thanks so much
Mike


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Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:43 am

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. All of those songs are under consideration as you read this, and most of them already were.

Stay tuned,

Neil


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