I’m a Ritchie Furay/ Buffalo Springfield Fan. They were undoubtedly my favorite band from the sixties. Generally, I have been dissapointed with most of Ritchies solo projects. With Poco, Springfield fans again were enlightened with Ritchies beautuful Tenor and for a short while, the harmonies with pre-Eagles, Timothy B. Schmit. I explored a few Poco albums and found the music enjoyable,however, a little too “country” (country-rock).
Recently, I Purchased the 2-disc CD, " Poco…The Forgotten Trail (1969-74)"
What a treasure this turned out to be! Every Poco fan is firmiliar with “Crazy Eyes” and it’s probably alot of fans favorites. This CD, features a previously unreleased track, “Believe Me”, which is a Masterpiece! Leaning toward the sound of Buffalo Springfield, this Furay composition was recorded on March 5,1973 and left in the vaults. The Musicianship & Harmonies easily make this song my Poco favorite and for that matter, my Ritchie Furay Favorite! I can’t believe this song was never considered for release on any of the subsequent Poco Albums.
[nitpick]The song everyone is probably familiar with is “Crazy Love”[/nitpick]
I’d say “Heart of the Night” is my favorite Poco song, but I honestly don’t know if I’ve heard anything other than that and “Crazy Love.”
Same here.
I lean toward “Grand Junction,” but also like “You Better Think Twice.”
Favorite Poco song: “A Good Feeling To Know”.
I’ll second what **waits ** said, and add “Who’s Your Next Fool”.
I like “Just for Me and You” (written by Schmidt) and “What If I Should Say I Love You” (written by Furay).
Make that “Schmit.” I wish he’d spell his name right.
My favorite is “Heart of the Night” off the No Nukes set. I’ve never heard another version, so I can’t compare it to the original.
“Crazy Eyes” is the song I am writing about, not Crazy Love. “Crazy Eyes” is the title track on the album of the same title. It reached number 38.
It was Furay’s swan song with Poco. He left the group upon it’s release.
I keep meaning to start a Buffalo Springfield thread. But I can never think of anything to say other than, damn these guys were so good! It’s funny, “The Forgotten Trail” is the only Poco I have, as I bought it to see how well I liked Richie’s post-Springfield music. It’s OK, but I find it frustrating in a way because I think Richie could’ve done a lot better. To me anyway, most of the Poco songs seem to almost but not quite reach the quality we saw with the Springfield.
So, what do you know about Furay’s post-Poco efforts? I don’t know as I’ve ever heard any of his solo stuff or the Souther-Furay-Hillman band.
Yeah, I got to googling around after I posted that, and was a little chagrined. But then I listened to a snippet of the Crazy Eyes song, and I’d never heard it before and I’m a bit of a 70s music junky. So I figured I’d just sit quietly and see what everyone else said. 
If you ever do, I imagine you’ll get at least one reply from Hugh Jass, and probably a post from HoldenCaulfield or 42Fish.
I think most of his post-Poco/S-F-H solo work would fall under the Christian genre.
As a small aside, has anyone ever seen Pete Frame’s 'CSNY Rock Family Tree? IMHO, it’s one of the most balanced (and incestuous) timelines he’s ever compiled.
“You Better Think Twice” and “Good Feelin’ to Know”
I found Souther Hillman Furay to be inferior to each of their previous lineups. YMMV.
Ahh, Springfield…
I couldn’t wait for the boxed set! For all these years, (Like Iron Butterfly) Atco would not release any unreleased tracks. Of course, there was “Stampede” however, the quality was poor on most of the tracks. The boxed set fills the void in all the hearts and ears of Springfield fans.
Back to Ritchie…Ponder, like you, I expected better things. I have a couple of Poco CD’s and consider them average. Walking through Tower records one evening, The Bart Forbes artwork of the Buffaloes in the Snow caught my attention and the years this compilation cover, 1969-74, assurred me That I would be hearing Furay immediately after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. In fact, Furay’s composition, “Kind Woman” (on this CD) was also used on the last Springfield album, “Last Time Around”. This Song, “I Believe” is the Ritchie I remembered from Buffalo Springfield. Incidently, because this track was never released by Poco, it was re-recorded by Souther, Hillman, Furay and released on their first record. This Group, S-H-F, was hyped as a Supergroup but fell way short.
After S-H-F, Ritchie formed The Ritchie Furay Band and recorded an Album which I need to revisit since it has been re-released on CD.