“Debut album Brand New Distance announces Cimarron 615 as a vibrant new country rock voice with deep Nashville roots. It channels a collective heritage that includes Poco and the Flying Burrito Brothers into ten refreshingly contemporary, harmony-laden songs.”

more information about the show here.

“Marrying bluegrass instrumentation to breezy California country rock, authentically gritty blues, and pop sensibilities, Cimarron 615 spans everything from stripped-down acoustic arrangements to full-on three-guitar rock, with an unpredictable live show noted for rare on-stage chemistry.”

Austin’s DO512 full blurb on the Saxon Pub show here!

“Brand New Distance is a 10-song record channeling a collective heritage that combines Poco, and the Flying Burrito Brothers into a refreshingly contemporary take on harmony-laden, narrative country rock. The album oozes world-class songcraft and musicality enhanced with achingly nuanced harmonies, poignant lyrics, and sinewy solos.”

Read the entire article here.

” City of Angels was the final track recorded for the album and it seems to be this incarnation’s GFTK as it tells the story of the band with an upbeat pulse and similar chord arrangement to the POCO classic. But, before they make it back to Los Angeles the first stop on their comeback run will find the guys participating in this year’s SXSW in Austin. That should be heavenly.”

Read Richard Lynch’s full article at MusicCityNashville.net here!

“There’s a lot of Poco DNA in that band and harmonies abound. The songwriting appears to be evenly divided among all 5 members, but it all holds together, unified by a very familiar sound.”

Read Ken Paulson’s article in Americana One here.

“…given the contributions of Bill Lloyd and two of Rusty Young’s colleagues in the last Poco incarnation, bassist/vocalist Jack Sundred and keyboardist Michael Webb, a continuum is maintained. All three play a role in Cimarron 615, a band that appears destined to somehow carry on under the Poco banner. So, while the performances are generally on target, the reminiscing and reflecting shared by the participants in the liner notes adds both credence and context.”

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“It was the new songs however, co-written by Hampton that proved the new guy to be a real ringer. “Try Again” and “Between the Bitter and the Sweet” were both top-shelf compositions that could go to the top of the charts. Where was this guy when the band was in their nearly constant and desperate pursuit of a “hit” throughout the 70’s?”

Read Rich and Laura Lynch’s full article here.

“The goal of the tribute album is to celebrate and highlight the amazing songwriting of American treasure, Rusty Young. Plans for a tribute album were already underway before Young suddenly passed away on April 14, 2021. Unfortunately, Young was never able to hear the renditions of his iconic songs that were recorded by this talented group of artists; however, the label is sure that Young would have approved. As Kirk Pasich, Blue Élan founder and the album’s producer comments in the album’s liner notes, “Beginning in 2017, Rusty was, in many ways, the heart and soul of our label.”

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 “After meeting Rusty through Vince Gill back in 1989, Radney Foster and I jumped at the opportunity to co-write some songs with Rusty. The news that there would be a Poco reunion with Rusty, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, and George Grantham was exciting.

“Rusty had the ‘Rough Edges’ guitar riff already when we sat down to write and it all came together in short order. Really fun and rocking. I remember how pumped we were when he told us Randy Meisner would take the vocal on that.”

Keavin Wiggin’s full article is here.