Poco Music Group

George Grantham, drummer for country-rock band Poco, suffered a stroke and collapsed on stage while the band was performing Thursday in Springfield, Mass. He was taken to a hospital. While Grantham underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure that led to the stroke, the rest of the band finished the concert in an acoustic format after being told they would be unable to visit their drummer immediately.

George Grantham, drummer for country-rock band Poco, suffered a stroke and collapsed on stage while the band was performing Thursday in Springfield, Mass. He was taken to a hospital. While Grantham underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure that led to the stroke, the rest of the band finished the concert in an acoustic format after being told they would be unable to visit their drummer immediately.

In Spanish, poco means "little" or "small." In the history of country rock, though, the band that accidentally named itself Poco holds a place that is anything but small. Formed in 1968 as an outgrowth of the influential Buffalo Springfield, Poco was one of the first bands to devote itself entirely to a merger of country music with rock.

In Spanish, poco means "little" or "small." In the history of country rock, though, the band that accidentally named itself Poco holds a place that is anything but small. Formed in 1968 as an outgrowth of the influential Buffalo Springfield, Poco was one of the first bands to devote itself entirely to a merger of country music with rock.

When the five original members of the trailblazing country-rock band Poco decided late in 1988 to reunite for the first time in 20 years, record companies weren't exactly jumping over the corral fence to lasso a bunch of fortysomething country rockers with no recent hits among them. "People were saying, 'Can these guys still sing?'

When the five original members of the trailblazing country-rock band Poco decided late in 1988 to reunite for the first time in 20 years, record companies weren't exactly jumping over the corral fence to lasso a bunch of fortysomething country rockers with no recent hits among them. "People were saying, 'Can these guys still sing?'