Richie Furay

Richie Furay is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is best known for forming the 1960s band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young,

Richie Furay is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is best known for forming the 1960s band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin. In the late 60s he formed the band Poco, with Jim Messina and Rusty Young. He left in 1974 to join the Souther, Hillman, Furay Band. Al Perkins, the groups pedal steel guitar player introduced Richie to Christianity before poor record sales led to the band's demise. Furay then formed The Richie Furay Band with Jay Truax, John Mehler, and Tom Stipe, releasing the album I've Got a Reason in 1976 which reflected Richie's new found beliefs.

Since the early 1980s, Richie Furay has been senior pastor of Calvary Chapel, Broomfield, Colorado, a Christian church in the Denver, area, though he continues to perform as a solo artist,and very occasionally with Poco.