Lets Dance Top Ten: Lets Dance Tonight (#9)

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Never one to disappoint, I have the first of a number of "familiar names" in my countdowns here in this list of songs with "dance" or some variation in the title. There's a connection to yesterday's song in a way...at least this band was mentioned in the discussion of yesterday's song. But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone. Ooops, wrong song. Here's the correct one. #9: Let's Dance Tonight - Poco Jim Messina was a founding member of Poco after Buffalo Springfield dissolved. He left before the band's From the Inside album and was replaced by Paul Cotton. After this album Richie Furay would leave as well, shrinking Poco to a quartet (where they'd stay for a good number of decades). Before he left, however, he gave the band a marvelous closing number: "Let's Dance Tonight." Poco has always been a feel-good band. Even when they were singing of the heartbreak of "Crazy Love" there was a sound of optimism in the song. Here Furay's happy as heck about the notion of "slippin' away, heading out to L.A." for some music and fun. And boy, does it show in the bridge. Woo! A happy farewell from a founding member of a great country-rock band. Let's Dance Tonight Written by Richie Furay Recorded by Poco From Crazy Eyes, 1973 This rock and roll feeling: