Cimarron 615 (featuring members of Poco and Flying Burrito Brothers)

Experience Cimarron 615 (featuring members of Poco and Flying Burrito Brothers) at SPACE in Evanston, IL.

Youd be hard-pressed to find a band with a more impressive collective resume than Cimarron 615. The quartet just releasing its second, self-titled album is a hall of fame-caliber assemblage, with credits that look like a whos who of Americana, country and rock history. Weve all been around a long time and done a lot of work and a lot of it together, notes drummer Rick Lonow. Theres history here.Where the four musicians intersect is via the famed country-rock band Poco. Lonow and Jack Sundrud were its longtime rhythm section until the band ceased when co-founder Rusty Young died in 2021. Michael Webb played in the band for eight years, while Ronnie Guilbeau co-wrote Pocos 1989 Top 20 single Call It Love with Lonow. Webb and Sundrud co-produced Pocos All Fired Up album in 2013, and Lonow, Webb and Sundrud played on Youngs 2017 solo album, Waitin For the Sun.Then there are the individual credits, which include many path-crossings with each other over the years. Lonows discography includes albums for Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Jack Clement, Ryan Bingham and many more, has toured with Poco, the Bellamy Brothers, and was part of the all-star Burrito Deluxe. Webb played on iconic albums by Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Mark Germino, Larkin Poe and others, as well as hitting the road with Poco, John Fogerty and Hank Williams, Jr.; he was also part of the all-star Brooklyn Cowboys. Sundrud played with Poco, Dickie Betts, Vince Gill, and Nicolette Larson, and formed the group Great Plains. And Guilbeau who, like Sundrud, worked in the California country-rock scene before moving to Nashville was part of the bands Palomino Road and GYG.Cimarron 615 came to be after Youngs death, when Blue Elan Records chief Kirk Pasich organized a tribute concert and album and brought Sundrud, Webb and Lonow together in Los Angeles as part of a house band for several projects and heard the potential for more. Guilbeau rounded out the line-up in 2023.