A standard joke in aviation circles is that there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. In popular music, much the same applies. There are old bold artists, but it seldom works well, if at all. Few things are more embarrassing than watching a musical entertainer in the autumn (or later) of their years attempting to command the stage via prancing about like the young lions they once were. Aging gracefully is an art few artists have accomplished.
Fortunately for us, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay has mastered the art of not only preserving the superb tunesmanship and energetic presentation that has been his stock in trade since first coming to public attention with Buffalo Springfield in the mid-1960s but doing so without diluting the power and purpose behind his message as an unabashed Christian and patriot.
Making one of his…
