Paul Cotton and lived together in the mid 70’s until we decided to get married in 79. We loved each other very much but as you can imagine it’s not an easy way of life or existence. But, looking back on it, I wouldn’t change a thing. I often joined them for weeks if not months on tour and as you can imagine, there was many disputes to put it mildly. within the band. So I did all that I could to support him and and any insight. We would always take walks around the neighborhood and that’s where Indian Summer came about. He sure wrote some of the best music. We all miss him as you do. Our family takes great pride in the beautiful songs he wrote. We all have our favorite stories and memories of Paul Thank you so much for your love for him and his music.

RIP Paul Cotton. You wrote and sang this most special and beautiful song of all time. Thank you for sharing your gifts and talent with us.

Some of you younger folks may not know, but both Randy Meisner and Timothy B Schmit, both who later came to fame as members of the Eagles, were once both members of this band. So were Richie Furay and Jim Messina, formerly of Buffalo Springfield. I love how so many times great artists intertwine due to their pasts.

If you can listen to this and not have some serious emotional movements, you’re dead.

Some songs put you in a special place, this is one of them for me. The 70's was a great decade to come of age.

I don't know why, but this song always makes me feel extremely emotional. I am struck with a strange combination of wistful sad nostalgia and a wild joy at the same time. There is something unfanthomable and.soulfully deep about it. It's intoxicating. I want to go cry in my beer...

We that grew up in these amazing years yessir lord we were so blessed 😢

That opening pedal steel guitar....gives me chills some 45 yrs later...still.

R.I.P. Rusty Young and Paul Cotton. You guys were amazing!

Rest in eternal peace Paul Cotton, thank you for this beautiful song.

I'm now 63 and this is one of my favorite songs. Takes me back to better days.

They deserve a lot more credit than they're getting. Because their influence on the West Coast music scene is immeasurable.

Beautiful song but sad for me . So many memories of our beloved pets … family members and friends no longer with us ❤

Still love this band 50 years now. Paul was a very underrated singer/songwriter. Still love him after all these years.

Why is this not a staple on a radio network today

I'm 62, I am a swiss citizen. I love Poco since I discovered them in 1972 in the high school times. It was in Lausanne, Switzerland. These guys helped me to learn english, like so many other bands. Byrds, Beatles, Beach Boys, Canned Heat, Moody Blues, ....Pocos best song? Bad Weather.

Amazing...a love song to New Orleans 💜🌹😎

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and recorded. A 16 year old me and my 43 year old mother loved this song very much. I heard another song on the radio the day by LaRue (New Orleans Ladies) and I was immediately reminded of In the Heart of the Night so I have been listening to both and remembering the good old days. Mom has been gone since 1997, but these songs help me hold onto her in my heart. RIP Paul Cotton and Rusty Young. You struck a chord in my heart that will last forever with your music.

I came to Poco through Crazy Love, followed by Rose of Cimarron, Indian Summer and this - all great tunes. Diabolically underrated band IMHO.

Never gets old. Love this song so much. From 1978 when I was 15 years old to now when I am 52. Still gives me that wonderful feeling I felt the first time I heard it.

Takes me right back to my 1979 trans-Am trip.

How many all male bands with this talent and creativity and passion for music and instruments like this exist today? Not many. So sad. Its just about victimhood painted in rainbow colours.

I was thinking abour this song so I had to download it. This brings me back to happier times. RIP, Paul Cotton, you gave us Wonderful music.

This song always makes me feel like it's nice to be alive. I must hear it frequently.

Don't know where I was when they shot this video but that's me playing the alto sax solo. Still gets AirPlay and it gave them what I believe was their only platinum album.... Legend.

This song is so beautiful...so moving...that it makes this boy from Westchester County (suburban NYC) wish he had grown up in the South!

Man this song takes me back. They'll never make songs like this again. Still listening in 2021.

I love this song so much I was 15 when this hit the airwaves...R.I.P. Paul Cotton and Rusty Young..😢🎶🎸🎵

Was driving over the Ponchartrain one night with my girlfriend and this of all songs comes on the radio. Talk about a great feelin

68 now....this melts me now as it did then.Tho I'm from Hawaii,no one ever recognize Louisiana and her beautiful land and people,but Poco did.Mahalo and aloha,Poco.Forever

My girl and I spent a week in a beautiful cabin in the mountains. This song frequently came on Yacht Rock Radio as we shared some of the most wonderful, memorable moments of our lives.

Nice to see Rusty Young on the steel guitar here. The film THE BIG EASY (1986) was set in New Orleans. The song THE HEART OF THE NIGHT by Poco was released in 1979. It is a song about New Orlens. How could the film not have the song in the film and in the film's soundtrack. It would have been a great move for everyone.

RIP Paul. May God rest your soul. Your music is still and will be here forever.

I was 15 when this came out. The 70's and 80's ... the best era of music around! The crap coming out today can't hold a candle to the music of PoCo, The Eagles, Lynerd Skynerd, Chicago only to name a few.

One of the greatest songs ever...

This song makes me homesick for New Orleans and Ive never been there..

RIP; Paul Cotton. You were very talented!!!!

Pouring a stiff one now and raising a glass of bourbon to these boys for striking the right chords when needed. Beautiful music and a beautiful song that has the ability to make any bitter moment bittersweet!

This was without a doubt their best. It’s still beautiful!

Brings back so many memories. RIP Paul Cotton.

RIP Rusty Young. These vocals are really exceptional.

Man those Memories Of bourbon street. It shure takes me back.❤🌹💋

Wore a bar out to the wee hours In Panama city fla.40 years ago played this song 50 times wide open you could here It for blocks, law came three times just to be sure we were allright owner an me rocked on till daylight!

I've never heard a voice like his, before or since. RIP Paul you gave us some wonderful music while you were here!

The late 70's to the mid 80's there was a unique sound that evolved that combined country,soul and rhythm and blues this song is a perfect example of that sound,it no longer appears on pop radio but when we hear it we lament the fact that sound for all it's qualities is gone.

The sweet voice of Paul Cotton. So relaxing .

This song still moves my heart after 40 plus years. It makes me feel alive!

Takes me back to the 70s growing up wonderful times

I am 54 years old and have heard this many many times. I cannot stop listening to it now! On a loop! Beautiful song beautiful voice! 🙏

One of my favorite bands and songs . I live Pure prairie league and Firefall too. Best music.

RIP, Paul Cotton. 🥀

Oh the greatness of Paul Cotton!! You are so missed. RIP Paul.

So special for me. RIP both Paul & Rusty. Their music such a big part of me.

They remind me of the Eagles & the beach. Pretty song .luv 🎷

I immediately smiled when this song started. On the first note & especially hearing the sax I played this album throughout college ♥️ 1974-76 @SUNY Oswego. & N'Orleans is one of my favorite towns. The years flew and soon I'll be 70. We had / have the best music ever.

I have this ALBUM!! Bought it at The University of Tennessee Knoxville book store at the University Center my freshman year...seems like a lifetime ago. Lots has happened since that innocent age!!

Great song!

One of Rocks? greatest tunes.

I woke up with the chorus to this one in my head this morning. I haven't heard it since I was a kid, and it came to the surface of my memory for some reason. They set a deep hook in my brain way back then, and I've listened to it a dozen or so times in a row so far today. What a bad ass jam.

Oh, this song. A lifetime ago when things were cool & different & everything was a party.

Nothing like some good ole' Timeless Music

This is one of my most favorite songs by Poco. I love this song very much. The words in this song are very beautiful. Even the break in the song is neat when they play the saxophone. This is a very nice song. I heard it on the radio and then I bought it on CD.

Many great songs, we need this music to return ! The world needs true music and heart again

Love this song! Brings back great memories.

RIP both Paul and Rusty!!! You were both incredible!!!!

When music was music love This song

RIP Rusty Young my brother. You made your mark. Miss you so much already. You will never be forgotten by Kim & Kevin Mann😥

There are many songs about New Orleans; this is the best. I made 2 trips there; both in the Seventies. My friend Mark Cooper and I slept in the car in the French Quarter on the night before Super Bowl IX. Great memories. RIP Mark and Paul Cotton.

You guys know that Timothy B Schmidt started in this band. He's playing the bass just like his time with The Eagles 🙃

Ironically, there IS a full moon tonight shining down on Lake Pontchartrain.

I was 15 when this masterpiece was on the radio. I love this song - so much wonderful music from those days. This song is extra special!

I'm 54. I remember the first time I heard it on the radio

Salty's guys in a little small club in Blowing Rock North Carolina back in I think 81 or 82. The police held about 300 people on three layers and it was around building. Sound was awesome I went to hear this song and it was about the third or fourth one they played. And then they played it again for the closing song. What a show!!!

Rest in peace Paul...... Thank you for the music 💖

God Rest Rusty Young -Amazing man and Artist! RIP

I’ve been listening to this song now for three days straight. A classic. One no one will ever forget thank you sit for beautiful tunes. May god bless your soul brother. You have a angelic voice. Mesmerizing voice. Just beautiful

I miss music like this😀just great music I love poco💋😷🤟🏽

Ohhhhh....the memories!!! I remember this song from the summer of 1979.....It was out the summer of '79....I had just graduated from 8th grade and ready to begin my freshmen year in high school.....that summer with so many friends and this great song. Ohhhhh.....the memories!!! This song never gets old!

Great song great voice and that saxophone wow ... Great music 80's reminds me of you and the great times

I can hear this song on a continuous loop all day long! I so ❤ this song!

I was site manager at a concert venue and my first wife found me and during this song handed me divorce papers. Great song, great first day of freedom. 1979 MRF.

Love this song, this is one of my favorite songs

Badass sax solo! Remember this time & song well!

Heaven gained another great singer and songwriter Rusty Young. R.I.P

Good looking singer

I heard this song over the loudspeaker while pumping gas at a convenient store today. I was immediately hooked. I came home and looked it up and found it here. Such an awesome song. I can't stop playing it.

RIP Paul Cotton. You will always be in my heart.

Love this song! Brings back lots of sweet memories, reminds me of The Eagles! Love them too, btw.

One of my all-time favorite songs. ❤

I saw Poco twice in 1990 and in the early 2000’s and was not disappointed. Great band! Love “Heart of the Night” and the LakePoncetrain reference.

the 70's and early 80's produced some the greatest music and growing in that era was the best

11 when this song came out it reminds me of a completely different 🌎 great song.

A week without this song not likely for me What a beautiful song and message love something besides yourself

Puts me in a special place for sure! Love the 70's music!

Still gives me goosebumps, the many times I saw them in Orlando and the friendship. Grace, George’s daughter was always a joy and a fighter against CP that ravaged her body. But my wife and I are better folks for knowing these guys

There are classics and then there are.....CLASSICS!!!

One of rocks greatest horn players. Played on a couple of the more memorable hits from the seventies, Al Stewart's Year of the Cat, Time Passages, and Poco's Heart of the Night. Story I heard was Poco toured with Al Stewart opening up for him. When he disbanded Rusty Young and Paul Cotton were looking for a band and they stepped right in to Poco. Phil Kenzie is a maestro.

You were one of the greats and will be missed! RIP Paul!

Always loved Poco… love this song!!!

Never ever fails to move me .... great Poco classic.