[7] Two other members of Al Stewart's tour band, drummer Steve Chapman and bassist Charlie Harrison, also played on the sessions for the Legend album.
'"[5] In 1978, with Poco seemingly disbanded, Cotton and Rusty Young (Young quote:) "got a little rehearsal hall, put together a band, and played [several songs including] 'Crazy Love' and 'Heart of the Night'" for ABC Records executives who okayed Cotton and Young recording an album as the Cotton-Young Band;[8] however by the time the album - recorded at Crystal City Studios (Los Angeles) between April and August 1978 - had been completed ABC had decided to issue it as a new Poco album, a decision which effectively promoted Steve Chapman and Charlie Harrison from being one-off session players to tenured members of Poco.
[7] Cash Box said that it has "the same easy, country-pop feeling" as "Crazy Love" and that the pedal steel guitar playing and "lightly twanging vocals" add "distinctive Poco character.
"[9] Record World said that it "builds in emotion and intensity featuring sensitive vocals, soaring steel and standout rhythm section.
[13] A live performance by Poco of "Heart of the Night" appears on the November 1979 multi-artist album No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future which contains selections from the September 1979 Madison Square Garden concerts by Musicians United for Safe Energy.