Literally a rock ‘n’ roll preacher, Richie Furay transformed a pizza joint into a house of worship Aug. 12 as he christened his fans a choir and led them through “Overflow” during his sold-out late show at Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza and Live Music.

It was an uplifting moment – the audience singing the song’s title in unison as the recently retired minister and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee sang his self-penned song of thanksgiving, one of only a few numbers performed that couldn’t be called a classic.

Furay – best known as the Buffalo Springfield vocalist/guitarist not named Stephen Stills or Neil Young – plumbed the Springfield, Poco and Souther-Hillman-Furay Band songbooks during an acoustic set that followed an afternoon show earlier in the day. Daughter Jesse Lynch joined Dad on vocals and tambourine on all but the opening salvo of Poco’s “Pickin’ up the Pieces” and Springfield’s “Sad Memory.”

When Lynch added her voice to “On the Way Home,” it was obvious she’d inherited the Furay singers’ gene and the familial blend was soothing and smooth as she sang Stills’ harmonies. Her additions to tracks such as S-H-F’s “Fallin’ in Love” and the new “Winds of Change” were similarly effectual.

At 74, Furay, dressed casually in jeans and tennis shoes, looks and sounds 20 years younger with a full head of salt-and-pepper hair and a life of clean living on his face. The silk that lines his throat has frayed ever so slightly around the edges, but he is still able to demonstrate why producers tapped him to sing such Young compositions as “Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It,” “Flying on the Ground is Wrong” and “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing” during Buffalo Springfield’s brief run.

The Yellow Springs, Ohio, native proudly showed off his Otterbein T-shirt, and his daughter – whom he lovingly called “Bird” – and allowed her to take lead vocals on a couple of tracks including a gorgeous rendition of Poco’s “Hard Country.”

Seated and playing an acoustic guitar, Furay punctuated the setlist with stories about hearing the Byrds for the fist time, working out Springfield songs such as “Go and Say Good Goodbye,” which was paired with “A Child’s Claim to Fame,” with Stills as the band was ramping up and lamented Young’s decision to abort the group’s 2011 reunion before it really got going.

“I’ve always surrounded myself with great guitar players,” Furay said in introducing his eponymous band’s “Somewhere Down the Road,” which was recorded with Keb’ Mo’.

Moving in to the home stretch, Furay got lost on “Hand in Hand,” written to his wife of 51 years, and good naturedly restarted the song before segueing into “Kind Woman,” also written for her when she was just his girlfriend.

Poco’s “Good Feelin’ to Know” and Springfield’s “For What it’s Worth,” with Furay and Lynch trading verses, rounded out the terrific 95-minute 18-song performance.