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Kenny Loggins FACTS

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jan 07 2023 01:02 PM

1. He was signed initially as a solo artist by Columbia but was young and clueless and leaned on producer Jim Messina so much they became a duo/band. The first album was called "Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin' In"



2. Eddie Money was among the singers in I'M ALRIGHT ("Cannonball right away" "It makes me feel good!") but Kenny forgot to give him a performer credit. Money vowed to knock him out



3. His son Cody Loggins is 6 feet, 9 inches tall



4. Kenny left his first wife for his new-age therapist



5. Melissa Manchester co-wrote "Whenever I Call You Friend" but Kenny never considered dueting with her with Stevie Nicks available. Loggins opened for Mac on the Rumors tour.

Edgy MD
Jan 07 2023 01:34 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

Kenny Loggins question: Did he do the complex, layered vocal arrangements at the top of "Whenever I Call You Friend" and the bridge of "I'm Alright"?



For my money, those are the two best bits of his career.

Lefty Specialist
Jan 07 2023 04:12 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

Played an animated version of himself on Archer, singing 'Danger Zone'.



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TransMonk
Jan 07 2023 04:57 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

He has won a Grammy and an Emmy and also been nominated for an Oscar and a Tony. That's pretty rarefied air in the entertainment business.

Marshmallowmilkshake
Jan 07 2023 06:08 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

Loggins co-wrote "What a Fool Believes" with Michael McDonald and released a version of it before the Doobie Brothers' more successful version was released and went to No. 1



Had the title cut on "Footloose," but for me, his "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" is the better song on the soundtrack album.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jan 07 2023 08:12 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

Edgy MD wrote:

Kenny Loggins question: Did he do the complex, layered vocal arrangements at the top of "Whenever I Call You Friend" and the bridge of "I'm Alright"?



For my money, those are the two best bits of his career.


He says he came up with that intro on his own. I don't know if he sang it. That is a sweet song.



The Doobies kicked Loggin ass on What a Fool

Edgy MD
Jan 07 2023 08:14 PM
Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

My Five Kenny Loggins Facts


[list=1]

  • [*]Is the cousin of Dave Loggins, but they didn't know each other and only learned about their relationship after their mutual careers had gotten going.


  • [*]For a skinny, hairy, bearded guy from northern Washington, he swims awfully well.


  • [*]Probably owes The James Gang some money.


  • [*]"Whenever I Call You Friend" was co-written with Melissa Manchester, but was instead recorded with Stevie Nicks, but ... it was billed only to Loggins, despite clearly being a duet. Officially, in fact, it was Loggins' "solo" debut, despite being far less of a solo performance than many of his Loggins & Messina traxx. So he kind of screwed over two different women with that one.


  • [*]Is the subject of a conspiracy theory — believed by only me — that he developed his post-Loggins & Messina high, breathy, R&B voice by moving in the same LA studio circles as Michael Jackson.
    • [/list]

    Fman99
    Jan 07 2023 08:23 PM
    Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

    [youtube]w9iTjVfh558[/youtube]

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 08 2023 06:51 AM
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    Edgy MD wrote:





    [*]For a skinny, hairy, bearded guy from northern Washington, he swims awfully well.




    Holy shit. I don't think I ever saw that. Kenny's family moved to Socal when he was like 6 years old.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 08 2023 07:14 AM
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    =Fman99 post_id=116309 time=1673148188 user_id=86]
    [youtube]w9iTjVfh558[/youtube]



    When I was growing up this song was a staple of NY rock radio. Today no Kenny Loggins or L&M song even made it to this year's top 1043. It's been forgotten, sacrificed to grunge and hair metal replacements in the modern Klassik Rawk canon

    Edgy MD
    Jan 08 2023 08:31 AM
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    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Edgy MD wrote:





    [*]For a skinny, hairy, bearded guy from northern Washington, he swims awfully well.




    Holy shit. I don't think I ever saw that. Kenny's family moved to Socal when he was like 6 years old.


    If I do nothing else in my time on this planet, I'm bringing back the Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic.

    MFS62
    Jan 08 2023 09:32 AM
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    Why this thread?

    Did he die?

    Later

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 08 2023 09:45 AM
    Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

    Here's a bonus fact: he stabbed his left hand in a whittling accident which made him strictly a rthym guitarist

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 08 2023 09:47 AM
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    L&M made last year's set:



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    Frayed Knot
    Jan 08 2023 09:57 AM
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    =MFS62 post_id=116321 time=1673195540 user_id=60]
    Why this thread?



    Because the Non-Baseball Forum was criminally devoid of Kenny Loggins material.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 08 2023 10:16 AM
    Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

    He really is kinda facsinating.



    Not the world's biggest talent but shifted from the SoCal country rock scene of Poco and the early Eagles to become a blue-eyed R&B West Coast jazzer; then the King of 80s Movie Soundtracks and then kind of a joke, but one he can laugh about. He's like 74 years old now, still soft-rockin

    whippoorwill
    Jan 08 2023 10:23 AM
    Re: Kenny Loggins FACTS

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Kenny Loggins question: Did he do the complex, layered vocal arrangements at the top of "Whenever I Call You Friend" and the bridge of "I'm Alright"?



    For my money, those are the two best bits of his career.


    He says he came up with that intro on his own. I don't know if he sang it. That is a sweet song.



    The Doobies kicked Loggin ass on What a Fool


    I alternated between thinking they were saying

    ‘Sweet love flowing almost Ev-ER-y night'



    And

    ‘Sweet love flowing every Sat-tid-dy night'



    Of course now since I can look it up, I know

    Edgy MD
    Jan 08 2023 10:51 AM
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    I occasionally hear "Sweet love flowing on Assem-bi-ly Night!"

    TransMonk
    Jan 17 2023 09:19 AM
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    Kenny Loggins Announces Farewell, "This Is It Tour" kicks off in March



    Strangely, I don't see any northeastern dates.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 17 2023 11:19 AM
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    He's protesting being left out of the Q104.3 top 1,043 classic rock countdown.



    I mean they completely wiped him. Solo stuff, Mama Don't Dance, nothing.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 17 2023 11:29 AM
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    How many of those Q104.3 acts got sampled onto Paul's Boutique? The Beatles and the Eagles, maybe, but not many others. (Mountain?) But Loggins & Messina made the cut.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 26 2023 09:49 PM
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    If Kenny Loggins didn't exist, and they made a movie in 2023 about some fictional guy named "Kenny Loggins" who played Live Aid in 1985, the film would have dressed his band EXACTLY as they turned out to be dressed. I'd watch the film and think "That's TOO on the nose. No way EVERYBODY in the band would look so stereotypically 1985."



    But alas ...



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    Frayed Knot
    Jan 27 2023 05:39 AM
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    That night, after the set was over the the day had cooled down a bit, Kenny and the band threw on their

    Members Only jackets and popped a couple of Zimas to celebrate their fine set.

    Because, if you're gong to party like it's 1985, you might as well go all the way.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 27 2023 11:21 AM
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    Kenny recounts choas backstage at Live Aid and being rushed onstage, announced as "Mr. Footloose." He was unhappy with how the sound came out.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 27 2023 02:03 PM
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    Yeah, the first minute of "Footloose," there, the organ is WAY up high.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 27 2023 02:06 PM
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    Frayed Knot wrote:

    That night, after the set was over the the day had cooled down a bit, Kenny and the band threw on their

    Members Only jackets and popped a couple of Zimas to celebrate their fine set.

    Because, if you're gong to party like it's 1985, you might as well go all the way.


    You're probably thinking of Bartles and Jaymes Wine Coolers. Zimas weren't a thing until 1993.

    Frayed Knot
    Jan 27 2023 02:19 PM
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    I took a shot.

    B&J Wine Coolers, the official drink of white suburban HS girls, were already a punchline by the mid-70s.

    Zimas felt mid-80s-ish to me and might have succeeded, or at least not flopped as completely and as quickly, if had they arrived a half-dozen or so years earlier.

    I still don't really know what they were.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 27 2023 02:45 PM
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    Your internal chronometer is off, at least as far as starter-booze goes. B&J's were introduced in 1985.

    Frayed Knot
    Jan 27 2023 02:59 PM
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    Must be remembering a different wine cooler from the Carter era. Boone's Farm maybe, or something like that?

    I remember that they came in strawberry, among other teen-tempting flavors.

    whippoorwill
    Jan 28 2023 07:21 AM
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    Haha! My niece and I were just talking about the nausea inducing Boones Farm Strawberry Hill last night.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 28 2023 07:54 AM
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    The wine cooler industry was ravaged by federal tax law that made it impossible for its makers to have product priced comparably to beer. The liquor brands ran with it and introduced super-premium pricing.



    Now some states have changed rules about taxing to base it on alcohol content and not base liquor so you're now seeing canned vodkas sodas alongside beer in the store. Also more expensive

    TransMonk
    Jan 28 2023 09:11 AM
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    I often conflate B&J and Seagrams. Below is my best memory of wine coolers.



    [YOUTUBE]F1daIIDQsXI[/YOUTUBE]

    Frayed Knot
    Jan 28 2023 11:45 AM
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    Looking back on it, B&J was likely an attempt by a major Corp (E&J Gallo) to mainstream and 'adult-ize' the wine cooler market, or at least to make it look like they weren't strictly aiming for the teen market even if their product still had that Hawaiian Punch pallette of flavors and colors.

    Edgy MD
    Jan 28 2023 01:25 PM
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    =TransMonk post_id=117414 time=1674922276 user_id=71]
    I often conflate B&J and Seagrams. Below is my best memory of wine coolers.



    [YOUTUBE]F1daIIDQsXI[/YOUTUBE]



    Is that a young Nathan Lane popping his fingers in the middle of the porch?

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 29 2023 12:06 PM
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    When Kenny was born, his parents said his older brother could name him. His choice was "Clark Kent" but they settled on Kenneth Clark Loggins. #fact

    G-Fafif
    Jan 29 2023 06:10 PM
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    [tweet]https://twitter.com/in_yacht/status/1619688159939538950[/tweet]

    Edgy MD
    Jan 29 2023 06:25 PM
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    "Edgy, we let you name your brother as an act of love. You didn't sell his naming rights, did you?"



    "No, why? Did Monsanto say something?"



    Here's a fun Kenny Loggins fact — he and Darryl Hall are slowly turning into one another.



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    kcmets
    Jan 29 2023 06:53 PM
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    I can't believe this thread keeps going. Kenny Loggins. Really.



    What's next, we'll dig up a Billy Squire thread?

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jan 30 2023 05:24 AM
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    We've discussed a lot of Billy Squier here including Soupcan's elevator encounter.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 30 2023 05:52 AM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    =TransMonk post_id=117414 time=1674922276 user_id=71]
    I often conflate B&J and Seagrams. Below is my best memory of wine coolers.



    [YOUTUBE]F1daIIDQsXI[/YOUTUBE]


    Is that a young Nathan Lane popping his fingers in the middle of the porch?



    Oh man, is that a blast from the past! I loved those commercials and that particular jingle. I had a phase where I used to sing it all the time (like 1985 or '86) and accompany myself on harmonica, (which I haven't played in decades and don't know if I still can). Here's another one:



    [YOUTUBE]okjc3RHdg-4[/YOUTUBE]



    But the bluesy one youse just posted was my fave.

    kcmets
    Jan 30 2023 07:47 AM
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    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    We've discussed a lot of Billy Squier here including Soupcan's elevator encounter.


    Lol, yes I recall that. He quipped that he cashes his royalty checks.