Kenny Loggins March 11 and 12, 2009
Wednesday’s performance is underwritten by Stacy & Don Mengedoth and Anonymous Thursday is underwritten by Linda & Stewart Turley and R.A. Nelson & Assoc, Inc.
There are certain welcoming voices in popular music that can be identified as soon as a song starts. Singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins possesses such a voice. For over three decades he’s been inviting listeners to experience his music, which reaches the heart and senses with disarming candor.
Loggins rose to stardom in his collaboration with friend Jim Messina which produced some of the greatest hits of the 1970s. Loggins and Messina were responsible for such classics as “Danny’s Song,” “Your Momma Don’t Dance” and “House at Pooh Corner,” to name a few. Their musical partnership lasted until 1976, when Loggins went on to produce his first solo album. Celebrate Me Home included the hit “I Believe In Love,” originally sung by Barbra Streisand. Nightwatch, a popular album released in 1978, included the hit “Whenever I Call You Friend,” a duet with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. The following year, he and Michael McDonald wrote “This Is It,” which earned Loggins a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal.
Over the next decade, Loggins recorded many hit songs for movie soundtracks. This began with “I’m Alright,” “Mr. Night” and “Lead the Way” from Caddyshack. More hits followed with “Footloose” and “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” from Footloose, “Meet Me Halfway” from Over the Top and “Danger Zone” and “Playing With the Boys” from Top Gun.
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