Wednesday 5 August 2015

Loggins and Messina (1972) Till the Ends Meet

 Today's song is from Loggins and Messina's second album, and technically their first as an equal partnership, the duo had been working together on their first album, Sitting In, with Loggins as the main artist and Messina supporting him on guitar. However when Messina contributed some lead vocals and songs to the mix a duo was born that would dominate the first half of the 1970s, before Hall and Oates had taken off, with a mix of folk, pop and rock n roll built around a yacht rock smoothness. Til the Ends Meet starts off with a pop rock riff and some sensual vocals from Kenny Loggins before in it's bridge Loggins's vocals go supersonic in a true display of his incredible voice. Of course he was still the star and revelation of the duo being relatively unknown before, he went on to have a successful solo career in film soundtracks and was one of many Blue Eyed soul acts of the late 70s along with Hall and Oates and Michael McDonald.


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