Word: messina
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lieberson has done far less, but far less has been needed. With such steady sellers as Loggins and Messina (rock), Charlie Rich (country) and Billy Paul (soul), Columbia had 24 LPs in 1973 that reached $1,000,000 in sales...
LOGGINS & MESSINA, JESSE COLIN YOUNG--I think Loggins & Messina are boring. I think Jesse Colin Young is terrific. Perhaps the judgements seem inconsistent, since Young and L & M both play a lot of back-to-the-land-type country-rock. But Young's music is more innovative, more influenced by jazz, and his voice reeks sincerity although he doesn't take himself too seriously. Sometimes, Young 's attempts to sing blues fall through, but he sets his sights high. This should be a good concert...
LOGGINS & MESSINA, JESSE COLIN YOUNG--Thurs. Nov. 29 at the Bostob Music Hall...
Most Loggins and Messina fans won't mind. They have been calling for more of the same ever since Messina, claiming he didn't like touring, left Poco to produce Loggin's first album, and wound up playing with him as well. Poco has never gained commercial recognition and is disintegrating, while Loggins and Messina are now playing a dizzying series of sell-out concerts. They come to Boston November 29 for two shows at the Music Hall, and tickets are already scarce...
...infusion of new tunes should help some, but many critics feel that Loggins and Messina are getting trapped within one image, that instead of improving, they will simply get slicker. But while there may not be a great deal of growth potential in their style, there are good times; no one seriously plans to grow old with them...