On Stage

Artist: Loggins & Messina
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 074646548820
EAN: 0074646548820
ASIN: B0000062FH

Release Date: 1998-03-03

On Stage

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Tracks:

House At Pooh Corner
Danny's Song
You Could Break My Heart
Lady Of My Heart
Long Tail Cat
Listen To A Country Song
Holiday Hotel
Just Before The News
Angry Eyes
Golden Ribbons
Another Road

Tracks:

Vahevala
Back To Georgia
Trilogy: Lovin' Me/To Make A Woman Feel Wanted/Peace Of Mind
Your Mama Don't Dance
Nobody But You

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Loggins & Messina

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Even those around for the decade may find it hard to believe that Loggins & Messina were an excellent live act throughout the '70s. Some might argue they were superior to Crosby, Stills & Nash onstage in their ability to leap between introspective singer/songwriter and rock & roll modes. (Lest we forget, Messina was a Buffalo Springfield alumnus who'd agreed to produce the lesser-known Loggins's debut LP). Which is why On Stage--featuring a crack band, the hits from "House at Pooh Corner" to "Your Mama Don't Dance," and extended versions of all the other faves--was not only the duo's highest charting album, but, along with the Sittin' In debut, their best effort. <I>--Bill Holdship</I>

Customer Reviews:

Loggins & Messina On Stage .......2007-01-05

Brings back many memories. I was fortunate enough to see the duo play in concert many, many years ago and this recording is like the memory. Much of the music is rather soft, but they rock the house with Angry Eyes, Vahevala, and stir up warm fuzzies with the trilogy: Lovin' Me/To Make a Woman Feel Wanted/Peace of Mind. This album rated a 5 stars primarily due to it's memory provoking music. The CD recording is great and allows for the feeling of being at the concert. By the way, they were recently on tour together and did a wonderful show. Therefore, we had to purchase the CD cause my album is too delicate to play.

The Gift That Keeps on Giving!.......2007-01-04

For Christmas, 1976, my best friend Janet gave me this double-live album set. Thirty years later, I returned the favor by giving this to her for her birthday. I told her that I was just returning the 30 years of pure
joy she had given me.

Loggins and Messina celebrate love and friendship with their gloriuous use of diverse instrumentation (mandolin, flutes, violins and fiddles, percussions, horns); powerful lyrics; harmonies (w/Al Garth and Lou Simms); observations of relationships and American life that with send your spirit soaring. Pay special attention to "Golden Ribbons" which is an ode to the lost soldiers of Vietnam, that is as poignant and meaningful today.

"On Stage" is one of the best live Rock-n-Roll albums ever recorded which still resonates today. If you want to see what two master singers/songwriters/performers do with such beauty and grace, RUN, don't walk to the checkout box and click, BY NOW!

A Lost Gem.......2005-04-14

It's a shame so few people know about this recording. I've long since discarded my old "classic rock" collection ... paring it down to a bare handful of "essentials." This ranks as one of those handful of "essentials" in my collection ... For me it's right up there with the Byrd's "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album or CSN&Y's 4 Way Street ... this band jams - with deliberate passion, and consumate skill.

ON STAGE LOGGINS AND MESSINA.......2003-02-09

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT ALBUM WHEN I HAD IT YEARS AGO BUT NOW ON THIS C'D AND WITH EXTRA TRACKS THE RECORD NEVER HAD WOW I CAN ONLY SAY WOW THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST LIVE RECORDINGS EVER THIS IS A MUST HAVE IF YOU LOVE LOGGINS AND MESSINA IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS IN YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION THEN BUY IT NOW...WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ITS THAT GOOD

On Target!.......2002-05-29

On Stage is a fun souvenir of the genial pop duo Loggins and Messina at their artistic and commercial peak. Meaning, this double cd is full of good music, and the audience is most appreciative.

Messina is the junior partner, but he's far from being the inconsequential Oates to Kenny Loggins' Hall. Messina's pop country background with Poco and his production talents give this material a lot of its texture. His voice is pleasant but rather nondescript; he is really a born harmony singer. He is the perfect complement to Loggins.

Loggins' big rangy California drawl is easily the star of the show. He has the audience in his hand in the opening solo acoustic numbers. And he could belt, too! If you don't believe it, trying singing along with him in the chorus to "Vahevala." In the same key. At the same volume!

The hits are here, and the instrumental jamming which could be distracting on the studio versions comes off very well here. The cornerstone of the album is the 20-minute expansion of "Vahevala". Amazingly, it doesn't flag over that marathon length. (You can tell that this jam is commercial, sell-out, AM radio pop instead of authentic, gutsy, genuine R&R, because it has no endless drum solo.) The band runs through the song's normal version and then sets off into a long instrumental. It gradually draws down into guitars, then fiddle, then pipes, then whalesong noises, before the band re-enters for the finale. It's a real joy, seeming shorter than the included version of "Angry Eyes", which is half the length.

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