Loggins & Messina

**Kenny Loggins** and **Jim Messina** were the most successful pop/rock duo of the first half of the ‘70s. They released a series of gold or platinum albums, most of which hit the Top Ten. They were all played in a buoyant country-rock style with an accomplished band. The first full-fledged *'Loggins & Messina'* album (1972) found the duo in good form as songwriters, with Messina turning in the sparkling *'Thinking Of You,'* and the two collaborating on the hit single *'Your Mama Don’t Dance'* and *'Angry Eyes'*. Their band was anchored by multi-instrumentalist **Al Garth** and also featured Poco steel guitarist **Rusty Young** on *'Long Tail Cat'.*