This time, the buddy was Dean Pitchford, who had co-authored “Don’t Fight It,” Loggins's hit 1982 duet with Steve Perry of Journey. Everybody Cut FootlooseĪ few years later, Loggins agreed to help another friend who was making a movie. He wanted more of that sweet movie action. Caddyshack fared well at the box office, earning $40 million, and Loggins rightfully saw the whole thing as a positive experience. “I’m Alright” became the biggest solo hit of the musician's career to date, reaching No. Loggins's instincts were right on the money. If I could nail that, then it would have a bigger appeal.” “This really banal opening scene with an edgier piece of music. “I thought that the angle that the director was using was cross-grained,” Loggins said. That led Loggins to write “ I’m Alright,” which features the chorus: “I’m alright / Nobody worry ’bout me / Why you got to give me a fight?” He was trying to get into the character’s psychology. “From that, I got the idea they wanted to portray as a bit of a rebel, even though he had not yet achieved that particular character,” Loggins said. As a placeholder, the director stuck in Bob Dylan’s “Gotta Serve Somebody,” a choice that Loggins found interesting. Loggins was tasked with writing a song for the opening scene, where the film’s protagonist, the teenage caddy Danny (Michael O'Keefe), rides through the suburbs on his bicycle. “I laughed my ass off,” he told American Songwriter. Even though the movie didn’t yet feature the wily gopher that would memorably torment Bill Murray’s character, Loggins loved it. Peters asked Loggins if he’d write a song for the film, and Loggins agreed to watch a rough cut. That film was produced by Jon Peters, who began working on a golf comedy called Caddyshack around 1980. Shacking UpĪnother thing Loggins did in the ’70s was write “I Believe In Love,” which appeared on the soundtrack for the 1976 film version of A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. (He also co-wrote the 1979 Doobie Brothers triumph “ What a Fool Believes,” the mother of all yacht-rock songs.) Little did Loggins know he was about to have his life changed by a gopher puppet. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, while 1979’s gloriously yachty “ This Is It” narrowly missed the top 10. “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend,’” his 1978 duet with Stevie Nicks, reached No. The pair split up in 1976 and Loggins soon found success on his own. 4 smash hit later covered by ’80s hair-metal heroes Poison. Loggins and Messina released six albums between 19 and notched three top 20 hits, including 1972’s “ Your Mama Don’t Dance,” a No. (Check out the latter’s garage-punk ripper “ Let Me In.”) Loggins later began writing songs for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and eventually linked up with guitarist Jim Messina-previously of Poco and Buffalo Springfield-to form the duo Loggins and Messina. He developed an early love for music, and in the late ’60s, the budding singer-songwriter played with the bands Gator Creek and Second Helping. Michael Putland/GettyImagesīorn in Everett, Washington, on January 7, 1948, Loggins moved around with his family throughout his childhood before settling in Alhambra, California. If the yacht is a-rocking, Kenny Loggins is probably playing.
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