Kenny Loggins turns Palladium into room of rowdy-rockers

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It’s a good bet most of the crowd packing the Palladium on August 1st to hear pop-rocker Kenny Loggins stroll through hits from yesterday had no idea they would be walking into a:

  1. Country music show
  2. Kenny Loggins dream
  3. Surreal arrangement in which Loggins actually opened for himself

At age 63, Kenny Loggins is “pursuing another dream,” as he explained of his new country band, Blue Sky Riders. “My music advisor said I was too old to start over,” Loggins explained. “He is no longer my music advisor.”

Displaying brilliant harmonies, the threesome of Loggins and Nashville singer-songwriters Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman opened a magical, two-and-a-half hour evening with a set of country originals.

Then, it took Loggins just 30 seconds into his own set to have the crowd under his command as it chimed in on the chorus to “Danny’s Song.” It was just the first of a number of singalongs as Loggins seduced the crowd with a phenomenal offering of clean and powerful vocals.

Sharing songwriting stories along the way, Loggins eased through the old favorites like “Return to Pooh Corner” (“It was the first book I ever read”), “Whenever I Call You Friend” (“I dedicate this to Stevie Nicks who inspired me”) and “This Is It” (“A crappy song I wrote with Jim Messina that won a Grammy”).

And just when you thought the night couldn’t get any better than hearing his high-reaching vocals on “Celebrate Me Home,” Loggins charged to the finish with movie soundtrack hits “I’m Alright,” “Danger Zone” and“Footloose,” a crescendo-building list that turned a Palladium-polite crowd into a room of rowdy rockers.

A polished performer and perfectionist, Loggins knows the difference between singing “at” a crowd and singing “for” it. He was more than just “alright.”


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