Kenny Loggins emerged with Loggins & Messina, one of the bestselling musical duos of the 1970s, with their six releases between 1971 and 1976 (plus three live albums and four compilations), counting for 16 million units sold. Loggins has released 14 solo records since then with more than 25 million albums sold, charted five top-10 singles, and won two Grammy Awards for "What A Fool Believes" and "This Is it," and received one Academy Award nomination for "Footloose." Loggins' song "Conviction of the Heart" was hailed as the "unofficial anthem of the environmental movement" by Vice President Al Gore, and his environmental television special for the Disney Channel, This Island Earth, won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Writing and for the title track.
Loggins has also cut two live albums, two greatest-hits compilations, and three children's records including Return to Pooh Corner, which remains the bestselling children's album of the last two decades. He recently donated use of his single "The Great Adventure" to the San Diego Zoo for their Kids TV network which airs in children's hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses around the world, supporting his belief that "every child should experience the healing power of music." Known as "The Soundtrack King," Loggins has had his music featured in several iconic films including Footloose, Caddyshack, and Top Gun. Loggins has millions of followers and listeners across social and streaming platforms and continues to sell out live shows both domestically and internationally.
Jason Turbow is the author of the bestselling The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls, as well as Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic, about the Swingin' A's of the 1970s, and They Bled Blue, about the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among many publications.
"Still Alright seems almost perfectly balanced in that includes
plenty of words of all three legs of a good Rock Memoir Stool:
creative/recording process, personal revelations/insight, and
stories/anecdotes."--HoustonPress
"A good beach read for the yacht-rock generation."--Kirkus
Reviews
"A page-turning memoir...The book is an honest, straightforward
account of [Loggins'] rock n'roll career."--Margaret Hoover, PBS'
The Firing Line
"A wonderfully written book...very honest and very
entertaining."--Geoff Edgers, The Washington Post
"Highly entertaining."--Spin
"Legendary songwriter Loggins brings the energy of his live
performances to the page in this exhilarating look at his
career.... Loggins' frank reflections on his craft are what beg an
encore.... Fans won't want to skip this one."--Publishers
Weekly
"Loggins' thoughtful reflections on the process of songwriting turn
this memoir into more than a run-of-the-mill rocker's reflections
on a life of sex, drugs, and, oh yeah, rock and roll. Songwriting
occupies the center of Loggins' narrative...His appealing memoir
celebrates him home in fine form."--No Depression
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