LOGGINS & MESSINA, POCO,
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD;
OVER FIVE DECADES OF
INCREDIBLE MUSIC!
J I M
M E S S I N A
Loggins &
Messina, Poco, Buffalo Springfield; these are just a few of the monumental musical
groups that singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Messina has been involved with. As an
artist his resume speaks for itself, with a string of hits including “Your Mama
Don’t Dance,” “Angry Eyes,” “Peace of Mind,” among others. As a producer and
engineer he’s done sessions with some of the greatest in rock and pop, such as
Kenny Loggins, the Doors, Lee Michaels, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and
the aforementioned Buffalo Springfield (where he also replaced bassist Bruce
Palmer for the band’s final album).
2016 found
Messina active and creative as ever, with a new live album entitled In the Groove.
“The album was made in anticipation of the fact that I changed booking agents to
the Roots Agency,” says Messina. “They did a tremendous amount of research and found
that there are a lot of areas I had not been to and where people would like to
see me. They wanted to book me in those places.”
Messina knew
that a key component to the tour would be a new album. “But an album of new
material at this point in time would be difficult,” he says, “when, in fact,
most people wanna see me for who I am in terms of what I’ve done over the years
and all the bands I’ve been in.” So, in September of 2015 he took his band into
the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo (arojo grande) Grande, CA
and the Lobero (low bero) Theater in Santa Barbara, CA for two nights of the
singer/songwriter’s retrospective catalog.
As a special
guest for the evening, Messina invited longtime collaborator and former Poco
steel guitarist Rusty Young to join in on those songs that they made musical
history with together. The icing on the cake for Messina was to invite
respected audio expert Paul Wolff, of Paul Wolff Designs, to record the shows.
Wolff relates,
“I streamed it live with HD video, while mixing front of house, while mixing
front row seats, while mixing mono mix for the monitor guy, while mixing side fills,
while tracking. We took two nights and mixed for three months and released the USB
and vinyl double––Chris Mara of Welcome to 1979 made the vinyl lacquers and the
mother stampers––without any record companies, iTunes or CDbaby. We used Indiegogo
and are about to do another with PledgeMusic, as we have a friend that runs it.”
As Wolff
stated, the album is available in USB format because the inventive and
farthinking Messina wanted to take things a step further. “I believe we’re
moving into times now where the CD is basically gone,” says Messina. “There
will always be people with CD players, but moving forward I did some research.
My wife actually told me about this. She handed me this little flash card at a
convention we were at. She said it was a hard drive. So I started to play
around with it, put some MP3s on it and put it on my computer. I played it in
my truck. I thought this might be just the thing that we as an industry might
need to focus on.”
'In The Groove'
BY
J I M
M E S S I N A
with
Special Guest
Rusty Young
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AT
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