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Please Come to Boston

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I discovered DL one night when I heard "One Way Ticket to Paradise" on the radio. I immediately went out and bought the album by the same name. It turned out to be one of the best albums I have ever listened to! I then made it a point to buy all his work. Unfortunately for DL his "signature" song PCTB is on his worst album, which is probably why he never made it big. Personal Belongings is probably one of the most emotional albums (which I rebought on CD as soon as it appeared) I ever listened to. This may be the only album I have listened to more then OWTTP. I just don't understand why his albums never got released on CD (aside from PB)? It's ironic that he didn't win a Grammy until after he stopped recording (with Anne Murray, a song which his voice soared over hers). You really can't find a songwriter with as good of a singing voice as DL and considering how popular country has become (his music is basically a combination of folk, pop, and country), it's amazing that he isn't at the top of the music industry instead of singing songs for McDonalds commercials (like he did a decade ago). This compilation looks like a good collection of DL's best stuff, so I would wholeheartedly recommend it (although I'd recommend buying the full albums if they were only available) If you ever see OWTTP buy it, it's great (Goodbye Eyes is also from that excellent album)

When Dave Loggins first did this album, it was called "Apprentice in a Musical Workshop." Not only did it contain such greats as "Please Come to Boston," it also had one of the best recordings I have ever heard. It was named "My Father's Fiddle." When are you folks going to bring this total album back on a CD, so I can finally throw out my old vinyl copy along with it's scratches? Let me know when you have it. I will order it immediately. Thanks! From a "DAVE LOGGINS fan from WAY BACK !! Don

While his Uncle Kenny was off trying to reinvent folk with Jim Messina, Nephew Dave was attempting to emerge from his famous relative's shadow by forging an identity as a straight-ahead rocker. While most music aficionadoes recognize "Please Come to Boston," one of the most beautiful, haunting ballads of all times, they probably don't realize that the rest of the material from this album, which received next-to-no airplay, is gritty, garage style punk. I don't think that most people realize the debt that contemporary bands like Pavement and Hole owe to Dave Loggins, who was out criss-crossing the USA playing Indie Rock long before the term was coined.

Dave first came on my radar with a song written by Kenny Loggins, his cousin, called "Please Come To Boston". This song immediately became a standard and stands the test of time today. It is my understanding that Dave signed a contract with a record company and the more he performed...the more he owed the record company. So he actually sang himself out of the music business. Dave is a talented song writer and when he wasn't working his day jobs...he wrote songs. He had 17 number one hits one year for various music performers like Alabama, Jimmy Buffett, Three Dog Night, and on and on. He has been Song Writer of the Year!! This CD gives Dave a chance to sing the songs others have recorded. You can tell Dave loves these songs and I think you will too. It is one of my favorite CD's...enjoy...

Personally, I am still holding out hope that the album that (I believe) "Please Come to Boston" origianlly came from will be released on CD soon. The album's title was "Apprentice in a Musical Workshop." I still have the vinyl copy. Better choice of tunes than anything here (IMO), and includes the haunting "My Father's Fiddle." I have heard that Wounded Bird Records may be releasing it sometime this summer.

This album is really great. I love Mr. Loggins' music for it has inspired me more than I can say. He encouraged me to get into music and makes me want to make an impact on the world like he did. Mr. Loggins is a very unique man and a great artist...as well as a great songwriter. MORE DAVE!!

What else is there? The album brings a few of my favorite songs, especially "Pieces of April".

I heard Dave Loggins in an interview with David Letterman last week. I was fascinated by Dave Loggins' list of influences: Bach, Berlioz, Bob Dylan, Philip Glass, Velvet Underground and Sabbath axe-man Tony Iommi. This eclectic mix of influences shows on his amazing CD. Loggins blends complex Yoruban drum rhythms from Africa with German 19th century classical leitmotif, and does some overall amazing stuff with tonality and dissonance.

Kurt Cobain used to cite Loggins as his primary influence. Whilst his highschool classmates were listening to Kevin Dubrow and Quiet Riot and his father refused to let anyone listen to anything but country in the household, Kurt kept a Loggins 8 track beneath his pillow and played it after his Daddy retired to bed. And you can hear the music of Dave Loggins in EVERY rock and roll song these days. Guys like Chris Cornell, MC Hammer, Hole, Pavement, and MC 900 Foot Jesus along with Fugazi, Primus, Krokus, and Wasp all have a huge karmic debt that they owe to Dave Loggins, the finest popular musician of our time.

I grew up listening to Dave and i have missed hearing him, when i found this i was so happy...There is no one like Dave,just wish we could get more of his music.The songs he wrote about his family are the best!! We want more Dave.

Wow! This endeavour knocked my socks off! Loggins sets the table for us with the eerily moving soft ballad "Please Come to Boston," gives us an appetizer with the Dylan-esque bo-jangly "Good Bye Eyes," and then satiates our palate by delivering the raw rocker "Three Little Words" that virtually oozes punk fury. Eddie Vedder can't match the passion with which Loggins belts out "just three little words, I love you, I love you, I love you" over and over again. Loggins is an artist who didn't allow pretensions to inhibit him from venting the full brunt of his emotions through his music. And the remainder of the album serves us a variety of goodies for dessert.