Kenny Loggins “Still Alright” – a Memoir

Kenny Loggins, best known for his megahit soundtrack themes like “Footloose,” Top Gun’s “Danger Zone,” and “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack (the inspiration for this book title), garnered him the title “King of the Movie Soundtrack.” In his remarkable career, Loggins has rocked the world’s stages for decades and has written numerous collaborations with other famed songwriters including Michael McDonald, Jim Messina as Loggins & Messina, and more. Now you can know him through the intimate stories behind his five-decade career as a legendary songwriter and pop icon. Still Alright gives Kenny Loggins’ fans a candid and entertaining perspective on his life and career as one of the most noteworthy musicians of the 1970s and ’80s. He provides an abundance of compelling, insightful, and terrifically amusing behind-the-scenes tales. Loggins draws listeners back to the musical eras they’ve loved. He also  addresses his personal challenges and obstacles of his life and work—including two marriages that ended in divorce, a difficult but motivating relationship with the older brother for which “Danny’s Song” is named, struggles with his addiction to benzodiazepines, and the revelations of turning seventy and looking back at everything that has shaped his music—and coming to terms with his rock-star persona and his true self.

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In his remarkable career, Kenny Loggins has rocked stages worldwide, released ten platinum albums, and landed hits all over the Billboard charts. His place in music history is marked by a unique gift for collaboration combined with the vision to evolve, adapt, and persevere in an industry that loves to eat its own. Loggins served as a pivotal figure in the folk-rock movement of the early ’70s when he paired with former Buffalo Springfield member Jim Messina, recruited Stevie Nicks for the classic duet “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend,’” then pivoted to smooth rock in teaming up with Michael McDonald on their back-to-back Grammy-winning hits “What a Fool Believes” and “This Is It” (a seminal moment in the history of what would come to be known as yacht rock). In the ’80s, Loggins became the “King of the Movie Soundtrack” with hit recordings for Caddyshack, Footloose, and Top Gun; and a bona fide global superstar singing alongside Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson on the iconic “We Are the World.”

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“A page-turning memoir…The book is an honest, straightforward account of [Loggins’s] rock ‘n’ roll career.” –Margaret Hoover, PBS’s The Firing Line

“Highly entertaining” –Spin