Interview: Band of the Week - Crosby Loggins
Published June 25, 2008
I wanted to ask you about one song in particular, the last track, “Same Old Song”. It is the only song on the album that seems to be a deeply personal song.
I agree. It is the most personal song on the record. I actually wrote that song with a buddy of mine who passed away a couple of years ago. That is a personal piece for me.
What is it about?
It's really about negotiating the shadow of my father. There are moments where you can interchange whether or not I am talking about Kenny as a young boy, or me as a young boy. The similarities in our journeys.
Can we talk about you being the son of Kenny Loggins?
Yeah, sure.
Do you think it's helped or hindered you in the long run?
A lot of people ask that. I really do believe that it is a fair measure of both. There's a lot of expectation. You can afford to use opportunities that others might not get but people say again and again that if you aren't talented when you get those opportunities you're never going to be invited back again.
Even beyond that, I know, I personally, find it very difficult to take the child of anyone famous seriously.
Yeah, I can recognise that.
I think that is probably extraordinarily unfair of me. But I always think, that they are riding their parent's coattails.
That is absolutely the reason I guffawing at this television show I was just on, because it's all about making people famous. (laughs) And I was laughing because, who would want to watch that?
I don't know if it's necessarily an unfair judgement because there is a large measure of people who have ridden off their parents coattails, in this regard. But always consider when it comes to doctors, lawyers, even high-powered executives that's just the norm. Yeah, it's a double edged sword, there's not two ways about it.
If you would like to learn more about Crosby Loggins you can visit his website, or his MySpace space.
- Interview: Band of the Week - Crosby Loggins
- Published: June 25, 2008
- Type: Interview
- Section: Music
- Filed Under: Interviews, Music: Acoustic, Music: Adult Alternative, Music: Folk, Music: Indie Rock, Music: Pop
- Part of a feature: Band of the Week
- Writer: A.L. Harper
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