Jim Messina

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Jim Messina

James "Jim" Melvin Messina (born December 5, 1947 in Maywood (California) ) is an American guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter, sound engineer and music producer. He was a member of the folk rock band Buffalo Springfield , a founding member of the country rock band Poco and one half of the pop and country rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins .

biography

Born in Maywood (California), James Messina first grew up in Harlingen (Texas) . He spent much of his childhood alternately with his father in California or with his mother in Texas. His father was a guitarist and Messina started playing guitar when she was five. He later became interested in the music of Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson .

At the age of 16 Messina recorded the album The Dragsters with his group "His Jesters" , which was released in November 1964. The piece The Jester , in which Messina played the lead guitar, was re-released in 2003 on the CD Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Volume 1 .

Messina worked for Buffalo Springfield as the sound engineer on their second album Buffalo Springfield Again (1967). On the third album, Last Time Around , he replaced bassist Bruce Palmer on some tracks, who had been deported to his home country Canada for drug possession. Messina was also involved in the album as a singer, songwriter, sound engineer and producer.

After Buffalo Springfield broke up, Messina formed the country rock band Poco in 1968 with Richie Furay , a founding member of Buffalo Springfield . At Poco, Messina played the lead guitar, sang and wrote some of the songs. After two studio and one live album, Messina left Poco in October 1970 to work as a music producer.

Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina (1973)
Loggins & Messina (1974)

Messina produced the Kenny Loggins debut album . The two began their collaboration in late 1970. Loggins had previously worked as a songwriter, his songs were more folk- oriented. Messina led him more towards country rock and R&B .

Ultimately, in addition to his role as producer, Messina had contributed so much to songwriting, singing, guitar playing and band work to the album that it was released in November 1971 as Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin 'In .

After Sittin 'In , Loggins and Messina recorded seven more albums by 1977, five studio and two live albums. Of the total of eight albums, four achieved platinum and two gold status . A compilation was published at the end of 1976, which was awarded double platinum.

In 1976 Loggins and Messina broke up after one last concert in Hawaii , and both musicians began solo careers.

In 1979 Messina's solo album Oasis was released , which moved towards Latin jazz and was a bit more rock than the music of Loggins and Messina. The album peaked at number 58 on the Billboard 200 .

Unsupported by his new style, Messina switched from Columbia Records to Warner Records . His next two solo albums, Messina (1981) and One More Mile (1983), were released here.

In 1989 the original line-up of Poco (Messina, Richie Furay, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner ) undertook a successful reunion tour. In addition, the live album Legacy was released in the same year .

In 2005 the duo Loggins and Messina went on tour again. This resulted in the album Live: Sittin 'In Again at the Santa Barbara Bowl . In addition, Messina put together the compilation The Best: Sittin 'in Again , which contained recordings from 1971 to 1974.

In 2009 there was another Loggins and Messina Tour.

From 2009 further solo albums by Jim Messina came on the market. He continues to work as a producer and studio owner. He also offers workshops for songwriters and singers and is also active as a painter.

Discography

Jim Messina and His Jesters

  • The Dragsters (1964)

Buffalo Springfield

  • Last Time Around (1968)

Poco

  • Pickin 'Up the Pieces (1968)
  • Poco (1969)
  • Deliverin ' (1970)
  • Legacy (1989)

Loggins and Messina

  • Sittin 'In (1971)
  • Loggins & Messina (1972)
  • Full Sail (1973)
  • On Stage (1974)
  • Mother Lode (1974)
  • So Fine (1975)
  • Native Sons (1976)
  • Finale (1976)
  • The Best of Friends (1977)

Jim Messina

  • Oasis (1979, US Billboard Album Chart 58)
  • Messina (1981, US Billboard Album Chart 95)
  • One More Mile (1983)
  • Watching The River Run (1996)
  • Watching The River Run (Revisited) (2005)
  • Under a Mojito Moon Part-1 (2009)
  • Live at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts (2012)
  • In The Groove (2017)

Web links

Commons : Jim Messina (musician)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Kim Summers: Biography on Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Jim Messina on neil-young.info
  3. ↑ a b c d e f biography on Jim Messina's homepage (English)
personal data
SURNAME Messina, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Messina, James Melvin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist, singer, songwriter, sound engineer, and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Maywood (California)