February 24, 2025

My last blog on Kenny Loggins from 2017 reminded me that I photographed Loggins and Messina a lot.

Always a favorite band and on September 23, 1972 I got to photograph the band after my senior year of high school.

My family moved in 1971 and I basically lost all my friends. After 11 years of Catholic school and nuns, attending public school for my last year and a half of high school was definitely a change.

The east side of Milwaukee was full of music and opportunity for me and I began photographing for the Bugle American newspaper and doing public relation photo work for Columbia records.

School was difficult beause of early mornings and late nights photographing music.  I ususally did it 3 nights a week. It really was the time of my life and a great music era.

Loggins and Messina played UW Oshkosh with Casey Kelly opening the show for a small crowd in the gymnasium.

What a wonderful show and I got to meet the guys after the show for the first of several shows through the years.

Learning to photograph music was progressing and I attended phtography classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Checkout some early photos of Loggins and Messina and enjoy a look at when we were much younger!

This has made me organize my Loggins and Messina photos that were mixed up a bit. A few are are being used by Dramatic Forces for a documentary, Conviction of the Heart.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann