Loggins and Messina at UW Oshkosh on September 23, 1972.

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

March 9, 2015

This blog is different from blog #58 which is also labeled Loggins and Messina 1974. Blog #58 was about a show at UW Oshkosh and this blog is about a performance that was in September of 1974 at Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center.

Some of these photos were taken from right in front of the stage. Others were taken from my favorite secret spot at the Performing Arts Center, or the PAC as we called it! The PAC was a beautiful performance hall. My secret spot is now presently locked up and you can't take photos from there anymore. It was so cool because you would walk through this door and you had a little spot about ten foot square with a railing. I would sit on the floor usually and photograph the show and then just sit and enjoy the show alone in my little secret spot. There were actually four secret spots with two on each side of the stage at the second and third levels. The sound was a little weird because you were off to the side but the view made up for it.

Loggins and Messina, was a great band and I was very sad when they broke up. They were so good and the whole band had a lot of good energy and sound. I photographed them several times through the years.

Enjoy a look at the band from my secret spots and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Loggins and Messina, at Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center in 1974.