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[They Call Me MR Wilkes]

I remember this song so well!  Very powerful.

Singer-Song Writer Dave Loggins passed away at 76.

The song hit Number 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and peaked at Number 5 on the Hot 100 in 1974.

"Please, come to Boston for the Springtime

I'm stayin' here with some friends, and they've got lots of room

And you can sell your paintings on the side-walk

By a café where I hope to be workin' soon

Please, come to Boston"

[Estellee]

I remember that song too, I didn't realize he passed away on 7/10. RIP 

[amyb]

I remember that song very well...so pretty, and loved his raspy voice singing it. I'd forgotten about Dave Loggins though...was he related to Kenny Loggins?? I guess I can Google that.

[amyb]

I did Google him...I guess no relation to Kenny.

But in Wikipedia they mentioned another blast from the past he wrote "Pieces of April" that Three Dog Night recorded....I loved that song and had totally forgotten about it!

We Boomers definitely grew up in a Golden Age of real music, and the singer songwriter...which I still love that vibe. Today, everything is so overly mfrd. with the same, cheap, rhythm track, generic tunes. Not to sound like "grumpy grandma" here (sorry, not sorry...) but they've ruined what they call "country" music now. Not because I don't like different versions of country, but because so many songs mean nothing, aren't spectacularly written in anyway...just all sound like drivel. Not everyone...but a lot of it.

We were spoiled in our era.

[JYWilliams]

@amyb I read that him and Kenny where cousins.

[They Call Me MR Wilkes]

I've read on various news outlets that he is a second cousin to Kenny Loggins. 

1974 was a great year for music!

[Estellee]

I love the music of the 70's. The's 60's too! @They Call Me MR Wilkes 

[Desertdi]

From Bing:

"Second cousins

• According to 2 sources

The answer is yes. Kenny Loggins and Dave Loggins are second cousins. They share the same great-grandparents, who were Irish immigrants who settled in Kentucky. However, they did not meet until later in their professional careers."

[SaveTheTurtles]

That was a great song, brings me right back to the 70's. Didn't know he passed away.

[geezerette]

I loved that song from the first time I heard it. It was one of those that I immediately turned the radio up to hear.  It brings many memories of that period of my life.

Sorry to hear this news.😢