Professor of Rock

Coming up next, Kenny Loggins, the Co-Captain of Yacht Rock and the King of the Movie Soundtrack, tells the story of his first big movie hit from Caddyshack, I’m Alright! First, this legendary singer-songwriter was told by a big-time movie producer his movie song would be used for a dancing puppet, which he thought would be lame… Secondly, during the recording of the song, this singer invited another famous rocker to do background vocals, but he forgot to give him credit when the song became famous, which started a decades-long rivalry. Lastly, to make matters worse, they had a mediocre drummer who could only play a basic beat… It actually made this song the classic it is. An entertaining story of the song everyone knows next in Professor of Rock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers ZaffronStaghelm, Laurie Buckland, Dale Nadeau, Robert Taylor, Missy D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the Professor of Rock Podcast Apple: https://apple.co/445fVov Spotify: https://spoti.fi/42JpfvU Amazon: https://amzn.to/44b5D6m iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/444h8MO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon: http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Merch Store: https://professor-of-rock-lsn-shop.fourthwall.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of_Rock #classicrock #80smusic #vinylstory #80srock It’s time for another edition of our show Revelations where featured artists take us for a deep dive behind their greatest songs and albums. In 1980 Kenny Loggins won his first grammy for song of the years. He shared the award with Michael McDonald as they both wrote the crown jewels of soft rock or yacht rock depending on your preference.What A Fool Believes. Up to that point Kenny had already carved out a multi platinum career as Loggins and Messina was one of the biggest duos of the 70s, then he was part of a top 5 hit with Stevie Nicks, Whenever I call you Friend and had a #11 smash with Micheal McDonald This is It. All of those hits came form Collaboration, but Kenny would fly solo into the 80s with his first solo non collaboration top 10 hit when he penned the Theme to one of the 80s greatest comedies, I’m Alright From Caddy Shack II which would not only become a massive #7 Hit but would start kenny’s path to becoming the King of the Movie Soundtrack when Footloose and Danger Zone amongst many others would follow. Up next we have the story of I’m Alright from a few interviews I’ve done with Kenny including a recent Zoom session with a surprise appearance from an ionic voice who sang bakgrounds and lead on the bridge. Before we tell you who his is in the interview, let’s see if you know… Let’s play a clip of him singing… Do you know who that is? We’ll see in the video By the way Kenny Has a new vinyl out Called at the movies which collects all of his movie hits for the first time and the link to check that out is below in the description. As I said Kenny has his new album At The Movies out now. the link to stream or buy it is in the description... Leave us a comment about this amazing singalong from 1980. What are your memories of the song and the movie? What are your thoughts on Kenny Loggins as one of the 80s foremost hitmakers? i f you like our content we invite you to be a percent part of our channel Make sure to check us out on patreon for even more content and check out our merch including our Vintage years collection Help us keep the music alive until next time.