Native Sons (Loggins and Messina album) explained

Native Sons
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loggins and Messina
Cover:	LogginsMessina-NativeSonsAlbumCover.jpg
Released:	January 1976
Recorded:	Jim Messina's home ranch studio, Ojai, California
Genre:	Rock
Length:	38:21
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Jim Messina
Prev Title:	So Fine
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Finale
Next Year:	1977

Native Sons is the sixth and final studio album (and seventh overall release) by singer-songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in January 1976. It was a departure from previous recordings owing to the presence of string sections, stronger emphasis on flute, minimized use of saxophone, downplayed country influences and Jim Messina's signature guitar work was barely in evidence. After a final concert in Hawaii, the duo quietly went their separate ways. The Messina-penned rock and roll song "Boogie Man" was later covered by Australian rock band The Blue Echoes.

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar and acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Jim Messina – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro
• John Townsend – backing vocals
• Ed Sanford – backing vocals
• Murray MacLeod – vocals, backing vocals
• Merel Bregante – drums, timbales
• Jon Clarke – flute, English horn, oboe, baritone, bass, soprano and tenor saxophone, soprano recorder
• Vince Denham – flute, bass clarinet, alto, soprano and tenor saxophone
• Steve Forman – percussion, vibraphone
• Richard Greene – fiddle, mandolin, mandocello
• Milt Holland – percussion
• Larry Sims – bass, backing vocals
• Don Roberts – clarinet, alto flute, alto, baritone, soprano and tenor saxophone
• Mike Rubini – keyboards

Production

• Producer: Jim Messina
• Engineer

Alex Kazanegras

• 2nd engineer: Jim Messina
• Recordist: Corey Bailey
• Recording technician: Lew Schatzer
• Recorded on location with Haji Sound
• Photography: Ed Caraeff
• Copper frame: Nick Fasciano
• Design: Ron Coro
• Handwriting: Virginia Team

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)