Kenny Loggins

[txhawaii]

Did they do Danger Zone?

Yes. Danger Zone bled into Footloose as the finale. He did a greatest hits set list. The audience was happy.

 

[txhawaii]

Did the bass player nail Nathan East's line on Footloose or what

He did his best. Great show.

 

[Swerve]

I look at the these artists still making road dates in their 70's and 80's and wonder how much of being out there is due to royalties income shrunk to nothing in this era of digital theft.

OP said it was a corporate gig so it probably paid well and OP appears to be in Hawaii. Not a bad spot to show up at 77.

I’m friends with some guys in a really popular band right now and they do several of these private gigs a year and make a ton of money. More than many people make in a year. They fly in private jet, do the gig, fly out the next day or two.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

He did his best. Great show.

i'll check out some youtube

 

[Altitude]

George passed away a few years ago, he was another one of those badass journeymen bassists!

There was a period in the early 80's after I saw him with Loggins that Vernon was a big influence on me, nice to see his name mentioned.

Vernon moved to Austin around ‘89 and played with Extreme Heat, the excellent funk band there. Their previous player was and is a good friend so I met Vernon when he came in. We’re still friends. What a great player.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I’m friends with some guys in a really popular band right now and they do several of these private gigs a year and make a ton of money. More than many people make in a year. They fly in private jet, do the gig, fly out the next day or two.

There was an article in The New Yorker magazine a year or two ago about how all these corporate gigs have become the newest (and most preferred) revenue stream for acts of any size...like, if you wanted The Rolling Stones to play at your company's "team-building retreat" or your daughter's bat mitzvah, all it takes is cash. Lots of cash, but yeah, they'll do it. Huge bands like the Stones probably won't advertise that they offer this sort of work, and they most certainly have a Non-Disclosure Agreement so you can't publicize it -- 'cuz, y'know, that would ruin their street cred; imagine if folks knew The Rolling Stones were corporate whores, right? :::eyebrows::: -- but it's way easier and more lucrative than touring, so the bands love it.

 

[jerry]

There was an article in The New Yorker magazine a year or two ago about how all these corporate gigs have become the newest (and most preferred) revenue stream for acts of any size...like, if you wanted The Rolling Stones to play at your company's "team-building retreat" or your daughter's bat mitzvah, all it takes is cash. Lots of cash, but yeah, they'll do it. Huge bands like the Stones probably won't advertise that they offer this sort of work, and they most certainly have a Non-Disclosure Agreement so you can't publicize it -- 'cuz, y'know, that would ruin their street cred; imagine if folks knew The Rolling Stones were corporate whores, right? :::eyebrows::: -- but it's way easier and more lucrative than touring, so the bands love it.

Even "retired" artists will come out here for corporate gigs, the money is ridiculous. Its a real big income stream for all those all-star-one-hit-wonder shows too.

 

[klattman]

If you change all your passwords to “Kenny” you can have all Kenny Logins

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Notice the top SVT does not have an instrument plugged in and is not turned on.

I’m going with the “spare amp” theory.

Artists amp in use, rented back line set as a spare?

 

[lowfreqgeek]

It reminded me of Dave Matthews touring bassist had 3 dingwalls lined up and ready and he was already playing one... all the same model. Think it is a spare, big traveling bands like this who aren't original members or touring bands don't wanna mess up and want to be ready always... just a hunch though...

Unless something has changed very recently, that "touring bassist" with DMB has been a member of DMB for nearly 34 years - Stefan Lessard. He's played many different basses over his career and he's always had multiples on stage.

 

[Admiral Akbar]

Artists amp in use, rented back line set as a spare?

Sounds plausible to me

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Artists amp in use, rented back line set as a spare?

If they flew the band to Hawaii, I bet both amps and the cab are rentals.

 

[txhawaii]

If they flew the band to Hawaii, I bet both amps and the cab are rentals.

Not sure if they have a rental house like this here in HI.

 

[txhawaii]

Even "retired" artists will come out here for corporate gigs, the money is ridiculous. Its a real big income stream for all those all-star-one-hit-wonder shows too.

KL played a gig for their label's event. I wonder if it's a paid gig or under a contract where they have to play x amount of shows per year.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

If they flew the band to Hawaii, I bet both amps and the cab are rentals.

Possibly not only artist on bill? Shared cab/different head?

 

[chadhargis]

Adam Nitti played bass for Kenny back before the pandemic. I don't know if he's still touring with him. I need to catch up with him. Adam is a good dude.

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Adam Nitti played bass for Kenny back before the pandemic. I don't know if he's still touring with him. I need to catch up with him. Adam is a good dude.

That was my first thought, too, but those aren't Adam's basses, for sure. He was using his Ibanez Signature bass with KL before the pandemic and I can't see him using a TRB1005 instead of his Ibanez, or a Fender 5, for that matter - his Ibanez is essentially a Jazz.

 

[chadhargis]

That was my first thought, too, but those aren't Adam's basses, for sure. He was using his Ibanez Signature bass with KL before the pandemic and I can't see him using a TRB1005 instead of his Ibanez, or a Fender 5, for that matter - his Ibanez is essentially a Jazz.

True. But he owns a scat ton of basses. Never know when the artist specs a specific bass.