Happy Valley Music Series: Jim Messina & Pure Prairie League

Name: Happy Valley Music Series: Jim Messina & Pure Prairie League
Start: 2024-07-28T14:00:00-04:00
Location: 301 Bear Meadows Rd, Boalsburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16827

Schedule

Sun Jul 28 2024 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

301 Bear Meadows Rd, Boalsburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16827 | Boalsburg, PA

Rich Engler proudly presents Jim Messina and his band on Sunday July 28th at Tussey Mountain Amphitheatre. Also starring on the same show is Pure Prairie League. Doors open at 2pm and the show starts at 3pm.
Tickets are as low as $40 general admission and go on sale Friday April 26th 10am at iTickets.com or charge by phone at 800-965-9324. Part of the Happy Valley Music Series!
Jim Messina has played with Loggins and Messina, Poco and Buffalo Springfield throughout his career. Few musical artists résumés list membership in a band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; fewer still can lay claim to being a founding member of the seminal band credited with creating Country Rock; and only one artist can include all the above in addition to being one half of the most successful duos of the 1970s. A supremely talented guitarist, Jim Messina began working with the legendary band Buffalo Springfield in 1966 as a recording engineer on their
second album Buffalo Springfield Again. In 1967, at the request of the group and Atlantic Records founder and president Ahmet Ertegun, Messina was asked to produce the band’s third and final album. Shortly thereafter, he replaced Bruce Palmer, the bass player, touring and recording with the band up until completion and release of their album Last Time Around. In 1968 Jim joined Poco and then in 1970 he teamed up with Kenny Loggins to form Loggins and Messina who had several hits during their relationship
like “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “Angy Eyes” and “Danny’s Song”.
From their beginnings of Pure Prairie League in mid-60’s Southern Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/innovative pedal steel guitarist John David Call, propulsive drummer/vocalist Scott Thompson, keyboard master/vocalist Randy Harper and featuring new members Jared Camic on bass and vocals, plus ace guitarist/vocalist Jeff Zona, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces for over 50 years. As one reviewer recently wrote: “PPL’s trademark sound combines sweet memories with edgy contemporary muscle. Their vocals are as strong as Kentucky
moonshine and the musicianship and performance skills are as sharp as a straight-razor.” Their many hits include “Amie”, “Two Lane Highway” and “Let Me Love You Tonight”.