Loggins and Messina are an American rock music duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. In late 1970, Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent contract record producer for Columbia Records when he met Kenny Loggins, a little-known studio artist who had written a few songs of his own. At the time, Loggins was working as contract songwriter for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.