Review: Is Kenny Loggins a musical guru?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2013
I have been a student of the Tao for over 20 years. I have heard the Kenny Loggins songs played on the radio over and over. I never realized until reading this wonderful book how closely Kenny Loggins let the Tao come through his music. Waller brings a sense of newness to lyrics people have loved for years. Many musicians will attest that their lyrics come from their soul, but as Waller points out, Loggins' music carries with it a great sense of spiritual awareness. Song writers often try to convey a sense of the spiritual through lyrics, but it is difficult to do so with honesty and without seeming too pretentious. Keeping with the connectedness of the Tao, it was only by Waller's spiritual awareness that he could have been able to discern the spiritual depth of Loggins' lyrics that most other people take on a superficial level. A very interesting insertion in this book is where Waller compiled Loggins' lyrics into a collection that he has divided into chapters corresponding to the Tao Te Ching, calling the collection The Tao of Kenny Loggins. Waller brings creativity and insight into a part of mainstream culture that has heretofore gone unnoticed. I will never listen to a Kenny Loggins song the same way again and I am glad that I now have another dimension to my personal, spiritual journey.