Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2008-07-30


Interview:
We had the honor of sitting down with the talented and charming Crosby Loggins to discuss his career, his experience on Rock The Cradle, and what's next for him. Here's what he had to say:

So Crosby, you know we're distant cousins right?

C. Loggins: Are we? That's awesome! I was actually wondering that when I saw your name on the schedule for today.

[Small talk ensues about how we are related]

Alright, so let's get to the questions! What made you decide to do Rock The Cradle?

C. Loggins: I was actually pretty reluctant to do it at first. I had been approached by some other reality TV opportunities in the previous 18 months or so and I turned them all down. That is not the kind of thing I am in to. Wherever I fit into this business, at the end, I do have certain beliefs, strong feelings about real music and things that I love. They don't jive with reality TV in my mind.

They approached me several times, and I was really flattered to be offered such a big opportunity. At first I turned it down like 3 or 4 times. I was really reluctant about it to my manager in particular, poor guy. He was like, "Look man, things have really changed in the music business over the last 5 years, and everybody knows this. But one of the things that has really shifted is that TV has become the biggest radio station. There is a lot of reality to that."

So it was a tremendous opportunity. At the end I just decided to just pony up, and it turned out well for me. So I can't complain.

Now obviously people knew who you were before the show, but were you worried about the people who didn't know you, and making this introduction to them through this avenue of reality TV? Because reality shows do have a certain kind of stigma attached to them.

C. Loggins: Absolutely! I mean the show was corny as hell [laughs]. It was a kind of show that I would normally look past, but yeah I definitely was concerned about that. What can I say you always pay for what you get, and there's always a give and take and a compromise in this industry. I applaud any of my friends and colleagues who were able to achieve their place without utilizing media, which I would consider kind of lowbrow.

On the other hand, this was a real gracious way to sort of engage this sort of opportunity and experience. I mean, look I am this famous guy's kid from the 80's as far as my generation knows. This generation knows him for a bunch of 80's songs, I know him more for his work in the 70's which makes it more my parents' generation.

I definitely have friends that have famous parents, obviously less well known celebrities [the children], who were kind of looking at me and saying, "Well are you going to do this or aren't you? Hey man, here is an opportunity. Take one."

I don't watch MTV. I don't want to dis on it on anyway, but that is not the kind of thing I normally watch or do, so I just kind of took it like a wild experience. And it definitely turned out to be that.