How Jim Messina Began to Appreciate Poison<\/h3>\n
Loggins and Messina’s signature original version<\/a> of “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” from their self-titled 1972 album, was a gold-selling Top 4 smash. Loggins and Messina<\/em> would become the second of three consecutive million-selling LPs. Poison’s No. 10 hit cover version ended up as the fourth hit single from their multi-platinum second album Open Up and Say… Ahh!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Messina decided to dig a little deeper. “I started listening to their other music and it dawned on me,” he said. “It’s about the art and depends on what your style is, your genre, however you do it.” <\/p>\n Listen to Poison’s Cover of ‘Your Mama Don’t Dance’<\/strong><\/p>\n He eventually came to appreciate Poison’s completely reinvented approach. “I realized their music had a genre like Picasso has his thing and Dali has his thing,” Messina said. “It’s about the art and then I really started appreciating how people record other people\u2019s music.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Poco is One of Five \u201870s Bands Who Should Have Been Bigger<\/a><\/p>\n Loggins and Messina split in 1976, and Loggins went on to solo superstardom<\/a>. Messina has since issued nine solo albums of his own, including 2025’s Here, There and Everywhere<\/em>. His expansive tours<\/a> touch on every stage of his career. (See a complete list of confirmed dates, venues and cities below.)<\/p>\n “At 78 years old, I’m singing sometimes five nights in a row,” Messina added. “I’m singing all the songs, not just half of the songs. I’m working harder now than I ever have in my life but I’m enjoying it.”<\/p>\n Listen to Loggins and Messina’s ‘Your Mama Don’t Dance’<\/strong><\/p>\n 8\/25-26 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Dakota In the same way that ducktails defined the ’50s and bell bottoms became shorthand for the ’70s, neon-lit sartorial choices can be firmly placed in the Reagan years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Real-Life Spinal Tap Stories: Poison\u2019s Richie Kotzen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nJim Messina 2026 Tour Dates<\/h3>\n
8\/28 \u2013 Skokie, IL @ North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
8\/29 \u2013 Edwardsville, IL @ Wildey Theatre
10\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center
10\/15 \u2013 Savannah, GA @ District Live at Plant Riverside District
10\/16 \u2013 Newberry, SC @ Newberry Opera House
11\/6 \u2013 Waynesboro, VA @ Wayne Theatre
11\/8 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The Tin Pan
1\/7\/2027 \u2013 Oxford, AL @ Oxford Performing Arts Center
1\/14\/2027 \u2013 Clearwater, FL @ Bilheimer Capitol Theatre<\/p>\nThe ’80s Most Outrageous Rock Fashion<\/h2>\n