Singer/songwriter Crosby Loggins was born on December 15, 1980 in Los Angeles, California but grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He is the eldest of five children and is the son of Kenny Loggins. He started playing the piano when he was seven and began to write his own songs by age eight. At 13, he switched to playing the guitar. He also learned Afro-Cuban percussion during his high school years. Crosby attended University of Colorado, Boulder and Los Angeles Music Academy.
Crosby has performed with artists like Dishwalla, Dina Carter, Brett Dennon, Al Green, Jackson Browne, Michael McDonald and Glen Phillips, Toad the Wet Sprocket’s front-man. He invaded several stages such as that of L.A. and Berkeley California's Greek Theatres, and Detroit's DTE Energy Music Theater.
He has a band named Crosby Loggins and the Light. In 2007, they launched their first album entitled We All Go Home. Shortly after, Crosby and his band went on tour around U.S. and Europe. They were also guests on more than 100 shows.
Crosby Loggins is one of the nine contestants on MTV’s reality talent search Rock the Cradle, wherein the offspring of pop and rock stars compete to prove that the talent is in their genes.
Initially, he didn’t want to join the show. “I was apprehensive at first. I turned it down three times. They kept coming back to me saying, 'We really want you to be a part of this. We're not here to make fun of you or belittle your parent's career. We're here to give you a chance’,” Crosby related.
As for his father’s reaction when he finally agreed to go on board, Crosby had this to share: “He's proud of me for having the balls to do this. He knows I've worked my whole career to disassociate myself from him until I had enough legitimacy."
On Rock the Cradle’s first episode, Crosby did a version of Nick Lowe’s “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.”
(Photo courtesy of MTV)