David Loggins - Please Come To Boston 1974

[@deannamolnar2082]

All of us here today July 11, 2024, for the same reason. Beautiful song. Beautiful voice. RIP.

[@psinclairjr]

RIP love this song as part of my chilhood

[@KarenLadd]

yes yes yes godspeed dave loggins

[@psinclairjr]

@@KarenLadd we keep losing the greats of my childhood. I feel lucky and blessed to have grown up with them. Joe Bonsall the tenor for the Oak Ridge Boys just passed as well, such a sad week for real music lovers

[@shedrick6846]

This song still gives me goose bumps and a lump in my throat. Thank you Dave Loggins.

[@bradjerger3111]

Yes, came here after learning just now he had passed away. Learned from his obituary in the Miami Herald that he wrote the theme song "Augusta" for the Masters Golf Tournament. Never knew that. It's a beautiful instrumental.

[@stuartcollins9988]

Hauntingly beautiful. We need more of this in the world today.

[@juliecook626]

Still love this in 2024

[@ralphcrisp2896]

Yes. Dave Loggins is from just across the mountain from my hometown. This is an example of Appalachian soul....similar to Bruce Hornsby and John Denver.....The Great Smoky Mountains..."forever."

[@joflynn242]

June 28 , 2024

[@marymancuso2896]

@@joflynn242July 10, 2024 😊

[@TestAccount-g6x]

Crazy how a song I heard on the bus going to Dry Creek elementary in California sticks with me for 50 years. Peace to all my brothers and sisters. I love you all..........

[@jimlandreth555]

The 70's gave us sooo many great songs !

[@Strangleholdintn]

I can only agree one time on the clicker !

[@IlkanAli]

It was the golden era

[@jimdavis2163]

Possibly the most perfect song ever written.😊

[@nan5236]

Yes many of us have lived this song to a degree, I was the lady roaming the countryside with a man back home wishing I would come home. Back then home was where you were at the time!

[@Smaels]

Here is my Dave Loggins story: sometime around 1979-ish I was in my early teens and learning guitar. My folks went to a shopping mall near Richmond, VA around Christmas time one year to get gifts. As they were walking through the mall a guy was playing for tips in front of the Radio Shack store. They stopped and listened and my dad struck up a conversation with him. The guy offered to sell them a recording of his songs and they bought it from him for $10 and gave it to me for Christmas. It was a generic store-bought Maxell brand cassette tape with the song names hand written on the back. I must've listened to that thing a thousand times until one night it was so worn thin that it broke, as cassettes had a tendency to do. I cried. Years later on the radio one day I heard "Please Come to Boston" and I said "I know that song!". Around that time there was this new thing called The Internet and I was able to find the artist's name, which I had never known. Fast forward another five years and mp3 files and Napster were things, and I was able to slowly, over the course of a several years, piece together most of the songs off that tape, which turned out to be a mix of songs from "Apprentice" and "Country Suite". I had a really hard time finding "Movin' to the Country" and I remember celebrating the minute it finally finished downloading. Now of course it's all on Spotify and I've since bought most of the albums, but finding all those songs on Napster back in the day was like recapturing a piece of my childhood. Dave if you ever happen to stumble on this, thank you for the many, many hours of enjoyment you gave me for that $10 my parents spent.

[@TrollHunterxXx]

Wow incredible … thanks for sharing

[@GroovyGirl1990]

Oh my goodness what a lovely story! Thank you Smaels.

[@KennethN-v5h]

Like that 😅

[@billsutton2117]

Very interesting story, but why would Dave Loggins be busking in front of Radio Shack 5 years after Please Come to Boston was released? Just sounds odd?

[@teresacollins7763]

Awesome story. RIP Dave😢

[@carolk.2990]

RIP Dave Loggins. Thank you for the beauty of 1974 and a 14-year-old girl who found friends and happiness in music.

[@kathymac21]

I was 18 in 74. Loved this song. I remember those days so well.

[@fredam1887]

I was 13 in 1974, loved it then and now

[@ashleyrigatoni702]

When I get to Heaven I hope that it's 1974 again.

[@mrpapakc]

you are 5 years older than me and the feelings are the same~

[@lory2videos]

I was 14 that year as well and I understand completely how you feel.

[@JMizz0323]

Who is listening to this with me in 2023?

[@robertwaynecook71]

Just now 2024

[@RobertBecker-c5g]

I am the most favorite song I have in the world'

[@RobertBecker-c5g]

I am

[@davidkleibacker9525]

Saw this last year. Listened in 2023. Still listening now.

[@madeleine7411]

Everyone should be listening! Great singer, amazing song.

[@aplacetohideaway]

RIP to one fine songwriter. This song holds an important place in my heart. Thanks for the music, and the memory.

[@728huey]

It's too bad his lover didn't want to come to Boston, Denver, or Los Angeles, but she apparently was okay with Augusta, Georgia. Must have been a huge golf fan. RIP to a great songwriter.

[@robertryan2542]

Still listening here in Ireland ☘️ 2023. A classic.

[@montyduskin4610]

LETS BE REAL !! THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1 SONG OF THE YEAR 1974 !! ONE OF THE GREATEST YEAR OF MUSIC !!

[@Kinann]

My first GF's favorite song. She would sing along in the car as we'd swing by the A&W. She died last year. Life is short.

[@ronwright147]

Im so sorry 😢

[@rickmcgarrah7111]

Rest in peace, Dave. 😢 Thanks for this beautiful song.

[@larrybrockway7383]

AMEN. RIP DAVE.

[@1rams1980]

Another mellow hit from the 70's where the lyrics are clearly understood. Not only is this music, but it's poetry.

[@mrpapakc]

well, here it is Nov 2024 and I have just found out that Dave has passed away. I am so sad. I feel like a family member has passed away. His music meant so much to me and forever will.....I don't know how I would have gotten through my teens without the album country suite. I always wanted to write him and tell him what a blessing his music was in my life. I guess it will have to wait until we meet in heaven. His music was so unique. I just loved him....He didn't get the accolades he should have...RIP my musical friend. You were so, so special...

[@bgfootlover2]

R.I.P. Dave Loggins. Thank you for adding to the soundtrack of my life.

[@marysandwell7272]

June of 2024. I just played this for my six year old granddaughter. She has a gentle romantic heart.

[@NevadaLamb]

I first heard this as a cover (from Reba) and that’s the version I fell in love with (90s kid), but wow the original is definitely the best!

[@joking6052]

A masterpiece Mr. Loggins, you make me shed tears for the past.

[@skeetjensen3810]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written, for those who had the guts to stay single. I'm an old piece of shit, but this song still brings a big tear to my crying eyes evertime. This album is one of many treasures and this song is one of the best songs of all time.

[@judhaskins2864]

I couldn't agree more.

[@dougllasgreene4014]

Amen brother

[@patrickh4540]

You are so very right sir

[@demolished1000]

I hear ya...how did 55 get here so fast? One of the greatest songs.

[@svbow6347]

You mean the guts to get married and raise a family? and be responsible?

[@chainedmindsasylum]

🌹🎶 One of the greatest songs ever made in the history of music in any genre 🎶♥️ An emotional and poetic masterpiece 🌹💜💐💙🌺💚🌷🤎🌻

[@DevinAkin]

Truth.

[@richardjensen8351]

You are so right!!!!!!!!!! God I love this.

[@ljgsuper]

I wish this song would never end. he should ask her to go to about 20 cities.

[@HandbagDiva]

Lmao best comment ever!

[@davidregan9872]

Are you ready for him to come home with the spring time? This time it's YES!!!

[@davehansen9124]

I was thinking exactly the same thing !

[@SuperPoopoopoopoo]

You all sound like a bunch of romantics, I say with a tear in my eye. God I love this song. They call the shit they listen to now a days, music. Naw it aint. The beats are stolen and they screw up the lyrics. SMH. Oh good lord, I sound like my Mother. LOL

[@rodneybresch9007]

Has to be one of the best comments ever posted...period.

[@dianekennedy2767]

This song came out when I was in high school I'm 62 now and I'm just listen to it again and it is so beautiful and so sad 😢♥️

[@tcwebb9266]

I first heard this song in 1974 while I was driving to New England with my new girlfriend, who became my wife, we had children, divorced, went our own ways, came back around again years later and got remarried...then got divorced again...life has been empty since then...this song still haunts me and I remember that first trip with her and this song all those years ago

[@teddybaldric9973]

I took a deep breath after reading your comment but it's sad we just can't turn back the hands of time.

[@LPJack02]

RIP Dave Loggins (November 10, 1947 - July 10, 2024), aged 76 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@LinTrueCrimeProject]

Dave was awesome. This song is on the soundtrack of every Baby Boomer's life.

[@Teresa-Anne]

Who’s listening in 2023? 🙋🏻‍♀️ ~Teresa 8/13/23 🫶🏻

[@michaelgreene2920]

I am.... One of my favorite songs...

[@aprlfool59]

2/11/24. Me too from CLE.

[@cathywright6558]

2024 ❤ right here. ✅️ this is my favorite song right now.❤❤❤

[@JAFFAWIRE]

@@aprlfool59 Also here from CLE

[@kevinwilson7112]

Kevin W. 3/10/24 ❤ Illinois

[@GENgn48]

How about 2023. Just as great. It’s a classic. Always will be! 🥰😍

[@jimowen-vz1dn]

Takes me right back to that time.

[@Janice5331]

41 years later and this song still gives me chills. I love his voice, the lyrics, it's just a great song.

[@judhaskins2864]

Couldn't agree more.

[@davidregan9872]

Alright then Janice T listen to it again, because I want you to!

[@TristanandIsolt]

Absolutely still gives me chills.

[@sazzz8g456]

Same here. Just beautiful!

[@teddybaldric9973]

Good songs are always new and relevant no matter how old they get Janice. Hope your doing great and everything with you ?

[@LACraig621]

Beautiful song. When America had talent.

[@johns2453]

you've got that right my friend

[@ifimnothereandimnottherewh2576]

Yes I agree back when there was no auto tune

[@justwinbb]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@millicentsyrek2738]

I absolutely love this song and it really hits home with me 💞 Music has changed so much over the years and nothing comes close to the music back then 😊✌️

[@brittonbanks646]

A great song from a good, ole' boy from Mountain City, Tennessee who later moved to Bristol, Virginia and attended Virginia High School. A Bearcat who did well. This is from the brother of another Bearcat, Randall Banks, VHS Class of 1972. Go Cats!

[@sylviacollins1834]

My English teacher gave me this vinyl album in 70's, absolutely loved it as a none English speaker. RIP to Mrs. Waite and Dave Loggins.

[@laurakibben4147]

This and The Blind Man in the Bleachers (by David Geddes) were my two favorites from little bitty. Because they told an actual story. Chevy Van (Sammy Johns), Cats in the Cradle, etc. Best music ever. I will miss it when I'm gone.

[@dr.blinkie6641]

Who is Listening To This With Me in 2019 ?

[@carolotter1705]

This song only gets better.

[@AndyMangele]

Hell yeah - I'm from Europe but I still can kinda relate to that song!

[@lyndseysventek7250]

me I love this song

[@mccellen]

Me...such a beautiful song from the good ol' days...

[@2guysandatruck148]

It's the 5th day of Jan, 2020. I just rediscovered this old gem. I'm a performer and I am going to add it to my repertoire! Gorgeous!

[@Ron956-g9q]

I moved to Boston from Tennessee a few years before this song came out. I am still haunted by this beautiful song. I lived there from about ten years.

[@julieabboud4548]

They don’t make songs this beautiful and classy anymore! Never get tired of hearing it.

[@teddybaldric9973]

Oh yes our generation had ours so amazing and even now still relevant but this generation just want to have it their way and some even sees us as old fashioned 😂.Hope your good and everything going great with you ?

[@gregkern6576]

Not so fast. Check out all of Edwin McCain's work. He is the best lyricist this side of James Taylor. He is/was a throwback!

[@daviddecker2]

Live - from the Midnight Special. 70's was the best!

[@russdowns]

Great song, and great album! There was a song on the album called “Girl From Knoxville” that was also very beautiful!

[@2guysandatruck148]

This is Jan 5 2020, and I am just rediscovering this gorgeous song! As a performer I am going to add it to my repertoire! Simply beautiful!

[@anitaowens3881]

a great sonh and simher.

[@joeoconnor8106]

@@anitaowens3881 that's awesome. God bless

[@oddjobbobb]

I was 17 when this song was on the radio. It was always a favorite. I made anyone in my car be quiet anytime it come on. I’m 62 now and it still moves me. In 2014, in an interview Mr. Loggins said, “Some forty years later, I still vividly remember that night [of composition], and it was as if someone else was writing the song."

[@rhodafender]

I agree completely! That's the only good thats come from this virus, rediscovering realy good music and how important it is in my life. its the only thing I have these to bring me back from a really dark place.

[@oddjobbobb]

@Kwenz Landah who are you replying to? You sound sort of mad?

[@musicmandjd4470]

This is one of those songs that when you hear it it takes you right back to a certain day in time, and where you were at the time in this journey we call life. RIP David thanks for your songs

[@johngarrett5189]

I would have forever and long past ... I still do even though you're gone. I miss you Tiffany. I love you just like I always have Hopelessly

[@lbrock88]

One of the greatest ballads ever.

[@gh9111]

The unplugged 1970's gave us some great music.

[@SG-oi8rl]

RIP Dave Loggins, great song!

[@ahitchcock6557]

Heard this on the radio yesterday, had not heard it in years, but i loved it so much had to come back and listen again. How I long for the days of my youth!

[@Shea2669]

I met a Girl in Denver one night at a Bar ! I was there on Business from Boston ! And we had a long distance relationship that ultimately did not work out , God Bless You Denise A. I think of you when I here this song ! Really Great Memories ! Life is a Blessing ! Brian ! 🙏

[@hylander48]

If there is a Rock and Roll Heaven, they have one hell of a band.😢

[@jimbattles9642]

saw him in Birmingham 1974. small setting and he was on ahead of Dolly Parton. most of the audience did not want to hear him but the price was worth it to just hear him. said but most had never heard of him.

[@MichaelDillon-s6u]

I have played the song for 54 years I love it

[@johnparton6383]

I watched him in 1975 at an outdoor concert. I wasn't paying attention, watching the concert and he came out and sat down by me on the ground while we watched Ike and Tina Turner then Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids play. Cool guy easy to talk to and very humble.

[@sylenteyez]

Music is the ultimate time machine, carrying us back to cherished memories. An unrequited love song stirs chills, tears, and warmth, capturing the beauty of melancholy, solitude, and joy. This song’s lyrics beat like a pulse, echoing "I love you" down canyons, lingering through the night. Lines like "some stars that fell from the sky living upon the hills" blend poetry and melody into something rare and unforgettable-a simple, profound masterpiece. Thanks Dave Loggings..

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

Rest in Peace, your song brings me back to a happy time when I was a teenager. I love this song🩷💔

[@beautifulsmile46]

Before he started singing and writing beautiful songs, he was a draftsman and sold insurance. I think he found his true calling. This song is incredibly beautiful, sad and heart wrenching all at the same time. The 70’s had the most amazing, timeless music.

[@teddybaldric9973]

Oh yes you know him so we'll. How're you doing and how's everything going with you?

[@SterlingRe]

One of the very best songs to come out of this era. What a voice!!

[@drewby613]

I had broken up with my girlfriend toward the end my senior year (class of ‘74). It hadn’t been a great year (things that had nothing to do with her) and I thought some changes were in order. I heard this song and I started crying. I picked up the phone and called her. This song made me realize that my petty issues weren’t worth losing the best thing that had ever happened to me in my young life. I get choked up hearing it now at 68 years old.

[@sylphofthewildwoods5518]

January 2025 and this is still a beautiful song. Timeless...

[@oldesalt10310]

I remember hearing this working at a dumpy hardware store....years later I quit that place and saved enough to travel twice up there...fantastic city

[@allenblair705]

My favorite musical decade of my life!!

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

Brings back great memories of the Summer of '74. Thanks, Dave. Rest in peace.

[@lourodgers1782]

Introduced to his music by a boyfriend in my teens. This has always been one of my favourite songs.

[@bluemoon-20]

I worked for years in radio broadcasting, and can't count the number of times people requested this song- by either Kenny Loggins or Dave Mason. They were convinced it was by one or the other. When I said it was by Dave Loggins, that was usually followed by "who?". Rest in Peace Dave...

[@stevel5650]

RIP, Dave.

[@cheribee968]

Beautiful and romantic RIP July 2024

[@brinsonopinion]

RIP Dave Loggins...this moves me to tears every time I truly listen to its story.

[@Kevinwayne199]

I'm the number one fan of this song

[@themoviemaniac8416]

Early 70s, some of the most beautiful and best ever country-rock ballads ever. Thank you so much for bringing this music genre to us, John Fogerty & CCR, Eagles, Poco, Byrds, Crosby, Still, Nash & Neil Young.

[@steveo7064]

A great song and songwriter who recently passed away. A Shady Valley/Johnson County, TN guy.

[@leslieleslie6203]

Love this song in 2023!

[@Anon-Ymous2065]

I was just listening to Garth Brooks' "Every Time That It Rains" which mentions "Please Come To Boston", so I just had to hear it again and found this vid. What would life be like without jewels like that.

[@terri8462]

One of my all time favourite songs! SUch a sweet song! RIP Dave Loggins! You will be missed!

[@LizzyTexBorden]

So many memories... Rest in Peace.

[@tigerstripe56]

Beautiful song. A lot of memories with this one. Summer / Fall 1974. I just graduated HS. My god, that’s a lifetime ago. RIP David

[@rockinrollin8306]

Great voice, great song!

[@alanvallazza9781]

I couldn't post my comment which was kind of long but not too long because of the fact that it's switched to another video quickly after the song ended. I was paying tribute to Dave Loggins. Rest in peace. Was making a note this performance was from the midnight special and that they're currently running episodes from 1974 where this performance came from

[@donnajohnston4741]

I was just thinking about this song the other day

[@Rcbremen1969]

Wow... Loving this.... I can remember the first time

[@threemississippi]

Always wanted to go to Boston. Never made it. Song always takes me back to another happier time.......

[@JaneB0112]

this song never gets old, does it?

[@bucksellers5364]

+Jane Bowen Nope...it sure doesn't...I remember when this came out..I was 14 years old...in military school ... I used to go sit in the Pizza Inn where this young pretty waitress worked I was madly in love with....She didn't know I existed...lol....but I'd sit there and admire her and play this song over and over....young love....that's true love you know...lol

[@ShadowsGathered]

+Jane Bowen - The song doesn't but I sure do! LOL... this song came out the year I turned 18.

[@judhaskins2864]

No it doesn't.

[@JaneB0112]

sometimes unrequited love is the best love.

[@michellemoberly2063]

Never 😀

[@twinkletoes2220]

RIP Dave Loggins 🙏💔🥲

[@barbaraforstner8265]

I actually just learned this is my cousin from my mother's side. ❤

[@williammuraoka149]

Still brings me chills and some tears, as well as many wonderful memories to savor. Thank You, David Loggins !!

[@Franaflyby]

Song is from a time where my life was worth living. Happy, joyful times. What happened to the world?

[@Greggar1965]

An incredible song that will forever mark special times for all of us. RIP and thank you for this amazing song.

[@deannamolnar2082]

Truly

[@LoneLee2022]

74 was a great year for music especially this song. RIP

[@justsayin2049]

Love this tune! Never appreciated it in 1974, but I think today, 50 years later, it's very unique and well written! And Kenny Chesney did an awesome job on it too.

[@joevs21001]

Dave Loggins is one of the greatest folk/pop/rock singers of the early 70's. You can tell by the way he sings this that his heart is truly in it. This song has endured even to this day and is still played frequently across Satellite and FM radio. Great song.

[@colinjordan3597]

You know he didn't write the song, right?

[@graceisall]

Colin Jordan Yes he did! Please check your facts. David Allan Coe only sang it. This is my all-time favorite song.

[@KenLince]

Colin Jordan there's this thing called the internet that you happen to be on...pretty easy to look this up and see that in fact Dave did write this song. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Come_to_Boston

[@vincentlussier8264]

I rememer it so well, words and all. Nobody write songs like that today man!

[@stanleykaszynski3307]

Dave Loggins, just pure talent. Thank God for music like this!

[@StultifiedGraphics]

This is probably my most played song on my itunes.

[@cottonplant100]

Great song but I first heard this song in the fall of 1974. I was a small town country boy with a close knit family....but now I was 300 miles away from home knowing no one...and this great song brings back those memories of being homesick and knowing my life was never going to be the same again. No more kid stuff. My how time flies.

[@jennifervargovich8742]

RIP. 😢

[@danielmarin6811]

Beautiful Music Never Gets Old...Thank You David...This song is Epic! Anyone one else agree.

[@Bellathebear777]

Still gives me goosebumps. Dave loggins, Beautiful

[@fearnobodyandtrustnoone]

David Loggins ...R.I.P

[@pjoseph777]

Rest in peace

[@ginarichards6307]

I miss this music so much. Music that actually was heartfelt and meant something. There are some good bands now, but not nearly enough. All of these songs from the seventies that I grew up with still bring back so many happy memories of spending time with my family, camping, or just taking long drives to visit relatives.

[@yesorlando05]

I totally agree. These song do the same for me, evoking so many memories as a kid and teenager.

[@guyszerlip8019]

My favs

[@paulc5358]

I get the same feeling when I hear some old songs from the 60's-70's text me back to those good old days when life for me was much simpler

[@tom321974]

yea i was a child of the 80s great music in that decade as well

[@lisalindsay]

I agree with you wholeheartedly 💯 💯💯

[@bradridge5644]

RIP Dave Loggins 7/11/24

[@Bgiverny]

My last year of college. Will always love this song... thank you Dave Loggins. RIP.