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The Pulse of Entertainment: Grammy Nominated Jim Messina Brings His Band The Road Runners to Rams Head on Stage
November 25, 2025; Jim Messina & The Road Runners Release New Album ‘Here, There & Everywhere' by Dr. Eunice Moseley 
(November 7, 2025) - "Yes, we are bringing it all to Rams Head (on
Stage)," said Grammy nominated Jim (James) Messina about his show, Jim Messina and The Road Runners,
coming to Rams Head on Stage in Annapolis November 25, 2025. "These guys (The Road Runners)
are unbelievable. I'm glad to work with them. When not on the job we still stay connected. They show up prepared. Between
all of us we have guitar, bass, drums, keys, sax and four vocalists. We're going to bring the album ("Here, There &
Everywhere") with us to Rams Head." Jim Messina is a legend in the Rock/Pop genre most notable as the duo
Loggins and Messina. Their hits are many, such as "Mama Don't Dance," and "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)."
Fifty years in the music industry. Jim started as a musician (guitar) with Buffalo Springfield (1966 - 1968), Poco band (1968
- 1970), and Loggins & Messina (1971 - 1976, 2005, 2009). Jim met Kenny Loggins when he was working as a producer at Columbia
Records. They united and released six studio albums, three live albums, four compilation albums and 11 singles. Together Loggins
and Messina has sold over 16 million "albums." That is 16x platinum. "I saw him at an interview...Mike asked
me to audition for...I asked who this skinny kid was. He said Kenny Loggins. I said he is a pretty good singer. That was years
before we got together," Messina said. "I got a call from Atlanta Records to produce (a group). They lost their
bass player...I auditioned and became their engineer and bass player. When I started a new group, Poco, I spent three years
with them...then got a job at CBS Records as producer. They signed him (Kenny Loggins), and they asked me to write for him...well
as they say, the rest is history." Jim Messina and The Road Runners have released eight albums. The latest is "Here,
There & Everywhere." Band members include Steve Nieves on sax, Ben King on bass, Jim Frazier on keys, and Jack Bruno
on drums, with Jim on guitar. He is also a producer, sound engineer, singer and plays the bass. Messina and The Road Runners
have sold over four million - 4x platinum sellers. "I've been very lucky," he said when I mentioned what an amazing
career he has. "I got through the 60s and 70s. I grew up in a strict and poor Italian family...clean, no drugs. My mother
and uncle worked at a police department!" 
"I
was hired as a producer in high school," Jim added as we talked about his humble beginnings. "I was a producer in
my junior and senior year...then moved to Hollywood (in 1964). I thought everyone was better than me...so I took engineering
classes...with DJ Mike at a radio station. I got to be in the studio with Mike as an engineer We had to edit Dick Clark and
Cassey Kasem (shows)...then I became a record (label) engineer (where he would collaborate with Kenny Loggins)." www.JimMessina.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over one million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Business Management/Public Relations Strategist and Consultant at Freelance Associates
and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The
Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENTS: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999,
is into its 26th year. Next events are coming to Baltimore via Zoom Saturday April 19, 2025, presented by Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times, and Los Angeles via Zoom Saturday,
November 8, 2025. The ULMII event is a free
entertainment conference offering a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase and National Talent
Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $20,000 valued in
prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com RSVP for Zoom Access at EventBrite.com or email info@thepulseofentertainment.com.ent.com.
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