Jack Logan (born February 8, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter born in

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and raised in

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. He began recording, however, after moving to

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. He created two comic books in the 1980s, starring

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as a superhero, and the connection to Peter Buck led to

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's interest in releasing some of Logan's material. He also drew a comic book that was included with LP copies of

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second album, ''Doug.'' His first release was the critically acclaimed ''

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'' which contained 42 songs from the approximately 600 Logan had recorded from 1979 to 1993. Both Bulk and Logan's next album, ''

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'', received four stars in ''

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''. Logan has worked with Kelly Keneipp,

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, Bob Kimbell, Kevin Lane, Aaron Phillips and Rob Keller. The backing band for his albums ''Buzz Me In'' and ''Monkey Paw'' albums was

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.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 926Link, Melissa (2002)
Consider The Possibilities
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'', August 29, 2002, retrieved January 1, 2011 His most recent release is 2013's ''Bones in the Desert'', a self-released vinyl LP recorded with Scott Baxendale. Logan guest-starred as himself on a 1997 episode of

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Discography

# Lava Treatment – ''Lake Eerie'' (1988) # Jack Logan – ''

'' (1994) # Jack Logan – ''Out of Whack'' (7" 4-song E.P.) (1995) # Jack Logan – ''

'' (1996) # Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell – ''Little Private Angel'' (1998) # Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell – ''Little Private Demos '' (cassette only) (1998) # Jack Logan – ''Tinker'' (1998) # Jack Logan – ''Buzz Me In'' (1999) # Jack Logan – ''Bring Me the Head of Kelly Keneipp'' (1999) # Jack Logan – ''Monkey Paw'' (2001) # Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell – ''Woodshedding'' (2002) # Jack Logan – ''Nature's Assembly Line'' (2005) # Third Creature (with Jack Logan) – ''Orthodox Garage'' (2006) # Jack Logan and the Monday Night Recorders – ''Fundamentally Live at the 40 Watt'' (2006) # Jack Logan & Scott Baxendale – ''Bones in the Desert'' (2013)

References

External links

Jack Logan Presents...ENJOY MUSIC!
(Wordpress website)
Jack Logan's Web
(official website) * Living people Singer-songwriters from Illinois People from Barrow County, Georgia Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Lawrenceville, Illinois 1959 births Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-singer-songwriter-stub