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

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and raised in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He began recording, however, after moving to Winder, Georgia. 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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' Peter Jesperson'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 '' Bulk'' which contained 42 songs from the approximately 600 Logan had recorded from 1979 to 1993. Both Bulk and Logan's next album, '' Mood Elevator'', 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 The Possibilities.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 926Link, Melissa (2002)
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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 – '' Bulk'' (1994) # Jack Logan – ''Out of Whack'' (7" 4-song E.P.) (1995) # Jack Logan – '' Mood Elevator'' (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'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