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Loosely Tight is an American
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band originally based out of
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.


Early history

The band came to prominence after taking top honors at the 1979 California World Music Festival held at the
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. More than 2100 bands entered the competition and shared the stage with
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,
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, and
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. In conjunction with their festival success, the Loosely Tight song "Rough and Tough" was the lead off track for radio station
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(93.3 FM)'s 1979 album, ''Arizona Sounds Volume 3''. After a brief stint with
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, the band's album ''Fightin' Society'' (1981) found release on Star Struck Records (Catalog number TDS 020559). In 2000,
The Arizona Republic ''The Arizona Republic'' is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. History Early years The newspap ...
named Loosely Tight as #28 in their list of The 100 Best Valley Rock Bands.


Band members

The Loosely Tight lineup included Dino Livingston (singer/songwriter/vocalist/guitarist), Mark Lehman (bass), Jr. Lomeli (guitar), and Pat Dixon (drums). The band's manager was Danny Zelisko. Later band members included Bob Hagen (drums), Danny Livingston (bass), and Donnie Mills (bass). Dixon went on to play drums with another Arizona based band,
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, who recorded albums on both
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and
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, while Lehman moved on to the band Surgical Steel, most notable for recording a song with Rob Halford of Judas Priest.


Later history

The songs on ''Fightin' Society'' are now controlled by independent record label Fervor Records. The label placed the band's music in various movies, including
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, The Love Guru (2008),
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, '' The Messenger'' (2009),
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, American Made (2017). Loosely Tight's music has also been played on several TV series, including
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, The Neighbors, Blood Drive, and
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. In 2011, Loosely Tight moved to Houston, Texas where Dino Livingston teamed up with bass player Wolff DeLong (former bass player for, most notably, Mean
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and
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and the Fighting Cocks), and drummer, Rick Gomez. Delong and Gomez provided the rhythm section. Livingston continued to write songs and play guitar. On December 20, 2011, the band leader and lead singer, Dino (Dennis Wayne) Livingston, died of complications from diabetes. In 2012,
Phoenix New Times ''Phoenix New Times'' is a free digital and print media company based in Phoenix, Arizona. ''Phoenix'' ''New Times'' publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, arts, cannabis, as well as longform narrative journalism. A ...
chose Loosely Tight's song "Bombs Away" as one of the songs from 1981 which defined Arizona.


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* {{Authority control Rock music groups from Arizona Musical groups from Phoenix, Arizona American hard rock musical groups