Dave Loggins died: Singer of Please Come to Boston died at the age of 76 – Obituaries to follow

Country singer Dave Loggins has died at the age of 76.

The musician, who wrote the theme song for the Augusta golf tournament and had a solo hit in 1974 with the song “Please Come to Boston,” died on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. His cause of death is not yet known.

Tributes from fans poured in on social media. “RIP Dave Loggins – amazing long-time award-winning songwriter and native of nearby Shady Valley, TN. Please Come To Boston will always be one of my all-time favorites,” wrote one person on X, formerly Twitter. Another said, “We have lost a great talent in Dave Loggins.”

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According to The Tennessean, Dave was in a hospice at the time of his death. He died at Alive Hospice. The singer was one of Tennessee’s most famous songwriters and wrote songs for stars such as Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire and Willie Nelson.

He also wrote songs for Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson and Wynonna Judd. Dave was the only unsigned artist to win a CMA Award, which he received in 1986 for his duet with Anne Murray entitled “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do.”

Dave has also been nominated for four Grammy Awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance in 1974 and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group in 1984. He was nominated for Best Country Song in 1985 and 1992.

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During his career, Dave was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The singer told the institution that he considered the highlights of his career to be “touring England in the early ’70s with the Everly Brothers, meeting John Lennon at the 1975 Grammys, writing six number one records and not winning Songwriter of the Year, only to win seven the next year.”

Dave is best known as the author of Augusta, the theme song of the Masters. The song was inspired by playing golf at the Augusta National Course in Georgia.

“I stopped for a minute, looked up at the pines, and the wind down there was just different in some ways,” he told the AP in 2019. “Spiritually, it was different. That course was just a work of art.”

“I looked over at some dogwood bushes and, man, I just started writing the song in my head, which I always do when I’m inspired. I had the first verse before I even got off course.”

Dave was the cousin of Kenny Loggins, known for hits such as Footloose and Danger Zone. He is survived by his three sons – Quinn Loggins, Kyle Loggins and Dylan Loggins – and his grandson Braxton Loggins.