Lookin’ Back at Loggins

Back in the first week of summer, as the pandemic shutdown rounded its third month, pop star and longtime Montecito resident Kenny Loggins kicked off a series of low-priced live, pay-per-view concerts streamed on the Lobero Theatre’s website, with proceeds supporting both the venue and the National Independent Venue Association, which has similar one-off theaters and halls as its members, all of whom are still hurting during the COVID-19 closures. As it turned out, Loggins was not only the first event in the series that has more recently two other Montecito musicians (jazz saxist Charles Lloyd and rock star John Kay) but also the only one that actually aired live.

Now, an edited and sound-balanced recording of that show will stream again over Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-29. Tickets are just $15 for the hometown hero’s hot night on the stage Loggins shares with Rick Cowling, who played bass and backing vocals with him in the 2000s, and new friend, guitarist Tariqh Akoni, the Santa Barbara native whose day job is music director of pop singer Josh Groban. “Danny’s Song,” “House at Pooh Corner,” “Conviction of the Heart,” and “I’m Alright” are among the favorites.