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Tickets are easier to come by for the Sunset Series concerts, so I was able to see Loggins and Messina, with the Mahavishnu Orchestra at Boston Common on the 21st. Kenny Loggins, with Jim Messina, as they are show precisely at six, and it was instantly evident that this is nobody's backup net. Loggins and Messina are as good a rock band as any that's come out of California in a long time. Their strength lies not so much in virtuosity us in versatility...
...Sunset Series show made up for a cancelled gig with Van Morrison in May and was a special trip East for the band. Their stage show highlights their broad talents. Kenny Loggins opens with a short acoustic set. He sang "Danny's Song," and "House at Pooh Corner," the sum total of his previous reputation, to a still-entering crowd. Loggins' voice is equal parts country twang and Elton John, and his performance of these songs was simple, as befit their accompaniment...
Boston is the only major American city with a city-sponsored, regular series of rock concerts. Summerthing's Sunset Series, sponsored by the Falstaff Brewing Company, brings rock to Boston Common twice a week through August. It's your best bet, even thought this year's run of bands doesn't match last year when the Series imported Faces, the Allman Brothers, and Poco, among others. Each concert is $2.50. Tickets can be bought in advance, but most people just go down before the show, which starts at six, and ends, by law, at nine. This year the series will...
This year, though, Summerthing has come in for some criticism. Nathan Cobb of the Globe wrote a six-piece article on Summerthing that hinted darkly at an over-extension of government control of the arts. Cobb's series made one or two salient points, most notably that the Sunset Series has effectively stifled private competition. Since all privately promoted concerts must be licensed through city hall, the city retains some control over who plays, where they play, and when...
Despite Cobb's hints to the contrary in the Globe. Summerthing intends to pour the proceeds from the Sunset Series into the neighborhood programs. These neighborhood programs make up the bulk of Summerthing, and are its chief value. The emphasis is on participatory activities. There is some music, but it is primarily local. If you find yourself wanting to wander, Boston's ethnic neighborhoods are among the most solid in the country. Again, check the Phoenix or Boston After Dark for details. Perhaps the emphasis is on ethnic music in each neighborhood. That certainly is the case in Roxbury...