Boz Scaggs

The Essential Boz Scaggs (2013)

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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells in the early 1960s and the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 1968.



Scaggs began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and produced the hit singles "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown". Scaggs produced two more platinum-certified albums in Down Two Then Left and Middle Man, the latter of which produced two top-40 singles "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "Jojo".



After a hiatus for most of the 1980s, he returned to recording and touring in 1988, releasing Other Roads and later joining The New York Rock and Soul Revue. Scaggs opened the nightclub Slim's, a popular music venue in San Francisco (it closed in 2020). He has continued to record and tour throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, with his most recent album being 2018's Out of the Blues.



Scaggs is credited for helping the formation of Toto. For his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, he hand-picked musicians after taking suggestions from several people. These musicians were David Paich, David Hungate, and Jeff Porcaro. The three were already friends and had frequently performed together on other albums, such as Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic. By going on tour with Scaggs, it solidified the prospect of starting a band. Columbia picked up on this talent by offering the new group a contract "without audition". Steve Porcaro described this as "a record deal thrown in our laps". Paich stated, "I'm not sure if Toto would have happened as soon, or quite the same way, without Silk Degrees". Their friendship has continued throughout the decades, shown by the varying collaborations and concerts performed together. Paich teamed up once more for Scaggs' 2001 album, Dig, contributing to 6 out of the 11 songs.



T R A C K L I S T



CD 1



01. I'll Be Long Gone

02. Loan Me A Dime

03. Runnin' Blue

04. We Were Always Sweethearts

05. Painted Bells

06. Near You

07. Dinah Flo

08. Might Have To Cry

09. You Make It So Hard (To Say No)

10. Slow Dancer

11. What Can I Say

12. It's Over

13. Harbor Lights

14. Lowdown

15. Lido Shuffle

16. We're All Alone

17. Hard Times



CD 2



01. Jojo

02. Isn't It Time

03. Simone

04. Breakdown Dead Ahead

05. Miss Sun

06. Look What You've Done To Me

07. Heart Of Mine

08. Some Change

09. Sierra

10. As The Years Go Passing By

11. It All Went Down The Drain

12. Miss Riddle

13. I Just Go

14. Thanks To You

15. Gone Baby Gone





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