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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