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Boz Scaggs

I've always just tried to explore the music that means something to me,

About Me


From his formative years as a musician growing up in Texas in the days of early rock and roll, R&B, the blues and folk, Scaggs was steeped in the music coming out of New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago and from down the road, Dallas. He made his way as a journeyman in the small combo tradition as a rhythm and bass guitar player and sometime singer in Madison and Austin before landing in London, England in 1965 with a group from Texas. He went on to travel in the “dharma bum” tradition, playing in small clubs and sitting in “wherever I found myself” for the next couple of years, making his first record and establishing a home base in Stockholm. After an overland trip through Eastern Europe and on to India and Nepal in 1967, Scaggs headed to San Francisco for a gig with the Steve Miller Band that was to last a year and include that band’s first two albums. Next came a solo record on Atlantic, titled simply Boz Scaggs, which was made with the legendary Mussel Shoals rhythm section and featured the great Duane Allman. After being dropped by Atlantic, Scaggs returned to San Francisco to play the club circuit in the Bay Area. This led to a signing with Columbia Records that lasted some 20 years and produced nine records, notably the mid-seventies Slow Dancer and Silk Degrees, and then Middle Man in the 80s. After a ten-year hiatus, Scaggs signed with Virgin Records and recorded four albums including the Grammy-nominated Come On Home, a blues and R&B collection that honored his musical roots, and the critically-acclaimed 2001 release, Dig which was, in his own words, “the best work of my life in music.”

My Interests

Music:

Gil Evans. In his Miles Davis collaboration, "Sketches of Spain", I hear full expression of the soul.

Movies:

Rashoman. It's got it all: drama, action, irony, humour. Pure visual poetry by a master.

Television:

The BBC production Pennies from Heaven with Bob Hoskins. Actually, it was another piece by the same director, that I'm trying to recall. It was, I believe, titled with a man's name and was a psycho-odssey in, perhaps, three segments. Can anyone help me here?

Books:

Tao Te Ching. An instruction manual for the soul.

My Blog

JAPAN TOUR WITH TOTO 2008

..>   --> -->   Mar 20, 2008 Tokyo Dome MEETS PORT Hall Tokyo     on sale November 3 JAPAN     Mar 21, 2008 Tokyo Dome MEETS PORT Hall Tokyo   ...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:46:00 PST

Free Performance in Golden Gate Park

BOZ SCAGGS TO PERFORM AT HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVALSan FranciscoSaturday, October 6, 2007 BOZ SCAGGS & THE BLUE VELVET BAND: Buddy Miller Jon Cleary Ricky Fatar Dennis Crouch Greg Leese &n...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

2007 Tour

  Apr 12, 2007 -  Sandia Casino Amp. Albuquerque, NM   Apr 14, 2007   Pala Casino Events Center Pala, CA   Jul 06-07, 2007  Radisson Hotel Outdoor Grove  Sacram...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:34:00 PST

Remastered Silk Degrees Album Now Available!

By the mid-'70s, Boz Scaggs had amassed a varied body of work, rocking out in the music explosion of San Francisco in the late '60s and laying down some molten blues with Duane Allman and the Muscle S...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:03:00 PST

"HITS!" Remastered

Now In Stores! Hits! is the definitive package of Boz Scaggs' greatest hit recordings, capturing an era when this gifted singer-songwriter and soul man became a veritable one-man genre. This platinum ...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:49:00 PST

Now on iTunes

"Dig" now available on iTunes! We are pleased to announce that Boz Scaggs' album "Dig" is now available for purchase on iTunes under Gray Cat Recrods.www.bozscaggs.com...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:46:00 PST

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Posted by Boz Scaggs on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:16:00 PST

Silk Degrees 30th Anniversary Release:

Silk Degrees is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a remastered extended edition. The 1980 Hits! recording will also be reissued with bonus tracks and extras. ...
Posted by Boz Scaggs on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:14:00 PST