Celebrating the voice that helped define the smooth, sun-soaked sound that still echoes through rock, pop, and R&B today.
In 1976, Boz Scaggs recorded a breakout hit that would give him long-overdue success.
The album offers a mix of familiar and more-obscure songs that previously were recorded by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Irma Thomas, and Lonnie Johnson. Detour came together after ...
"Some people are genuinely confused, almost angry in a way, at my nonchalance at saying I had other things to do," Scaggs shrugged in a 1994 interview with Mojo. "They say, 'How do you just walk off ...
Born William Royce Scaggs, the musician was given the nickname Bosley, which was eventually shortened to Boz, while attending a private school in Dallas during the 1950s. At the same school, Scaggs ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This cover image released by Concord Records shows "Out of the Blues," a release by Boz Scaggs. (Concord Records via AP) Boz ...
Boz Scaggs has been producing his own brand of R&B-flavored rock 'n' roll for almost fifty years. Though he recorded an album in 1965 called Boz (Polydor Records), his career didn't take off until he ...
Boz Scaggs snared the top spot on the Billboard Blues Chart with 2013's Memphis, and even found his way inside the Top 20 of the Top 200 album charts. So, it’s hardly surprising that only a short time ...
We all know Boz Scaggs, right? The guy from Silk Degrees, the 1976 smash that spawned hit single after hit single after hit single—the million-selling “Lowdown," “Lido Shuffle," “What Can I Say," ...
Since 1976, the “Lido Shuffle” has been earworming its way into people’s consciousness with the subtle charm shared by every genius pop jackhammer. The decade was full of excellent pop tunes, but for ...
Boz Scaggs’s music was frequently heard on radio stations and dance floors across the nation between 1976 and 1980, thanks to such sleek hits as “Lowdown,” “Lido Shuffle” and “JoJo.” It was a moment — ...
"Out of the Blues" is the third and final chapter in what Boz Scaggs likes to think of as a trilogy of albums exploring his musical roots. The adventure began in 2012 when he traveled to Memphis with ...