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Boz Scaggs Lowdown Live
Very rare live feature with Jeff Porcaro in one of his 1st appearances! Recorded in the Paramount Theater, Oakland on Dec 31st 1976.
I am very happy to show this to all musicians and admirers of Jeff.
Comments and ratings are really welcome ;-)
Length: 237
Rating: 4.90 (610 ratings)
Tags: funk76 Boz Scaggs Lowdown Jeff Porcaro live Toto Mike David Paich
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Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
"Lowdown"
Boz Scaggs
Columbia 10367
June 1976 * #3 on Billboard Charts
* William "Boz" Scaggs achieved solo stardom in 1976 with the elegant, sophisticated, urban, blue-eyed soul of his sixth album, "Silk Degrees."
* A 5,000,000 seller, "Silk Degrees" first charted on March 20, 1976, and spawned three Top 40 hits: "Lowdown" (#3), "Lido Shuffle" (#11), and "It's Over (#38). When the songs achieved Top 40 status, Boz was further propelled into the limelight - a place that made him uncomfortable.
* "Silk Degrees" was the #2 album in America for five weeks and remained on the Billboard Hot 200 album charts for 115 weeks.
* "Lowdown" won Boz a Grammy for Best R&B Song of 1976.
* The producers of the movie "Saturday Night Fever" asked to use "Lowdown" in their movie, but Scaggs' manager turned them down - and it was instead used in the movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar." (The soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" became one of the best-selling movie soundtracks of all time.)
* David Paich co-wrote "Lowdown" with Scaggs. Paich would later join Toto and write many of their hits.
* Scaggs came from the Texas dance band scene, where he and guitarist and high school friend Steve Miller formed a variety of local groups. In 1965, he moved to Europe, where he recorded a now-rare solo folk album. Then, he returned to the states, where he once again joined up with Miller, who was by then in San Francisco. He remained with the "Steve Miller Band" for its first two albums and then once again set out for a solo career.
* With the help of Rolling Stone magazine's Editor in Chief Jann Wenner, Scaggs obtained a contract with Atlantic Records. He recorded an album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for the Atlantic label. (Boz uses the correct spelling of "Mussel Shoals" on his website, www.bozscaggs.com)
* He moved back to California, formed the "Boz Scaggs Band," and began touring regularly with the backing of his new label, Columbia. His record sales started off slowly, but began to surge in 1974 with the release of his "Slow Dancer" album.
* His next album was "Silk Degrees." When it hit the shelves in 1976, everything burst wide open. The album earned platinum status.
* Boz said the success of "Lowdown" was "an accident." Though their favorite from "Silk Degrees," he thought there "wasn't a chance in hell" the song would've been released as a single. One day, a Cleveland R&B radio DJ began playing "Lowdown" straight from the album (this was during a time when DJs had much more say in what got played). With the positive audience response the song received, Columbia sent it to other R&B-oriented stations. When officially released as a single in June 1976, it became Boz's first hit, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart & at #5 on the R&B and Disco Singles charts.
* In 1983, Scaggs announced his retirement from the music industry, choosing the more subdued life of operating a restaurant (Slim's) in San Francisco. Persuaded by his record label to resume his music career, he re-emerged in 1988 to record his album "Other Roads" and a single - "Heart of Mine" (#35 in 1988) before opting for a return to low-profile life.
* He took the name "Boz" because while he was attending school, someone who mistakenly thought his first name was Bosley kept calling him "Boz," and it stuck. On the first day of school, a classmate stared at Bill Scaggs' lanky, adolescent frame & asked, "Is your name really Bosley Scaggs?" Boz recalls, "I thought he was kidding, right? I mean my name was Bill, ya know. Anyhow, I just figured 'Sure... I'll humor this.' So I answered 'Yeah, I'm Boz.' I've just been Boz ever since."
* Following in the footsteps of other celebs whose names have graced vino labels, Boz's fans can look for his new wine very soon. However, unlike some celebs who simply lend their name to the marketing of wines produced by vineyards owned by others, wine with the "Scaggs" label is produced with grapes grown in Boz's California vineyard. Boz & wife Dominique have been experimenting with batches in the past few years, but he said the previous results haven't been up to his standards, thus being "poured down the sink." He is currently working on the paperwork & red tape involved with becoming a vintner. Fans can look for the "Scaggs" label in the next year or so...
http://www.bozscaggs.com
Length: 277
Rating: 4.90 (191 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs Lowdown Silk Degrees Grammy 1976 Steve Miller Band Muscle Shoals Columbia Rock Soul R&B Blues Jazz Pop JoJo
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Boz Scaggs - Heart of mine
Boz Scaggs - Heart of mine
Length: 239
Rating: 4.90 (441 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs Heart of mine
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Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
...because a legend deserves to be shared.
Dig the girls (give it to me, Barbara!)
Dig the horns
Dig the Man
Length: 361
Rating: 4.80 (304 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs Lido Shuffle
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Sierra-Boz Scaggs
The song sierra of Boz Scaggs with images of many mountains.
Length: 321
Rating: 4.90 (58 ratings)
Tags: sierra boz scaggs some change
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Boz Scaggs - Jojo
From『Middle Man』(1980)
Length: 244
Rating: 4.90 (32 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs Jojo
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Boz Scaggs - Miss Sun
Montage - hit number 14 on the U.S. pop charts in Feb of 1981.
Lyrics:
Been thinkin' 'bout you all night
Guess you got me in your spell
But I think that I'll be alright
Even if I don't get well
Hey, Miss Sun
What could I say
I tried to hold you
but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back in my arms
I can still remember
What you told me with your eyes
One kiss
Now it's down to this
Guess it's time you realize
Hey, Miss Sun
What could I say
I tried to hold you
But the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back in my arms
Has you back in my arms
[Instrumental Interlude]
Hey, Miss Sun
What could I say
I tried to hold you
But the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back in my arms
In my arms
(Whoooooa)
Whooooa-hooo-hoooo
(Ooooooh, yeah)
(Ooooooh, yeah, ah-yeah)
Hey, Miss Sun
What could I say
I tried to hold you
But the moon got in my way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back (in my arms)
[Intrumental Interlude]
(One kiss is what I need)
(One kiss give it to me)
(It won't be long until the mornin')
(It won't be long until the mornin' has you)
(Won't be long until the mornin')
(Has you back in my arms)
(One kiss)
(I realize)
(One kiss I can see it in your eyes)
(Oh, it won't be long before the mornin')
(Has you back in my arms)
Length: 337
Rating: 4.80 (88 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs Miss Sun Billboard Top 40 1981
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Boz Scaggs - Look What You've Done to Me
The legend continues...
Length: 416
Rating: 4.90 (216 ratings)
Tags: Boz Scaggs
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Boz Scaggs Hard Times
好きです。
Length: 269
Rating: 4.10 (9 ratings)
Tags: ロック
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Boz Scaggs "Harbor Lights"
Performed in 2004 at "The Great American Music Hall" in SF.
Boz's band:
Bass: Matt Bissonette; Drums: John Ferraro; Guitar: Drew Zingg; Organ: Jim Cox; Piano: Michael Bluestein; Saxophone: Charles McNeal; Trumpet: Rich Armstrong; Vocals: Monet Owens and Barbara Wilson.
Length: 447
Rating: 5.00 (32 ratings)
Tags: boz scaggs blues lido shuffle harbor lights
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