“Boz” the man behind Low Down, Lido Shuffle and more…
A casual listen to the Boz Scaggs discography makes one thing obvious: Boz Scaggs is both a musical seeker and a man of sizable talent as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. His explorations in blues and R&B, Rock and Jazz have produced lasting work and a career that has brought with it acclaim, a loyal followin, and an enduring respect among musicians.
With MEMPHIS (429 Records), his first studio album in five years, Scaggs looks back musically and biographically. (His father and grandparents are from Memphis, as is his wife.) “I had been thinking about a record that involved going back into my past and finding songs that match my style and my voice,” Scaggs says. With producer Steve Jordan and a crack band he puts a distinctive touch on classics like “Rainy Night in Georgia,” “Corinna Corinna,” and “Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl,” as well as on a couple of originals. Thirteen tracks were recorded in three days at the city’s landmark Royal Studios, where the late Willie Mitchell produced so many of Al Green’s and Anne Peebles’ legendary albums.
“The project just fell out naturally,” Scaggs says. “It didn’t require working over takes or a lot of revising. Choosing the material came, to some degree, out of the work I’d been doing with the Dukes of September (a band featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz). We’d considered hundreds of songs over the last three years so a number of these had been spinning around in my head for a while. Then when I sounded Steve Jordan about producing the record, his reaction gelled so completely and instantly with mine. Was it the first or second conversation we had where I thought he was reading my mind: Royal Studios in Memphis? Ace players like Willie Weeks and Ray Parker Jr. and Charles Hodges? YES.”
Raised in small towns in Oklahoma and Texas, Boz Scaggs took up the guitar at age 13. “As a kid in the Fifties I was swept away by music and radio. It seemed there weren’t enough hours in the day to keep up with that first wave of Rock and Roll coming out of (top 40 station) KLIF and (the local R&B station) KNOK. At night I had WLAC Nashville with deeper Blues and R&B out of the greater south, Jazz from Chicago’s WLS and out of Dallas on WRR an amazing show called Cat’s Caravan where the DJ Jim Lowe took us to school on Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Memphis Slim, TBone Walker and the Delta and Chicago masters. My high school friend Lewis MacAdams later wrote about that program, ‘I embarked on a journey each night into the life I wanted to live.’ That was me, too.”
William Royce “Boz” Scaggs started playing in bands during high school in Dallas in the Sixties. He entered college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and soon after decided instead to devote himself to journeyman playing around campuses and various clubs and resorts. Scaggs’ guitar and voice provided his self-described “ticket to ride” as he left the States to travel in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He developed a club following in Sweden and began his recording career there in 1965 with a solo album for Polydor. Curiosity along with yearning for a Blues and R&B band brought him to San Francisco in 1967. After a stint with fellow Texan, Steve Miller, on several albums, he signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and debuted with Boz Scaggs, produced by friend and Rolling Stone founder, Jann Wenner. That record featured the renowned Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Duane Allman and the slow-burn-to-high-heat track, “Loan Me a Dime.” Critical acclaim followed, as did a long-term relationship with Columbia Records. Boz would make seven records for Columbia including Moments, Boz Scaggs and Band, My Time, and Slow Dancer, and featured songs such as “We Were Always Sweethearts,” “Dinah Flo,” “You Make It So Hard,” and “Slow Dancer.”
Then came the multi-platinum 1975 release, Silk Degrees featuring hits like “Lowdown,” which won the Grammy Award for “Best R&B Song”, “Lido Shuffle,” “What Can I Say” and the ballad “We’re All Alone,” which became a worldwide hit for Rita Coolidge. Following Silk Degrees was Down Two Then Left, Middle Man and Hits, a compilation that featured the as-yet-unrecorded “Miss Sun” and the song from the motion picture Urban Cowboy, “Look What You’ve Done To Me.” Scaggs sat out most of the Eighties, touring sporadically and releasing one album in 1987, Other Roads. “In 1980, I decided to take a hiatus from the music business. I had intended it to be a six-month break, but I found when I got away from it that I wasn’t ready to jump back in. I had family matters to attend to. And at the bottom of it all, I just didn’t have any music in me, no creative urge at all. Music had become a routine.”
The Nineties began what Scaggs calls chapter two of his career. An invitation by Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen to join his New York Rock and Soul Revue teamed Scaggs up with Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker, Michael McDonald and Charles Brown among others. Scaggs also signed a contract with Virgin Records and made an album of original material, Some Change, and then the Grammy-nominated Come on Home, a collection of R&B classics and originals featuring a crack rhythm section with horns. With the album Dig, Scaggs embarked upon a project he regards as one of the most important and mature works of his career. It featured production and writing with old friend and Silk Degrees collaborator David Paich and ace guitar player/producer Danny Kortchmar. The record’s fate was tied to its 9/11/2001 release date and as a result it barely saw the light of day. Fade Into Light was his final release on Virgin Records and then came two albums of jazz standards. The first, But Beautiful released on Gray Cat Records, featured a traditional quartet and went to #1 on Billboard’s Jazz chart; Speak Low, arranged and produced by Gil Goldstein for Verve Records, featured a string quartet with harp and woodwinds. “I’m not a jazz musician or singer,” Scaggs says, “but it showed me a whole new world of vocal expression. It was important to me in the way that I perceive music, in terms of harmonics and in using my voice as an instrument. These records were incredibly challenging, like nothing I’d ever done before.” The New Yorker, commenting on Scaggs’ performance, called him, “one of the few middle-aged pop stars to convincingly delve into the Great American Songbook.”
In addition to touring extensively with his own band, Scaggs continues to work with Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald as The Dukes of September, most recently a playing a 47-city tour to rave reviews, performing their own material along with R&B and Soul classics. Within that collaboration, throughout his career and especially evident in MEMPHIS, Scaggs’ unique voice and trademark sound make plain his abiding respect for a wide spectrum of American roots music.
Words and pictures from the official website.
Discography
Columbia Rarities (1971-88)
Sony Records 2024
Tracks: We Were Always Sweethearts (Mono Single Version), Near You (Mono Single Version), I Feel So Good (Live 1970), Hollywood Blues (Live 1970), Runnin' Blue (Mono Single Version), Baby's Callin' Me Home (Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - 1972), Dinah Flo (Mono Single Version), Freedom For The Stallion (Single Mix), Full-Lock Power Slide (Single Mix), What Can I Say (Live at the Greek Theater, Los Angels, CA - August 1976), Jump Street (Live at the Greek Theater, Los Angels, CA - August 1976), It's Over (Live at the Greek Theater, Los Angels, CA - August 1976), Lowdown (Single Version), Miss Sun (Single Version), You'll Never Know, Soul To Soul & Cool Running (Shep Pettibone Remix).
Musicians on the Columbia Rarities (1971-88) album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Greatest Hits "Japanese Singles Collection"
Sony Music Japan 2019
Tracks: Disc 1: We Were Always Sweethearts, Dinah Flo, Georgia, Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, Hard Times, Hollywood, We're All Alone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, Look What You've Done To Me, Miss Sun, Slow Dancer, JoJo, Heart Of Mine, Cool Running (Shep Pettibone Remix), It's Over (Bonus Tracks) & Fade Into Light (Bonus Tracks). Disc 2 (DVD: Music Videos): Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, You Can Have Me Anytime, Breakdown Dead Ahead, JoJo, Cool Running & Heart Of Mine.
Musicians to the Greatest Hits "Japanese Singles Collection" album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Unplugged At The Plant
Broadcast Radio Records 2015
Tracks: Introduction, Sierra, Some Change, Fly Like A Bird, Lowdown, Loan Me A Dime & We´re All Alone.
Musicians on the Unplugged At The Plant album: Boz Scaggs & Scott Plunkett.
A Fool To Care "Japanese Version"
Columbia Records 2015
Tracks: Rich Woman, I’m a Fool to Care, Hell to Pay, Small Town Talk, Last Tango on 16th Street, There’s a Storm A’ Comin´, I’m So Proud, I Want to See You, High Blood Pressure, Full of Fire, Love Don’t Love Nobody, Whispering Pines, Gypsy Woman (Bonus Track), Talk To Me Talk To Me (Bonus Track) & M.P.B. (Bonus Track).
Musicians on the A Fool To Care album: Boz Scaggs, Ray Parker, Jr., Willie Weeks, Jim Cox, Steve Jordan, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams and others.
A Fool To Care
429 Records 2015
Tracks: Rich Woman, I’m a Fool to Care, Hell to Pay, Small Town Talk, Last Tango on 16th Street, There’s a Storm A’ Comin´, I’m So Proud, I Want to See You, High Blood Pressure, Full of Fire, Love Don’t Love Nobody & Whispering Pines.
Musicians on the A Fool To Care album: Boz Scaggs, Ray Parker, Jr., Willie Weeks, Jim Cox, Steve Jordan, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams and others.
Live At The Fillmore West
Keyhole Records 2014
Tracks: CD1: I Feel So Good, We Were Always Sweethearts, Painted Bells, I Will Forever Sing the Blues, We Been Away, Hollywood Blues, Bay's Callin' Home, Stepping Stone, Country Girl, Somebody Loan Me a Dime, Make My Heart Shine & I'm Easy. CD2: Near You, Sweet Release & Various Live Boz Scaggs.
Musiciansl on the Live At The Fillmore West album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Memphis "Japanese Release"
Columbia Records 2013
Tracks: Gone Baby Gone, So Good To Be Here, Mixed Up Shook Up Girl, Rainy Night In Georgia, Love On A Two Way Street, Pearl Of The Quarter, Cadilac Walk, Corrina Corrina, Can I Change My Mind, Dry Spell, You Got Me Cryin´, Sunny Gone, Mixed Up Shook Up Girl (early demo version) & It Takes A Lot To Laught (It Takes A Train To Cry).
Musicians on the Memphis album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Memphis
429 Records 2013
Tracks: Gone Baby Gone, So Good To Be Here, Mixed Up Shook Up Girl, Rainy Night In Georgia, Love On A Two Way Street, Pearl Of The Quarter, Cadilac Walk, Corrina Corrina, Can I Change My Mind, Dry Spell, You Got Me Cryin´ & Sunny Gone.
Musicians on the Memphis album: Boz Scaggs and others.
The Essential
Columbia Records 2013
Tracks: Disc 1: I'll Be Long Gone, Loan Me a Dime, Runnin' Blue, We Were Always Sweethearts, Painted Bells, Near You, Dinah Flo, Might Have to Cry, You Make It so Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, What Can I Say, It's Over, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, We're All Alone & Hard Times. Disc 2: JoJo, Isn't It Time, Simone, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Miss Sun, Look What You've Done to Me, Heart of Mine, Some Change, Sierra, As the Years Go Passing By (Boz Scaggs with Booker T & The MG's), It All Went Down the Drain, Miss Riddle, I Just Go, Thanks to You & Gone Baby Gone.
Musicians on the Essential album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Original Album Classics
Legacy Records 2013
Tracks: DISC 1: We Were Always Sweethearts, Downright Women, Painted Bells, Alone Alone, Near You, I Will Forever Sing (The Blues), Moments, Hollywood Blues, We Been Away & Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) (Instrumental). DISC 2: You Make It so Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), There Is Someone Else, Hercules, Pain of Love, Sail on White Moon, Let It Happen, I Got Your Number & Take It for Granted. DISC 3: What Can I Say, Georgia, Jump Street, What Do You Want the Girl to Do, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, It's Over, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle, We're All Alone, What Can I Say (Live), Jump Street (Live) & It's Over (Live). DISC 4:, Still Falling for You, Hard Times, A Clue, Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man, We're Waiting, Hollywood, Then She Walked Away, Gimme the Goods, 1993 & Tomorrow Never Came. DISC 5: JoJo, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Middle Man, Do Like You Do in New York, Angel You, Isn't It Time & You Got Some Imagination.
Musicians on the Original Album Classics: Boz Scaggs and others.
Original Album Classics
Columbia Records 2010
Tracks: DISC 1: We Were Always Sweethearts, Downright Women, Painted Bells, Alone Alone, Near You, I Will Forever Sing (The Blues), Moments, Hollywood Blues, We Been Away & Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) (Instrumental). DISC 2: You Make It so Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), There Is Someone Else, Hercules, Pain of Love, Sail on White Moon, Let It Happen, I Got Your Number & Take It for Granted. DISC 3: What Can I Say, Georgia, Jump Street, What Do You Want the Girl to Do, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, It’s Over, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle, We’re All Alone, What Can I Say (Live), Jump Street (Live) & It’s Over (Live). DISC 4:, Still Falling for You, Hard Times, A Clue, Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man, We’re Waiting, Hollywood, Then She Walked Away, Gimme the Goods, 1993 & Tomorrow Never Came. DISC 5: JoJo, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Middle Man, Do Like You Do in New York, Angel You, Isn’t It Time & You Got Some Imagination.
Musicians on the Original Album Classics: Boz Scaggs and others.
Speak Low
Decca Records 2009
Tracks: Invitation, She Was Too God To me, I Wish I Knew, Speak Low, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, I´ll Remember April, Save Your Love For Me, Ballad Of The Sad Young Men, Skylark, Senza Fine, Dindi & This Time The Dream´s On Me.
Musicians on the Speak Low album: Boz Scaggs, Gil Goldstein, Alex Acuna, Bob Sheppard, Scott Colley, Mike Maineiri, Carol Robbins, Eric Crystal, Joyce Hammann, Laura Seaton, Lois Martin, Richard Locker, Lou Marini, Aaron Heick, Lawrence Feldman & Shane Shanahan.
Moments/Boz Scaggs & Band
BGO Records 2008
Tracks: CD1: We Were Always Sweethearts, Downright Women, Painted Bells, Alone, Alone, Near You, I Will Forever Sing (The Blues), Moments, Hollywood Blues, We Been Away & Can I Make I Last. CD2: Monkey Time, Runnin' Blue, U, Love Anyway, Flames of Love, Here to Stay, Nothing Will Take, Your Place, Why Why & You're So Good.
Musicians on the Moments/Boz Scaggs & Band album: Boz Scaggs, Rita Coolidge, Pete Escovedo, Mel Martin, Coke Escovedo, Bill Atwood, David Brown, Curley Cooke, John McFee, Pat O'Hara, George Rains, Ben Sidran, José Chepitó Areas, Mike Carabello, Eddie Lee Charlton, Dorothy Morrison, Pat O'Hara, Tom Poole, George Rains, Doug Simril & Joachim Jymm Young.
My Time/Slow Dancer
BGO Records 2008
Tracks: Dinah Flo, Slowly in the West, Full-Lock Power Slide, Old Time Lovin', Might Have to Cry, Hellow My Lover, Freedom for the Stallion, He's a Fool for You, We're Gonna Roll, My Time, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), There Is Someone Else, Hercules, Pain of Love, Sail on White Moon, Let It Happen, I Got Your Number & Take It for Granted.
Musicians on the My Time & Slow Dancer album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Runnin´Blue
Music Avenue 2007
Tracks: Runnin´Blue, Monkey Time, Hercules, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), I´ll Be Long Gone, Just Don´t Wanna Be Lonely, Let It Happen, Might Have To Cry, Pain Of Love, Downright Woman, Take It For Granted, There Is Someone Else, Dinah Flo, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Near You, Sail On White Moon, Painted Bells & Slow Dancer.
Musicians on the Runnin´Blue album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Silk Degress
Sony BMG Records 2007
Tracks: What Can I Say, Georgia, Jump Street, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, It's Over, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle, We're All Alone, What Can I Say (Live), Jump Street (Live) & It´s Over (Live).
Musicians on the Silk Degrees album: Boz Scaggs, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott, Bud Shank, Les Dudek, Louie Shelton, Chuck Findley, Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Green, Jim Horn, Paul Hubinon, David Hungate, Augie Johnson, Marty McCall, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Bud Shanks, Sid Sharp, Pepper Swenson, Fred Tackett, Carolyn Willis, Vincent DeRosa & Dick Hyde.
Hits
Sony Music 2006
Tracks: What Can I Say, Jojo, Miss Sun (Long Version), Hard Times, Slow Dancer, Harbor Lights, Dinah Flo, Look What You've Done To Me, Breakdown Dead Ahead, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), It's Over, We're All Alone , Heart of Mine, Lowdown & Lido Shuffle.
Musicians on the Hits album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Greatest Hits Live
Gray Cat Records Corp 2004
Tracks: Lowdown, Slow Dancer, Heart Of Mine, It All Went Down The Drain, Harbor Lights, Jojo, Ask Me 'Bout Nothin' But The Blues, Breakdown Dead Ahead , Look What You've Done To Me, I Just Go, Georgia, Miss Sun, Lido Shuffle, Runnin' Blues, Loan Me A Dime & We're All Alone.
Musicians on the Greatest Hits Live album: Boz Scaggs, Matt Bissonette, John Ferraro, Drew Zingg, Jim Cox, Michael Bluestein, Charles McNeal, Rich Armstrong, Monet Owens & Barbera Wilson.
Forever Gold
St. Clair Entertainment 2003
Tracks: Another Day (Another Letter), Loan Me A Dime, I´ll Be Long Gone, Finding Her, Now You´re Gone, Desolation Avenue & Loan Me A Dime (Extended Version).
Musicians on the Forever Gold album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Here´s The Low Down
Collectables Records 2003
Tracks: Lowdown, Take It for Granted, What's Number One?, 1993, Then She Walked Away, Crimes of Passion, We're Waiting, Slow Dancer, Lido Shuffle & Pain of Love.
Musicians on the Here´s The Low Down album: Boz Scaggs and others.
But Beautiful
Gray Cat Records 2003
Tracks: What´s New?, Never Let Me Go, How Long Has This Been Going On?, Sophisticated Lady, But Beautiful, Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered, Easy Living, I Should Care, You Don´t Know What Love Is & For All We Know.
Musicians on the But Beautiful album: Boz Scaggs, Paul Nagel, Eric Crystal, John Shifflett & Jason Lewis.
Sail On White Moon
ABM Hallmark 2002
Tracks: You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Sail On White Moon, Angel Lady (Come Just In), There´s Someone Else, The Pain Of Love, Take It For Granted, Let It Happen, Hercules, Slow Dancer, Monkey On Your Mind, Might Have To Cry, Dinah Flo, Good To Be Near You, Just Don´t Want To Be Lonely, Running Blue, Always & Came Around.
Musicians on the Sail On White Moon album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Songs From Boz Scaggs
BMG Publishing 2001
Tracks: Lowdown, Lido Schuffle, Jo Jo, Look What You´ve Done To Me, Breakdown Deat Ahead, We´re All Alone, Hollywood, What Can I Say, We Were Always Sweethearts, Dina Flo, Georgia, Harbor Lights, Hard Times, It´s Over, Near You, Slow Dancer, We´re All Alone, Going To Mexico & Picture Of A Broken Heart.
Musicians on the Song From Boz Scaggs album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Dig
Virgin Music 2001
Tracks: Payday, Sarah, Miss Riddle, I Just Go, Get On The Natch, Desire, Call That Love, King Of El Paso, You're Not, Vanishing Point & Thanks To You.
Musicians on the Dig album: Boz Scaggs, Danny Kortchmar, David Paich, Ray Parker Jr., Michael Rodriguez, Roy Hargrove Jr., Robin DiMaggio, Joe Bonadio, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East, Steve Lukather, Monet, Steve Jordan & Martin Tillman.
The Lost Concert
Park South Records 2001
Tracks: Let My Light Shine, We Can Make It, Take It for Granted, Let It Happen, Jungle Blues, I Want to Be Near You, Slow Dancer, Dinaflow, Might Have to Cry, Always Been This Way, Trying to Know, Funkey Monkey, Something Has Got a Hold of Me & Running Blues.
Musicians on the The Lost Concert album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Might Have To Cry
Delta Music 1999
Tracks: You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Pain Of Love, Dinah Flo, Just Don't Want To Be Lonely, Slow Dancer, Let It happen, Runnin' Blue, Good To Be Near You, Monkey On Your Mind, Always, Come Around (Long Gone), She's My Baby, Take It For Granted, Angel Lady & Might Have To Cry.
Musicians on the Might Have To Cry album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Expo 1985
Firepower Records 1999
Tracks: Dinah Flo, JoJo, I Got Your Number, Isn´t It Time, Hercules, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Look What You´ve Done To Be, Georgia, We´re All Alone, Miss Sun, Lido Shuffle, Middle Man, Low Down & Angel You.
Musicians on the Expo 1985 album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Palamount Theatre
Fire Power Records 1999
Tracks: Disc 01: Near You, Just Wanna Be A Lonely, Running Blue, Painted Bells, Moments, Monkey Time, Downright Woman, Might Rave To Cry & Dinah Flo. Disc 02: You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Sail On White Moon, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), There Is Someone Else, Pain Of Love, Take It For Granded, Let It Happen, Slow Dancer, I´ll Be Long Gone & I´m Easy.
Musicians on the Palamount Theatre album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Here´s The Low Down
AMW Records 1998
Tracks: Lowdown, Take It for Granted, What's Number One?, 1993, Then She Walked Away, Crimes of Passion, We're Waiting, Slow Dancer, Lido Shuffle & Pain of Love.
Musicians on the Here´s The Low Down album: Boz Scaggs and others.
My Time
Sony Music 1997
Tracks: Runnin' Blue, We Were Always Sweethearts, Near You, Painted Bells, Dinah Flo, Might Have to Cry, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), I Got Your Number, Slow Dancer, Hercules, What Can I Say, It's Over, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, We're All Alone, Loan Me a Dime, Hard Times, 1993, JoJo, Isn't It Time, Simone, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Miss Sun, Look What You've Down to Me, Heart of Mine, What's Number One?, Drowning in the Sea of Love, Sierra, Some Change, As the Years Go Passing By, Just Go & Goodnight Louise.
Musicians on the My Time Anthology (1969-1997) album: Boz Scaggs, Charles Brown, Steve Cropper, Donald Fagen, Don Henley, James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Phoebe Snow, Tom Coster, Ronnie Cuber, Pete Escovedo, Victor Feldman, Don Grolnick, Plas Johnson, David Lasley, Mel Martin, Joe Sample, King Errisson, Pete Carr, Dennis Coffey, Fred Jackson, Phil Perry, David Foster, Cornelius Bumpus, Lisa Dal Bello, Dave Ellis, Don Felder, David T. Walker, Sharon Redd , Jim Keltner, Louie Shelton, Coke Escovedo, Duane Allman, John Arnold, Bill Atwood, Barry Beckett, George Bohannon, David Brigati, Eddie Brigati, David Brown, Paulette Brown, Rosemary Butler, Danny Caron, Lenny Castro, Charles Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Joe Clayton, Curley Cooke, Jim Cox, Charlotte Crossley, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Nathan East, Scott Edwards, Gene Estes, Stan Farber, Ricky Fataar, Venetta Field, Chuck Findley, Glenn Frey, James Gadson, Jim Gilstrap, Jay Graydon, Maxine Green, Ed Greene, Bob Gurland, James Haas, John Hagen, Roger Hawkins, Pat Henderson, Eddie Hinton, David Hood, Paul Hubinon, Dann Huff, Jim Hughart, David Hungate, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Phillip Ingram, Clayton Ivey, Paul Jackson, Jr., James Jamerson, Augie Johnson, Darryl Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Booker T. Jones, John Kelson, Jr., Michael Landau, Jack Laubach, Rhett Lawrence, John Lehman, Steve Lukather, Clarence McDonald, Paulette McWilliams, Rick Marotta, Myrna Matthews, Marty McCall, Dennis McDermott, John McFee, Marcus Miller, Lon Norman, Pat O'Hara, Michael Omartian, Bill Ortiz, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker, Jr., Jerry Peters, John Pierce, Steve Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Greg Poree, Tom Poole, Joe Porcaro, Steve Potts, George Rains, Donna Rhodes, Carlos Rios, John "J.R." Robinson, Michael Rodriguez, Lincoln Schleifer, Timothy B. Schmit, Ben Sidran, Doug Simril, Myrna Smith-Schilling, Norbert Stachel, Fred Tackett, Bill Thedford, Zedric Turnbough, Russ Turner, Wayne Wallace, Ernie Watts, Wah Wah Watson, Marty Wehner, Lorna Willard, Carolyn Willis, Joachim Jymm Young, Aaron Zigman, Drew Zingg, Jimmy Vivino, Orville Rhodes, Adrian Tapia, Freddie Washington, Michael Melvoin, David Bennett Cohen, Vince Lars, Julia Tillman, Peter Wolf, Larry Debari, Warren Vaché, Jr., Chris Anderson, David Lasley, Rita Coolidge Ladies Vocal Ensemble, Ron Stalling & Jeff Young.
Come On Home
Virgin Music 1997
Tracks: It All Went Down the Drain, Ask Me 'bout Nothin' (But the Blues), Don't Cry No More, Found Love, Come On Home, Picture of a Broken Heart, Love Letters, I've Got Your Love, Early in the Morning, Your Good Thing (Is About to End), T-Bone Shuffle, Sick & Tired, After Hours & Goodnight Louise.
Musicians on the Come On Home album: Boz Scaggs, Tom Coster, Ronnie Cuber, Dave Ellis, Willie Mitchell, Jim Keltner, Steve Freund, Kitty Beethoven, Anthony Blea, Ben Cauley, Jim Cox, Ricky Fataar, Jack Hale, Charles Hodges, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Darryl Johnson, James Mitchell, Bill Ortiz, Scott Plunkett, Norbert Stachel, Rev. Ron Stallings, Fred Tackett, Wayne Wallace, Marty Wehner, Freddie Washington, Vince Lars, Mark Scaggs, Harry Duncan, Monte Owens, Lonnie McMillan, Willie Mitchell, Brenda Rutledge, Otis Cooper & David Matthews.
Live 1980-1995
Promo 1996
Tracks: Break Down Dead Ahead, What Can I Say, Hard Times, You Got Some Imagination, Georgia, Lido Shuffle, Middle Man, Low Down, Harbor Lights, We´re All Alone, Simone, Fly Like A Bird, Some Change & Sierra.
Musicians on the Back In The Days album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Back In The Days
Success Records 1996
Tracks: Another Day (Another Letter), Finding Her, Now You´re Gone, Desolation Avenue, Loan Me A Dime (Version 1), Loan Me A Dime (Version 2) & I´ll Be Long Gone.
Musicians on the Back In The Days album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Fade Into Light
Virgin Music 1996
Tracks: You Got My Letter, Some Change, I'll Be the One, Call Me, Fly Like a Bird, Sierra, Lost It, Time, Illusion & Follow That Man.
Musicians on the Fade Into Light album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Best Selection
Echo Industry Co. LTD 1994
Tracks: Slow Dancer, You Make It Hard (To Say No), Take It For Granted, What Can I Say, Georgia, Jump Street, What do You Want The Girl To Do, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, It's Over, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle, We're all Alone, Still Falling For You, Hard Times, Hollywood, Then She Walked Away & Tomorrow Never Came (reprise).
Musicians on the Best Selection album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Some Change
Virgin Music 1994
Tracks: You Got My Letter, Some Change, I'll Be the One, Call Me, Fly Like a Bird, Sierra, Lost It, Time, Illusion & Follow That Man.
Musicians on the Some Change album: Boz Scaggs, Barry Beckett, Kevin Bents, Richard Dodd, Nathan East, Ricky Fataar, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Booker T. Jones, Michael Omartian, Neil Stubenhaus, Fred Tackett, Austin DeLone & William D. "Smitty" Smith.
Starbox
Sony Music 1993
Tracks: Heart of Mine, Slow Dancer, Breakdown Dead Ahead, We're All Alone, Hollywood, Lowdown, Miss Sun, Harbor Lights, You'll Never Know, It's Over, Night of Van Gogh, You Can Have Me Anytime, Lido Shuffle, Dinah Flo, Hard Time, JoJo & Look What You've Done to Me.
Musicians on the Starbox album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Boz The Ballade
Sony Music 1992
Tracks: We´re All Alone, Heart Of Mine, My Time, Slow Dancer, Freedom For The Stallion, You Can Have Me Anytime, Look What You´ve Done To Me, Sail On White Moon, A Clue, Tomorrow Never Came, Isn´t It Time, The Night Of Van Gogh, Might Have To Cry & Harbor Lights.
Musicians on the Boz The Ballade album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Early Recordings
Jimco Records 1992
Tracks: Long Gone, Another Day, Finding Her, Now You´re Gone, Desolation Ave, Loan Me A Dime & Loan Me A Dime (Another Version).
Musicians on the Early Recordings album: Boz Scaggs and others.
The Great Artist Best Hit´s
Eastern Enterprise 1990
Tracks: We´re All Alone, What Can I Say, Georgia, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Pain Of Love, Dinah Flo, Slowly In The West, Hello My Lover, He´s A Fool For You, My Time, We Were Always Sweethearts, Near You & I Will Forever Sing (The Blues).
Musicians on the Great Artist Best Hit´s album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Starbox
Sony Records 1988
Tracks: Dinah Flo, My Time, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Georgia, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle, We´re All Alone, Hard Times, Hollywood, Jojo, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Miss Sun & Heart of Mine.
Musicians on the Starbox album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Middle Man
Columbia Records 1988
Tracks : JoJo, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Middle Man, Do Like You Do in New York, Angel You, Isn't It Time & You Got Some Imagination.
Musicians on the Middle Man album: Boz Scaggs, Don Grolnick, James Newton-Howard, David Lasley, David Foster, Bill Champlin, Joe Vitale, Sharon Redd, Michael Boddicker, Paulette Brown, Rosemary Butler, Lenny Castro, Charlotte Crossley, Larry Fast, Venetta Field, David Hungate, Chuck "Fingers" Irwin, Steve Lukather, Rick Marotta, Marty Paich, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker Jr., John Pierce, Julia Tillman Waters, Adria Tapia, Bill Thedford, Oren Waters, Adrian Tapia & Carlos Santana.
Down Two And Then Left
Columbia Records 1988
Tracks: Still Falling for You, Hard Times, Clue, Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man, We’re Waiting, Hollywood, Then She Walked Away, Gimme the Goods, 1993, Tomorrow Never Came & Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise).
Musicians on the Down Two Then Left album: Boz Scaggs, Bobby King, Victor Feldman, Don Menza, Phyllis Saint James, Bobbye Hall, Irving Azoff, David Duke, Scott Edwards, Alan Estes, Terry Evans, Stan Farber, Venetta Field, Chuck Findley, Roy Galloway, Jim Gilstrap, Jay Graydon, James Haas, Dana Hughes, David Hungate, Eldridge King, Barbara Korn, John Lehman, Steve Lukather, Steve Madaio, Don Manza, Myrna Matthews, Michael Omartian, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker, Jr., Julia Tillman Waters, Fred Seldon, Sid Sharp, Zedric Turnbough, Ernie Watts, Carolyn Willis, Fred Selden & Jai Winding.
He Is Back With His Other Roads
CBS Records 1988
Tracks: CD1: Heart Of Mine, Slow Dancer, Jojo, Harbor Lights, Still Falling For You, Sail On White Moon, You Can Have Me Any Time, A Clue, Take It For Granted, Simone, Then She Walked Away, We´re All Alone, Isn´t It TIme, Look What You´ve Done To Me & The Night Of Van Gogh. CD2: Lowdown, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Mental Shakedown, What Can I Say, You Got Some Imagination, Hard Times, It´s Over, Right Out Of My Head, Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man, Claudia, Georgia, What´s Number One?, Lido Shuffle, Hollywood & Soul To Soul.
Musicians on the He Is Back With His Other Roads album: Boz Scaggs, Siedah Garrett, James Ingram, David Lasley, Phil Perry, Robbie Buchanan, Carl Carwell, Lenny Castro, Paulinho Da Costa, Charlotte Crossley, Kevin Dorsey, Michael Fischer, Jerry Hey, Dann Huff, David Hungate, Pam Hutchinson, Phillip Ingram, Paul Jackson, Jr., Michael Landau, Rhett Lawrence, Edie Lehmann, Patrick Leonard, Paulette McWilliams, Kate Markowitz, Marcus Miller, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Alan Pasqua, Darryl Phinnessee, Carlos Rios, John "J.R." Robinson, Timothy B. Schmit, Myrna Smith-Schilling, Guy Allison Steiner, David Williams, Larry Williams, Aaron Zigman, Jeanette Hanes, Boz Schmit, Freddie Washington, Steve Lukather, Peter Wolf & Buzzy Feiten.
Other Roads
Columbia Records 1988
Tracks: What's Number One?, Claudia, Heart of Mine, Right out of My Head, I Don't Hear You, Mental Shakedown, Crimes of Passion, Funny, Cool Running & Night of Van Gogh.
Musicians on the Other Roads album: Boz Scaggs, Siedah Garrett, James Ingram, David Lasley, Phil Perry, Robbie Buchanan, Carl Carwell, Lenny Castro, Paulinho Da Costa, Charlotte Crossley, Kevin Dorsey, Michael Fischer, Jerry Hey, Dann Huff, David Hungate, Pam Hutchinson, Phillip Ingram, Paul Jackson, Jr., Michael Landau, Rhett Lawrence, Edie Lehmann, Patrick Leonard, Paulette McWilliams, Kate Markowitz, Marcus Miller, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Alan Pasqua, Darryl Phinnessee, Carlos Rios, John "J.R." Robinson, Timothy B. Schmit, Myrna Smith-Schilling, Guy Allison Steiner, David Williams, Larry Williams, Aaron Zigman, Jeanette Hanes, Boz Schmit, Freddie Washington, Steve Lukather, Peter Wolf & Buzzy Feiten.
Hits!
Columbia Records 1980
Tracks: Lowdown, You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Miss Sun, Lido Shuffle, We're All Alone, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Look What You've Done to Me, Jojo, Dinah Flo & You Can Have Me Anytime.
Musicians on the Hits! album: Boz Scaggs, Don Henley, Don Grolnick, David Lasley, Joe Sample, Pete Carr, Dennis Coffey, David Foster, Lisa Dal Bello, Don Felder, Muscle Shoals Horns, David T. Walker, Sharon Redd, Louie Shelton, H.B. Barnum, Barry Beckett, Paulette Brown, Lenny Castro, Charles Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Charlotte Crossley, Venetta Field, Glenn Frey, James Gadson, Jim Gilstrap, Roger Hawkins, Pat Henderson, Eddie Hinton, David Hood, David Hungate, Clayton Ivey, James Jamerson, Augie Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Steve Lukather, Clarence McDonald, Rick Marotta, Myrna Matthews, Marty McCall, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker, Jr., John Pierce, Steve Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Donna Rhodes, Julia Tillman Waters, Timothy B. Schmit, Fred Tackett, Bill Thedford, Wah Wah Watson, Lorna Willard, Carolyn Willis, Adrian Tapia & Carlos Santana.
Middle Man
Columbia Records 1980
Tracks: JoJo, Breakdown Dead Ahead, Simone, You Can Have Me Anytime, Middle Man, Do Like You Do in New York, Angel You, Isn't It Time & You Got Some Imagination.
Musicians on the Middle Man album: Boz Scaggs, Don Grolnick, James Newton-Howard, David Lasley, David Foster, Bill Champlin, Joe Vitale, Sharon Redd, Michael Boddicker, Paulette Brown, Rosemary Butler, Lenny Castro, Charlotte Crossley, Larry Fast, Venetta Field, David Hungate, Chuck "Fingers" Irwin, Steve Lukather, Rick Marotta, Marty Paich, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker Jr., John Pierce, Julia Tillman Waters, Adria Tapia, Bill Thedford, Oren Waters, Adrian Tapia & Carlos Santana.
Down Two And Then Left
Columbia Records 1977
Tracks: Still Falling for You, Hard Times, Clue, Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man, We're Waiting, Hollywood, Then She Walked Away, Gimme the Goods, 1993, Tomorrow Never Came & Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise).
Musicians on the Down Two Then Left album: Boz Scaggs, Bobby King, Victor Feldman, Don Menza, Phyllis Saint James, Bobbye Hall, Irving Azoff, David Duke, Scott Edwards, Alan Estes, Terry Evans, Stan Farber, Venetta Field, Chuck Findley, Roy Galloway, Jim Gilstrap, Jay Graydon, James Haas, Dana Hughes, David Hungate, Eldridge King, Barbara Korn, John Lehman, Steve Lukather, Steve Madaio, Don Manza, Myrna Matthews, Michael Omartian, Jeff Porcaro, Ray Parker, Jr., Julia Tillman Waters, Fred Seldon, Sid Sharp, Zedric Turnbough, Ernie Watts, Carolyn Willis, Fred Selden & Jai Winding.
Slow Dancer
Columbia Records 1977
Tracks: You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Angel Lady (Come Just in Time), There Is Someone Else, Hercules, Pain of Love, Sail on White Moon, Let It Happen, I Got Your Number & Take It for Granted.
Musicians on the Slow Dancer album: Boz Scaggs and others.
Jump Street Jive Drive
White Label 1976
Tracks: Lowdown, You Make It So Hard, What Can I Say, This Time, Jump Street, Slow Dancer, It’s Over, Lido Shuffle, Dinah Flo, Band Introductions & I Got Your Number.
Musicians on the Jump Street Jive Drive album: Boz Scaggs, Steve Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, David Hungate and others.
Silk Degrees
Columbia Records 1976
Tracks: What Can I Say, Georgia, Jump Street, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, Harbor Lights, Lowdown, It's Over, Love Me Tomorrow, Lido Shuffle & We're All Alone.
Musicians on the Silk Degrees album: Boz Scaggs, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott, Bud Shank, Les Dudek, Louie Shelton, Chuck Findley, Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Green, Jim Horn, Paul Hubinon, David Hungate, Augie Johnson, Marty McCall, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Bud Shanks, Sid Sharp, Pepper Swenson, Fred Tackett, Carolyn Willis, Vincent DeRosa & Dick Hyde.
Slow Dancer
Columbia Records 1974
Tracks: You Make It So Hard (To Say No), Slow Dancer, Angel Lady (Come Just In Time), There Is Someone Else, Hercules, Pain of Love, Sail on White Moon, Let It Happen, I Got Your Number & Take It for Granted.
Musicians on the Slow Dancer album: Boz Scaggs and others.
My Time
Columbia Records 1972
Tracks: Dinah Flo, Slowly in the West, Full-Lock Power Slide, Old Time Lovin', Might Have to Cry, Hellow My Lover, Freedom for the Stallion, He's a Fool for You, We're Gonna Roll & My Time.
Musicians on the My Time album: Boz Scaggs, Linda Tillery, Mel Martin, Pete Carr, Barry Beckett, David Brown, Charles Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Bob Ferreira, Roy Halee, Tom Harrell, Roger Hawkins, Eddie Hinton, David Hood, Clayton Ivey, Jimmy Johnson, Dorothy Morrison, George Rains, Donna Rhodes, Jim Rothermel, Joachim Jymm Young & M.S.S. Horns.
Boz Scaggs & Band
Columbia Records 1971
Tracks: Monkey Time, Runnin' Blue, U, Love Anyway, Flames of Love, Here to Stay, Nothing Will Take, Your Place, Why Why & You're So Good.
Musicians on the Boz Scaggs & Band album: Boz Scaggs, Rita Coolidge , Mel Martin, José Chepitó Areas, David Brown, Mike Carabello, Eddie Lee Charlton, Dorothy Morrison, Pat O'Hara, Tom Poole, George Rains, Doug Simril, Joachim Jymm Young & Chepito Areas.
Moments
Columbia Records 1971
Tracks: We Were Always Sweethearts, Downright Women, Painted Bells, Alone, Alone, Near You, I Will Forever Sing (The Blues), Moments, Hollywood Blues, We Been Away & Can I Make I Last.
Musicians on the Moments album: Boz Scaggs, Rita Coolidge, Pete Escovedo, Mel Martin, Coke Escovedo, Bill Atwood, David Brown, Curley Cooke, John McFee, Pat O'Hara, George Rains, Ben Sidran, Doug Simril & Joachim Jymm Young.
Boz Scaggs
Atlantic Records 1969
Tracks: I'm Easy, I'll Be Long Gone, Another Day (Another Letter), Now You're Gone, Finding Her, Look What I Got, Waiting for a Train, Loan Me a Dime & Sweet Release.
Musicians on the Boz Scaggs album: Boz Scaggs, Tracy Nelson, Jeanie Greene, Duane Allman, Joe Arnold, Barry Beckett, Ben Cauley, Charles Chalmers, Joyce Dunn, Jeannie Green, Roger Hawkins, Eddie Hinton, Mary Holladay, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Al Lester, Gene Miller, James Mitchell, Floyd Newman, Irma Routen, Donna Thatcher & Mary Holliday.
Boz
Polydor/Dark Knight 1966
Tracks: Steamboat, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Girl From The North Country, You're So Fine, Got You On My Mind, That's Allright, Hey Baby, Gangster Of Love, How Long, Let The Good Times Roll, Stormy Monday Blues & C.C. Rider.
Musicians on the Boz album: Boz Scaggs and others.