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1976…what a great year for album releases. Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs, The Royal Scam by Steely Dan, Rocks by Aerosmith, Station to Station by David Bowie, Songs In the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder, Breezin by George Benson, Wired by Jeff Beck, Black and Blue by the Stones, Trick of the Tail by Genesis etc. etc. etc. What a time to be 16!!
And you're just scratching the surface. Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton, Hotel California by the Eagles, Boston by Boston, Leftoverture by Kansas, A New World Record by ELO, Live Bullet by Bob Seger, Wings at the Speed of Sound, Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult, Tom Petty's debut album, and many more.
@@reddoxx4754yes…too many to mention. 2112 by Rush (from my hometown) although I wasn’t a huge fan then, have grown to appreciate their musical talent over the years. Takin’ It to the Streets by the Doobies was also great. Even though it was the transition album from Tom Johnston (my preferred Doobies era) to Michael McDonald on lead vocals, it is still a great album and the best with MM in my opinion, although Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977) is an underrated sleeper IMO. Some great tracks with Patrick Simmons singing as well as one rocker from Tom Johnston (Turn It Loose) before he left the band due to stomach ulcers. Even one which was a tribute Tom Johnston “For Someone Special” which is a great bluesy number with bassist (of the time) Tyrone Porter (who wrote it) on lead vocals. Johnston of course eventually came back to the band and joined the current line up which now includes MM again, but is currently sidelined from touring with back issues. And yes many, many more albums released that prolific year, too numerous to mention them all…
Toto, before they became Toto… playing for everybody that asked them. This is Boz Scaggs at his finest! From The original Steve Miller Band… to almost walking on water in the 70’s!
Life can be very strange. Reading how so many people respected Jeff Porcaros playing. It really makes me proud and puts a smile on my face. He killed live, he was quite a showman. You see, I went to school with Toto. Jeff, Steve, Mike Porcaro, Lukather and Patch. From Katy Lied to Silk Degrees, Jeff became the go to drummer for the 70s-80s. His discology is huge. I've got a few stories about back in the day. What a time to have been alive and to still be alive!
I think Boz is originally from Texas. He used to sing for the Steve Miller Blues Band before going solo. I saw him a couple of years ago at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival. He ended the show one night. He still sounds GREAT!!!
Fellas you ran into Boz’s biggest album Silk Degrees. This broke him through. Sold something like 8m. Kind of a pre disco dance vibe from him. Ballads, some uptempo, soul. This had everything you want. Not a bad album for you guys to do.
Love Boz Scaggs. Just a little trivia... He and Steve Miller of the Steve Miller band, went to school together and started a band... Where Boz was the lead singer. They were either in middle school or high school, I can't remember which one. Both of them are one of my favorite artists ( I have so many) I think you would like. Steve Miller's song Mercury Blues, in fact, I know you would. Love you both❤
@@michaelkeefe8494 Could be wrong but I believe Elvin is from Oklahoma, where Steve and Boz were in Texas, but all three of them moved to California and became part of the California sound of the late sixties, early seventies.
I loved how Venetta Fields, who has sung back up for everyone, Pink Floyd included, when talking about working with Boz, he would be late to sessions, she would take charge, and, when Boz would finally walk in, he would say, "Venetta, can i have my band back now" jokingly, with gratitude, and admiration of course.😁🙌
I have heard this story & thanks for providing it as it gives a great insight as to the man he is, in charge but not consumed with himself. Why it took seven albums to have a major hit is crazy, I like all his albums & think there were hits there, I guess the record company realized his worth (as they didn't move on from him) but would'nt go over the top to push his records. It worked out in the end though as most know him now & he's still producing great music.
@@larryg7126 After watching a video interview of Venetta a couple weeks ago, and laughing out loud when she made that statement about Boz, I couldn't help but relate it here just to remind everyone that all these people have lives, and that they laugh, and love like everyone else. Venetta is so charming, and funny, yet I'm sure people pass her by everyday without knowing that she has lived a life that most would never guess. I'm 61, so I got to experience all this great music over the decades, and Boz was then, and still is, an iconic musical figure from my day, and beyond.
I was just a toddler in the 70’s, born in Jan 1973, but I had older brother and sister 6/7 yrs older. Songs like this are embedded in my DNA as the stereo was rocking in the house, the car, etc. As I get older I have revisited these songs, and I can almost tell you where and when I first heard them…I talk to my brother and sister are amazed at my recollections. When I listen to these songs now, I realize how good they are (the talent of the musicians, as well as the studios and production is the best) It is easy to understand why these songs are etched into my soul.
When I first learned to play drums this was a song I practiced on quite a bit. Trying to get my shuffle beat down. I always loved the fills and changes for it. Just a good, solid song with a great beat.
That whole album is 🔥🔥. I have had to buy a vinyl copy more than once because I wore it out! Boz’s voice is awesome and then all of those amazing musicians!!
I was about 14 when this came out and my friends around the same age were listening to whatever was popular back then but my older siblings were musicians and into all sorts of music. I heard this on the record player and immediately started bopping…. How could you not.
Opened his concert with this - black out curtain in front and the drums / bass lick kick in for r a long intro while the part the curtain to reveal the band and start the vocals. Possible greatest opening to a concert i ever saw
Gosh been a while 1976.... ok It's Shuffle day! Just listened to 1841 Shuffle by 1978 guitar virtuoso Mr Roy Buchanan What that man does with that 1953 Fender telecaster is mind blowing . Such underated talent. Cheers
I was a fan of the Steve Miller Band before I knew who Boz Scaggs was back in the day, the late 70's. What a special era in music history. So lucky to have been there at that time. Boz Scaggs blossomed as a solo artist during the late 70's as a disco artist, but he was so much more than that.
Now I regret when I was a teenager in San Jose, CA in the 1970s at night time music festivals where Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller, and Elvin Bishop would usually be playing. I wasn't watching the performers. They were just what I heard in the background. Too busy flirting. LOL That's how it was back then..
I love the classic music you are reacting too. These were the days it took raw talent to compose and play live. This era is timeless. More Rush please!
Another great San Francisco musician, Boz came to "The City" in 1967 (Summer of Love) and appeared on the first two Steve Miller Band albums before eventually going solo....
Boz was from Canton, OH. I believe he spent some time in Texas growing up, as well. Boz used some of the members of Toto as his studio band, and sometimes touring band, although, they weren't yet Toto in 1976.
You should ask Santa to give you this album for Christmas, bangers from start to finish. He grew up in TX & OK. Heavy TOTO presence and personnel on this album. 🔥
I've never heard anyone relate Boz to Van Halen. Wow, okay, haha. Well it's always cool to discover how others perceive things. BTW, Van Halen didn't introduce keyboards until their 1984 album which was a tonal shift for them launching into the next generation for them. This is probably the most famous of his songs and was absolutely HUGE from the mid '70s to well into the '80s. Everybody knows and loves Lido.
This was the album that made Colombia records request that the rhythm section put something together aside from Boz...it ended up being the phenomenal band called Toto! It was the band Toto that served as the back up band for Boz on this album. AND...to address you relating the keyboard sound to Van Halen, coincidentally Toto and Van Halen became VERY good friends much later due to the friendship that started between Toto guitarist Steve Lukathur and Eddie Van Halen.
Boz has had a hard life. One of his two sons died of a heroin overdose at age 21 in 1999. Then many years later, Boz and his second wife had a wonderful winery together in Napa Valley that they built up for 25 years. It burned to the ground in wildfires in 2017 and they lost everything except his instruments because he was on tour at the time.
Goin' for Broke and shufflin' into a TGIF mood. Heard the vaunted Van Halen mentioned....I think you're talk'n the keys from Jump and the amazing backing vocals of Michael Anthony. Keen ears! Jeff Porcaro...drummer on "Katy Lied," from one of A.B. and my fav.s, Steely D., and also with Toto, Michael Jackson, Don Henley and Dire Straits to name a few.... Luv it, A.B.!
Just a little bit of trivia, Tommy Lee jones, the actor went to the School of Arts in high school when he was in high school he used to watch Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs play together in the high school band
Jeff Porcaro from Toto on drums along with some other Toto members I believe. You gentlemen need to check out some Toto if you haven't already. Rosanna, Pamela, Hold the Line, Georgy Porgy etc...
David Paich of Toto fame co-wrote the song and played all keyboards on this song. David Hungate of Toto fame played the bass and the great Jeff Porcaro, also of Toto fame, plays the drums. Boz can play a guitar and sing with the best of them, still to this day.
Lido went on a robbery and gambling streak, till he got a note from his wife to shape up or else...so, One More For The Road! I think Boz is from Texas.
You guys did Boz and Steve Miller in the span of a few days -- they played in a band together in the late 60s in college in Madison, Wis. Small world! :-)
Boz, Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald did a group of shows performing under the name Dukes of September a few years ago. Boz can do anything but he often is in that Steely Dan vibe of jazzy pop.
Aloha gentleman. Bozz used to lead singer for Steve Miller band he also does a number with Duane Allmam. Buzz also plays some great guitar. Put on We're all alone
Everyone should listen to Loan Me a Dime Boz Scaggs Live. It’ll be the best 15 minutes you’ve ever spent. There are two version on RU-vid and I’d recommend the slightly longer one (not in Montreal).
