Over the phone, Boz Scaggs sounds very much like the native Texan he is. Which is a surprise – not only because Scaggs has lived in and around San Francisco for the last 35 of his 59 years, but also ...

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 — ...

If you were going to make a list of albums that define the Yacht Rock aesthetic, Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs would have to rank way up there near the top. And it’s likely that album wouldn’t have made ...

THE LOWDOWN: Singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs has been on a creative roll in the last decade, releasing two standards albums and two soulful pop/rock and R&B-flavored blues records in ‘Memphis’ and the ...

Boz Scaggs had been waiting a long time for a big record. One that would take the singer/guitarist’s career to the next level with sales, hit singles, gigging in larger concert venues, and put him and ...

Boz Scaggs’ smooth “Lowdown” off his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, was Scaggs’ first major hit and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. “Lowdown” was an unexpected success for Scaggs, who co-wrote the ...

On “Silk Degrees,” his sixth album, the artist showed he was all of those things. The elements just needed time to coalesce, and a good coat of urban polish certainly helped. Before “Silk Degrees” hit ...

Here is the Boz Scaggs discography before “A Fool to Care,” with comments by the artist on some of the albums that changed everything. His first album was recorded under the name William R. Scaggs, ...