TV Tome on Boz Scaggs
TV Tome is your guide to Boz Scaggs.
Biography, roles and appearances, gossip and more.
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Amazon.com: A Glance: Boz Scaggs
Online retailer of music with complete discography.
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The New Jazz Thing
2003 Webcast Interview with Boz Scaggs by Vince Outlaw from ksds-fm.org.
http://thenewjazzthing.com/2003/06/08.html |
Boz Scaggs Official Fan Site
Popular site for fans, containing current news & tour schedule, photos, lyrics & cover art, message board, interviews and reviews of R & B legend Boz Scaggs.
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Boz Scaggs on Blue Desert
Biography and Discography for musical artist Boz Scaggs.
http://www.bluedesert.dk/bozscaggs.html |
Boz Scaggs Ratings and Reviews
Ratings and Reviews for artist Boz Scaggs.
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Boz Scaggs Official Site
But Beautiful Standards: Volume 1
http://www.bozscaggs.com/ |
Monet_Owens
Site for the multi-talented vocalist MONET. Currently appearing as backup vocalist for Boz Scaggs.
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Down Two Then Left (Audio CD),25 October, 1990
List price $9.98
irresistible--another classy blend of R&B, soul, & pop-rock / 5
Boz Scaggs followed up his commercial blockbuster "Silk Degrees" with 1977's "Down Two Then Left". This album probably hasn't sold a fourth of what "Silk Degrees" has, but don't let that fool you. It's not hard at all to see why many of the listeners familiar with "Down Two Then Left" would claim it to be even better than "Silk Degrees". As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, and as great of a song as "Lowdown" is, it's not hard to see why people would simply be sick of it since, even after 29+ years, it's such a hard song to escape just by going out to certain public places, as are many of the other songs from "Silk Degrees". I'm not aware of any of the songs from "Down Two Then Left" having 'suffered this fate', so if you're looking for something a bit fresher, so to speak, I think this should hit the spot. All that aside, "Down Two Then Left" is simply a superb album that puts Boz's super cool suaveness on full display, not to mention his highly unique and arrestingly passionate vocals. A big change with this album is that Boz's key songwriting collaborator on "Silk Degrees", keyboardist David Paich, is gone. However, "filling in" for Paich is Michael Omartian, a talented dude in his own right and he himself co-wrote 5 of the 10 tracks on here with Scaggs. However, as with "Silk Degrees", "Down Two Then Left" was produced by Joe Wissert, plus the late great Jeff Porcaro is still on drums, and in the end, if you love "Silk Degrees", you can't go wrong here. "Still Falling For You" and "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" are splendidly catchy tunes with that good ol' irresistibly lush soft rock sound. The funky, infectious "Hollywood" is an absolute hook-fest with great female background vocals & cool orchestration, not to mention the vibraphone played by the late Victor Feldman. The stomping, tormented "Hard Times"; the rousing, very Steely Dan-ish "Gimme The Goods"; the breezy, splendidly tuneful "A Clue" with its great guitar solo from Steve Lukather that sounds uncannily like a Larry Carlton solo from Steely Dan's "The Royal Scam" (which is no coincidence--Lukather was and is a huge SD & Carlton fan); & the soulful ballad "Then She Walked Away"--these are all great songs. "1993", with its "Lido Shuffle" style rhythm, is a very strong track as well. There are some minor gripes such as the fairly dull, extended coda on "We're Waiting" with its annoying, excessive use of those syndrums that were state-of-the-art at the time. Overall though, "Down Two Then Left" is tasteful, excellently performed and produced, and has catchy hooks galore--it's definitely a must-have.
Song "Still Falling For You"
Ever since the day I saw your fa-a-ace I've been makin' plans
Seemed kinda absurd when there wasn't much for you
So I put a little word in just for you
Started makin' strategies to get you for myse-e-elf
I love your eyes, your crazy sighs were tantalizing me
Push some pride aside, mm-mm, too bad
I could run and hide, but I'd rather be ha-a-ad
Mostly it's just lonely, only being lonely by myse-e-elf
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You ou-ou-ou (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
He's hearin' voices, seems the choices really are but few-ew
Hey, he makes a break, get out of there-ere
Me act like a fool, stand and stare-are
See the jokers actin' like there's nothin' happenin'
He just ate his cocktail napkin
Summer breezes through the trees as on and on it go-oes
They began to reminise, he walks her home
And then a kiss, the rest is known
And so we leave our hero no longer batting zero
He's in the majors now
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, baby
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You-ou, ou-ou-ou, (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, oh-oh-oh
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou [fade]
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Amazon.com: Silk Degrees: Music
... 16% buy Greatest Hits Live ~ Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs; 8% buy But Beautiful,
... Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars Based on 47 reviews. ...
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