"Some people are genuinely confused, almost angry in a way, at my nonchalance at saying I had other things to do," Scaggs shrugged in a 1994 interview with Mojo. "They say, 'How do you just walk off ...

The album offers a mix of familiar and more-obscure songs that previously were recorded by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Irma Thomas, and Lonnie Johnson. Detour came together after ...

Celebrating the voice that helped define the smooth, sun-soaked sound that still echoes through rock, pop, and R&B today.

If Boz Scaggs has discovered the fountain of youth, he’s keeping quiet about it. But the veteran musician is approaching his career with the infectious enthusiasm of a young musician delighted by all ...

Boz Scaggs has been producing his own brand of R&B-flavored rock 'n' roll for almost fifty years. Though he recorded an album in 1965 called Boz (Polydor Records), his career didn't take off until he ...

In 1976, Boz Scaggs recorded a breakout hit that would give him long-overdue success. The song, "Lowdown," made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 4, 1976, and climbed the charts for the rest ...

The singer-songwriter and guitarist plays a couple of Gershwin tunes with host Marian McPartland. Boz Scaggs On Piano Jazz On this episode of Piano Jazz, singer-songwriter and guitarist Boz Scaggs ...

We all know Boz Scaggs, right? The guy from Silk Degrees, the 1976 smash that spawned hit single after hit single after hit single—the million-selling “Lowdown," “Lido Shuffle," “What Can I Say," ...

Have you heard the lowdown on Boz Scaggs? The soulful singer, songwriter and guitarist celebrated 80th birthday on June 8, 2024. Scaggs enjoyed a run of successful hits during the mid-to-late 1970s ...

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 — ...

Fifty years ago, a handful of milestone albums set the tone for rock of the following decade. Crosby, Stills & Nash initiated a fresh approach to harmonies and looser group names; the eponymous debut ...