Boz scaggs
 

Scaggs was born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, Ohio, the son of a traveling salesman. The family moved to Oklahoma, then to Plano, at that time a Texas farm town just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark's, where a schoolmate gave him the nickname "Bosley". This was later shortened to Boz.

After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller (1943) at St. Mark's. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band, The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison together, playing in blues bands like The Ardells and The Fabulous Knight Trains.

Leaving school, Scaggs briefly joined the burgeoning rhythm and blues scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth, he traveled to Sweden as a solo performer, and in 1965 recorded his solo debut album, Boz, which was not a commercial success. Scaggs also had a brief stint with the band The Other Side with Mac MacLeod and fellow American Jack Downing.

Returning to the U.S., Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music center of San Francisco in 1967. Linking up with Steve Miller again, he appeared on the Steve Miller Band's first two albums, Children of the Future and Sailor, which received good reviews from music critics. After being spotted by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records in 1968.


YouTube - Boz Scaggs - Lowdown

YouTube - Boz Scaggs - Look What You've Done to Me

YouTube - Boz Scaggs - Jojo

YouTube - Boz Scaggs - Breakdown Dead Ahead

imo the first 2 albums of Steve Miller are superb, this was before he went mainstream, and Boz Scaggs played a major role on both albums.

Wow all that is very interesting..... Thank you for the thread!

I like BOZ!

Not prog or psych.

Get out.

100% agree

Yeah Vambo i guess your right,he is more rock I think (main)