Featured In
ALBUMColumbia Rarities (1971-88)Boz Scaggs
Albums by Boz Scaggs
ALBUMMemphis (Deluxe Edition)Boz Scaggs
ALBUMOut of the BluesBoz Scaggs
ALBUMA Fool to CareBoz Scaggs
ALBUMSpeak LowBoz Scaggs
ALBUMBut Beautiful - Standards: Volume IBoz Scaggs
ALBUMDigBoz Scaggs
ALBUMFade Into LightBoz Scaggs
ALBUMCome On HomeBoz Scaggs
ALBUMSome ChangeBoz Scaggs
ALBUMDown Two Then LeftBoz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs's Popular Music Videos
JoJo
Boz Scaggs
Heart of Mine
Boz Scaggs
Lido Shuffle
Boz Scaggs
Breakdown Dead Ahead
Boz Scaggs
Little Miss Night And Day
Boz Scaggs
Lowdown (Live)
Boz Scaggs
You Can Have Me Anytime
Boz Scaggs
Cool Running
Boz Scaggs
Artist Playlists
Boz Scaggs Essentials
The crooner's blue-eyed soul is like a finely tailored suit: sleek and sophisticated.
Boz Scaggs: Deep Cuts
Blues and psychedelia swirl together in Boz's beginnings.
Artist Biography
While he was born William Royce Scaggs, he goes by Boz, short for Bosley—a nickname given to Scaggs by a classmate while he attended prep school in Dallas, Texas.
∙ It was at prep school where Scaggs first met Steve Miller, and the two also went to college together at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
∙ Scaggs played with Steve Miller in numerous projects, most notably the Steve Miller Band, where he served as the group’s guitarist and occasional lead singer during the late ’60s.
∙ His self-titled 1969 album, produced by Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner, was recorded at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and included the contributions of a young Duane Allman.
∙ Scaggs broke through commercially with 1976’s Silk Degrees, which reached No. 2 on the charts and spawned the hits “Lowdown,” “Lido Shuffle,” “What Can I Say,” and “It’s Over.”
∙ Three of the accompanying studio musicians on Silk Degrees—David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate—went on to form the band Toto.
∙ While he has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, his sole win came for “Lowdown,” which was named Best Rhythm & Blues Song in 1976.
∙ In 1988, Scaggs opened a San Francisco nightclub called Slim’s, and remained an owner until its closure in 2020.
∙ In 2010, he formed supergroup The Dukes of September, alongside Michael McDonald and Donald Fagen.
Hometown
Genre
Rock