Boz Scaggs has had a vast and varied career, but is best known for his seventh album, the mid-'70s classic Silk Degrees. John Davisson/Invision/AP It would be one thing if the only album Boz Scaggs ...

Born William Royce Scaggs, the musician was given the nickname Bosley, which was eventually shortened to Boz, while attending a private school in Dallas during the 1950s. At the same school, Scaggs ...

Though full of songs about lost love and bad luck, the album buoys its bluesy mood with slick, seductive arrangements that reflect the era’s disco craze.

The musical career of Boz Scaggs goes something like this: He started playing guitar in the late 1950s at about age 14; in the ’60s, he played in a folk combo, eventually got into the blues with his ...

When the COVID-19 shutdown hit more than two years ago, longtime Bay Area musician Boz Scaggs thought it might be an opportune time to write some songs. “I worked on some odds and ends,” Scaggs said. ...

While mellow modern jazz players have hijacked and ruined the word “smooth” as a synonym for blandness, Thursday night Boz Scaggs helped reclaim the adjective as a positive attribute in a powerful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boz Scaggs rocks out on guitar in concert. We’re so excited, we’re already doing the “Lido Shuffle.” Boz Scaggs just announced ...

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 ...

Scaggs said he started playing the blues because it was a basic and simple form of guitar, but by now, he's steeped in its history. He recounts the way the blues spread to and across the United States ...

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 ...

"Out of the Blues" is the third and final chapter in what Boz Scaggs likes to think of as a trilogy of albums exploring his musical roots. The adventure began in 2012 when he traveled to Memphis with ...