Life can be very strange. Reading how so many people respected Jeff Porcaros playing. It really makes me proud and puts a smile on my face. He killed live, he was quite a showman. You see, I went to school with Toto. Jeff, Steve, Mike Porcaro, Lukather and Patch. From Katy Lied to Silk Degrees, Jeff became the go to drummer for the 70s-80s. His discology is huge. I've got a few stories about back in the day. What a time to have been alive and to still be alive!
1976…what a great year for album releases. Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs, The Royal Scam by Steely Dan, Rocks by Aerosmith, Station to Station by David Bowie, Songs In the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder, Breezin by George Benson, Wired by Jeff Beck, Black and Blue by the Stones, Trick of the Tail by Genesis etc. etc. etc. What a time to be 16!!
And you're just scratching the surface. Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton, Hotel California by the Eagles, Boston by Boston, Leftoverture by Kansas, A New World Record by ELO, Live Bullet by Bob Seger, Wings at the Speed of Sound, Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult, Tom Petty's debut album, and many more.
@@reddoxx4754yes…too many to mention. 2112 by Rush (from my hometown) although I wasn’t a huge fan then, have grown to appreciate their musical talent over the years. Takin’ It to the Streets by the Doobies was also great. Even though it was the transition album from Tom Johnston (my preferred Doobies era) to Michael McDonald on lead vocals, it is still a great album and the best with MM in my opinion, although Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977) is an underrated sleeper IMO. Some great tracks with Patrick Simmons singing as well as one rocker from Tom Johnston (Turn It Loose) before he left the band due to stomach ulcers. Even one which was a tribute Tom Johnston “For Someone Special” which is a great bluesy number with bassist (of the time) Tyrone Porter (who wrote it) on lead vocals. Johnston of course eventually came back to the band and joined the current line up which now includes MM again, but is currently sidelined from touring with back issues. And yes many, many more albums released that prolific year, too numerous to mention them all…
I think Boz is originally from Texas. He used to sing for the Steve Miller Blues Band before going solo. I saw him a couple of years ago at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival. He ended the show one night. He still sounds GREAT!!!
Fellas you ran into Boz’s biggest album Silk Degrees. This broke him through. Sold something like 8m. Kind of a pre disco dance vibe from him. Ballads, some uptempo, soul. This had everything you want. Not a bad album for you guys to do.
I loved how Venetta Fields, who has sung back up for everyone, Pink Floyd included, when talking about working with Boz, he would be late to sessions, she would take charge, and, when Boz would finally walk in, he would say, "Venetta, can i have my band back now" jokingly, with gratitude, and admiration of course.😁🙌
I have heard this story & thanks for providing it as it gives a great insight as to the man he is, in charge but not consumed with himself. Why it took seven albums to have a major hit is crazy, I like all his albums & think there were hits there, I guess the record company realized his worth (as they didn't move on from him) but would'nt go over the top to push his records. It worked out in the end though as most know him now & he's still producing great music.
@@larryg7126 After watching a video interview of Venetta a couple weeks ago, and laughing out loud when she made that statement about Boz, I couldn't help but relate it here just to remind everyone that all these people have lives, and that they laugh, and love like everyone else. Venetta is so charming, and funny, yet I'm sure people pass her by everyday without knowing that she has lived a life that most would never guess. I'm 61, so I got to experience all this great music over the decades, and Boz was then, and still is, an iconic musical figure from my day, and beyond.
Love Boz Scaggs. Just a little trivia... He and Steve Miller of the Steve Miller band, went to school together and started a band... Where Boz was the lead singer. They were either in middle school or high school, I can't remember which one. Both of them are one of my favorite artists ( I have so many) I think you would like. Steve Miller's song Mercury Blues, in fact, I know you would. Love you both❤
@@michaelkeefe8494 Could be wrong but I believe Elvin is from Oklahoma, where Steve and Boz were in Texas, but all three of them moved to California and became part of the California sound of the late sixties, early seventies.
I was just a toddler in the 70’s, born in Jan 1973, but I had older brother and sister 6/7 yrs older. Songs like this are embedded in my DNA as the stereo was rocking in the house, the car, etc. As I get older I have revisited these songs, and I can almost tell you where and when I first heard them…I talk to my brother and sister are amazed at my recollections. When I listen to these songs now, I realize how good they are (the talent of the musicians, as well as the studios and production is the best) It is easy to understand why these songs are etched into my soul.
I was a fan of the Steve Miller Band before I knew who Boz Scaggs was back in the day, the late 70's. What a special era in music history. So lucky to have been there at that time. Boz Scaggs blossomed as a solo artist during the late 70's as a disco artist, but he was so much more than that.
When I first learned to play drums this was a song I practiced on quite a bit. Trying to get my shuffle beat down. I always loved the fills and changes for it. Just a good, solid song with a great beat.
That whole album is 🔥🔥. I have had to buy a vinyl copy more than once because I wore it out! Boz’s voice is awesome and then all of those amazing musicians!!
Opened his concert with this - black out curtain in front and the drums / bass lick kick in for r a long intro while the part the curtain to reveal the band and start the vocals. Possible greatest opening to a concert i ever saw
Boz was from Canton, OH. I believe he spent some time in Texas growing up, as well. Boz used some of the members of Toto as his studio band, and sometimes touring band, although, they weren't yet Toto in 1976.
Boz has had a hard life. One of his two sons died of a heroin overdose at age 21 in 1999. Then many years later, Boz and his second wife had a wonderful winery together in Napa Valley that they built up for 25 years. It burned to the ground in wildfires in 2017 and they lost everything except his instruments because he was on tour at the time.
Now I regret when I was a teenager in San Jose, CA in the 1970s at night time music festivals where Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller, and Elvin Bishop would usually be playing. I wasn't watching the performers. They were just what I heard in the background. Too busy flirting. LOL That's how it was back then..
Another great San Francisco musician, Boz came to "The City" in 1967 (Summer of Love) and appeared on the first two Steve Miller Band albums before eventually going solo....
I love the classic music you are reacting too. These were the days it took raw talent to compose and play live. This era is timeless. More Rush please!
This was the album that made Colombia records request that the rhythm section put something together aside from Boz...it ended up being the phenomenal band called Toto! It was the band Toto that served as the back up band for Boz on this album. AND...to address you relating the keyboard sound to Van Halen, coincidentally Toto and Van Halen became VERY good friends much later due to the friendship that started between Toto guitarist Steve Lukathur and Eddie Van Halen.
I was about 14 when this came out and my friends around the same age were listening to whatever was popular back then but my older siblings were musicians and into all sorts of music. I heard this on the record player and immediately started bopping…. How could you not.
Gosh been a while 1976.... ok It's Shuffle day! Just listened to 1841 Shuffle by 1978 guitar virtuoso Mr Roy Buchanan What that man does with that 1953 Fender telecaster is mind blowing . Such underated talent. Cheers
Boz was born in Ohio then Oklahoma and played on Steve Miller's first two albums. Also the musicians on this album Silk Degrees were the guys from Toto. Every song on this album is great. I saw box 4 yr's ago, voice a little worn but the band sounded great
Boz came out of the San Francisco psychedelic era. He was in the earliest incarnation of The Steve Miller Band. By this time he was in the 70s LA world. He has a lot of Van Morrison in his vocal on this one. This is when he first hit it bit. This is THE Boz sound for those of us who were there then. This album was so multi-platinum that the backing band became Toto.
70s versus 80s synth gets easier to recognize as it gets more 80s. In the 70s the synth was more of an accompaniment sound. The 80s made it even more electronic and pushed the sound forward to make it stand out. In the 70s it sounds like a pianist playing a keyboard. In the 80s it sounds like a science experiment.
This is from his seventh album and was his first to be a breakout hit. The albums before this were all great but the public wasn't ready for him. I saw him in 1971 in NYC with his big band called the Monkey Time band (at least that's what fans called it). They are featured on his fourth album. The first song, "Monkey Time" is great and speaks to addictions and troubles, but the second song, "Runnin' Blue" could have easily been a Johnny Carson late night big band number really shines. Three of the musicians on this album, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate became members of Toto. Boz was in the original Steve Miller band on guitar and background vocals, contributing some songs for two albums, before going solo.
Loved this song from the first time I heard it! I think it was 1976. This is a true timeless classic. I feel so lucky to grow up in the 70's ! Thanks for playing, and your reaction!
Just a little bit of trivia, Tommy Lee jones, the actor went to the School of Arts in high school when he was in high school he used to watch Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs play together in the high school band
Boz is hard to pin down. I saw him back around 1971 - wearing black t-shirt & jeans, playing blues (Loan Me a Dime." Then in 1976 - dressed like a Vegas lounge singer in shiny sports jacket, with a big band sound - when "Silk Degrees" album came out. Versatile and always great music!
You guys did Boz and Steve Miller in the span of a few days -- they played in a band together in the late 60s in college in Madison, Wis. Small world! :-)
I was a young teenager (13) and discovering music in what I call the Golden Age (late Sixties through the mid to late Seventies before Disco) when this album came out and was blown away and I'm a rock/blues guy. Boz is the real deal. He wrote and performed some great stuff.
Boz came to the Bay from Texas. Nice mix of CA cool with TX grit. He's a Blues guitarist with a smoooothe vibe that dominated radio airplay with this album
Jeff Porcaro from Toto on drums along with some other Toto members I believe. You gentlemen need to check out some Toto if you haven't already. Rosanna, Pamela, Hold the Line, Georgy Porgy etc...
Silk Degrees is one of the rarest of album types: The kind on which every single tune is a great song. Many great musicians have never managed to do it.
The great Jeff Porcaro is killing it with his shuffle beat
YEEEAH! 1:19
He dead.
@@rickcooper53 🤦🏾♂️🙄No tact what so ever
@@rickcooper53you dumb
@@rickcooper53 U suck.
Life can be very strange. Reading how so many people respected Jeff Porcaros playing. It really makes me proud and puts a smile on my face. He killed live, he was quite a showman.
You see, I went to school with Toto. Jeff, Steve, Mike Porcaro, Lukather and Patch.
From Katy Lied to Silk Degrees, Jeff became the go to drummer for the 70s-80s. His discology is huge.
I've got a few stories about back in the day. What a time to have been alive and to still be alive!
1976…what a great year for album releases. Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs, The Royal Scam by Steely Dan, Rocks by Aerosmith, Station to Station by David Bowie, Songs In the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder, Breezin by George Benson, Wired by Jeff Beck, Black and Blue by the Stones, Trick of the Tail by Genesis etc. etc. etc. What a time to be 16!!
And you're just scratching the surface. Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton, Hotel California by the Eagles, Boston by Boston, Leftoverture by Kansas, A New World Record by ELO, Live Bullet by Bob Seger, Wings at the Speed of Sound, Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult, Tom Petty's debut album, and many more.
Right on guys! Lucky to have lived it. 👈🍻
Station to Station - David Bowie, Rebel - John Miles, Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder ......
I was 13 and started going to concerts that year. We were listening to all of these great artists never understanding how good we had it.
@@reddoxx4754yes…too many to mention. 2112 by Rush (from my hometown) although I wasn’t a huge fan then, have grown to appreciate their musical talent over the years. Takin’ It to the Streets by the Doobies was also great. Even though it was the transition album from Tom Johnston (my preferred Doobies era) to Michael McDonald on lead vocals, it is still a great album and the best with MM in my opinion, although Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977) is an underrated sleeper IMO. Some great tracks with Patrick Simmons singing as well as one rocker from Tom Johnston (Turn It Loose) before he left the band due to stomach ulcers. Even one which was a tribute Tom Johnston “For Someone Special” which is a great bluesy number with bassist (of the time) Tyrone Porter (who wrote it) on lead vocals. Johnston of course eventually came back to the band and joined the current line up which now includes MM again, but is currently sidelined from touring with back issues. And yes many, many more albums released that prolific year, too numerous to mention them all…
This is easily my favorite Boz Scaggs song.
I love the song Miss Sun.
I saw Boz Scaggs last summer 79 years old he can still sing, great voice and had a great band.
Boz can do it all. From upbeat rock to R&B slow jams to smooth jazz. Love him so much. Just great energy!
He couldnt do Metal, at all. nor hiphop either. nor disco even. good pop rock tho for sure
@@97warlock He did Blues, R&B, smooth jazz, American standards, country and more.
I had this album on an 8-track. Use to shuffle drive with this cut. 💜💜💜
It sounds like Toto.
That’s because most of Toto is playing in his band.
Yes. What's missing? Steve Lukather. He appeared on the next album.
Shocked to see how freaking great he was in concert, just a few years ago. Closed with Loan Me a Dime!
What a great way to close the show!! ☮️
Jeff Picaro is on the drums, from the band "Toto" fame, a master of the Benard Purdie shuffle .
Pocaro man Dang.
I think Boz is originally from Texas. He used to sing for the Steve Miller Blues Band before going solo. I saw him a couple of years ago at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival. He ended the show one night. He still sounds GREAT!!!
He grew up in Dallas, apparently
This song always gives me Billy Joel vibes for the same reason, both are masters of several styles of rock & roll.
Great reaction to a great classic. Thank you.
Fellas you ran into Boz’s biggest album Silk Degrees. This broke him through. Sold something like 8m. Kind of a pre disco dance vibe from him. Ballads, some uptempo, soul. This had everything you want. Not a bad album for you guys to do.
Airplay Beats should just do this whole album...
Another killer choice, another day dancing at my desk with Airplay Beats. Can't beat that for a Friday - peace and love from Canada!!
That synth breakdown at the bridge…the BEST!!! ❤
Boz Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio about an hour from where I grew up.
Saw him this last summer, he still can play, and he's cool
Did you know he's 80 years old?!!!
Saw him the prior summer....agreed!
@@324cmacAll our icons...those who made it, are getting up there in age. Me too 🤯 😂✌
But our music is ageless, IMO.
@@olly8 Boz still has swagger and a great voice. He's also a heck of a good guitar player.
Saw him 2 years ago, his voice is PERFECT! And boy can he play. Best show I've seen in many years.
Just a great album
I loved how Venetta Fields, who has sung back up for everyone, Pink Floyd included, when talking about working with Boz, he would be late to sessions, she would take charge, and,
when Boz would finally walk in, he would say, "Venetta, can i have my band back now" jokingly, with gratitude, and admiration of course.😁🙌
I have heard this story & thanks for providing it as it gives a great insight as to the man he is, in charge but not consumed with himself. Why it took seven albums to have a major hit is crazy, I like all his albums & think there were hits there, I guess the record company realized his worth (as they didn't move on from him) but would'nt go over the top to push his records. It worked out in the end though as most know him now & he's still producing great music.
@@larryg7126 After watching a video interview of Venetta a couple weeks ago, and laughing out loud when she made that statement about Boz, I couldn't help but relate it here just to remind everyone that all these people have lives, and that they laugh, and love like everyone else. Venetta is so charming, and funny, yet I'm sure people pass her by everyday without knowing that she has lived a life that most would never guess. I'm 61, so I got to experience all this great music over the decades, and Boz was then, and still is, an iconic musical figure from my day, and beyond.
@@michaelyork4554 Thanks again for sharing. I have eleven years on you & agree we've had great music throughout the years.
Love Boz Scaggs. Just a little trivia... He and Steve Miller of the Steve Miller band, went to school together and started a band... Where Boz was the lead singer. They were either in middle school or high school, I can't remember which one. Both of them are one of my favorite artists ( I have so many) I think you would like. Steve Miller's song Mercury Blues, in fact, I know you would. Love you both❤
Wasn't Elvin Bishop hanging around with them then too?
@@michaelkeefe8494 Could be wrong but I believe Elvin is from Oklahoma, where Steve and Boz were in Texas, but all three of them moved to California and became part of the California sound of the late sixties, early seventies.
@@michaelkeefe8494 Yup, they were all in the San Francisco Bay Area when I was growing up in the 1970s.
@@324cmac agree, I think Elvin Bishop joined them at a later date. At least with Boz scaggs he did.
@@sandymiller3577 I looked up dates and Elvin Bishop was playing in the SF Bay Area in the early 1970s.
Three members of this excellent studio band went on to form the band Toto: Paich, Hungate, and Porcaro.
I love this song ❤
Boz invented the 80s sound years before it came!
Fact!
I was just a toddler in the 70’s, born in Jan 1973, but I had older brother and sister 6/7 yrs older. Songs like this are embedded in my DNA as the stereo was rocking in the house, the car, etc. As I get older I have revisited these songs, and I can almost tell you where and when I first heard them…I talk to my brother and sister are amazed at my recollections. When I listen to these songs now, I realize how good they are (the talent of the musicians, as well as the studios and production is the best) It is easy to understand why these songs are etched into my soul.
I was a fan of the Steve Miller Band before I knew who Boz Scaggs was back in the day, the late 70's. What a special era in music history. So lucky to have been there at that time. Boz Scaggs blossomed as a solo artist during the late 70's as a disco artist, but he was so much more than that.
When I first learned to play drums this was a song I practiced on quite a bit. Trying to get my shuffle beat down. I always loved the fills and changes for it. Just a good, solid song with a great beat.
This came out in the late 70's. I was just entering college when this came out. GREAT TIME!
That whole album is 🔥🔥. I have had to buy a vinyl copy more than once because I wore it out! Boz’s voice is awesome and then all of those amazing musicians!!
The Toto boys taking BoZ to the next level.
Opened his concert with this - black out curtain in front and the drums / bass lick kick in for r a long intro while the part the curtain to reveal the band and start the vocals. Possible greatest opening to a concert i ever saw
Boz absolutely is diverse. Two certified bangers are Georgia and What can I say. I end my day listening to your channel. Thanks.
Jeff Porcaro was like 20yrs old when he cut that drum track. A monster. RIP
i'm a dj and i've been playing this since it came out. still goes down a storm.
Boz is still incredible!! I saw him live this Fall. At the age of 79 he was still able to put on a two hour show and simply kill it!!
I hope Harbor Lights from that album will be coming soon too.
The song is from 1976. Boz was a former bandmate with Steve Miller in the old Steve Miller Blues Band.
Boz was from Canton, OH. I believe he spent some time in Texas growing up, as well. Boz used some of the members of Toto as his studio band, and sometimes touring band, although, they weren't yet Toto in 1976.
Boz has had a hard life. One of his two sons died of a heroin overdose at age 21 in 1999. Then many years later, Boz and his second wife had a wonderful winery together in Napa Valley that they built up for 25 years. It burned to the ground in wildfires in 2017 and they lost everything except his instruments because he was on tour at the time.
Now I regret when I was a teenager in San Jose, CA in the 1970s at night time music festivals where Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller, and Elvin Bishop would usually be playing. I wasn't watching the performers. They were just what I heard in the background. Too busy flirting. LOL That's how it was back then..
** Fun factoid Half of ToTo played on this song.
David Hungate bass , David Paich keyboards and the great Jeff Porcaro on drums
Another great San Francisco musician, Boz came to "The City" in 1967 (Summer of Love) and appeared on the first two Steve Miller Band albums before eventually going solo....
That record from 76 is Multiple Platinum, Multiple Grammys. Some members on that record went to form Toto. Epic in their on rite.
Boz never fails. Thank you!
I love the classic music you are reacting too. These were the days it took raw talent to compose and play live. This era is timeless. More Rush please!
What an album! Good old days.
I love Bozzz! I have to say that this is not the usual thing.
Boz Scaggs was an orignial member in the Steve Miller Band
Keep going on this album....Georgia, What Can I Say.....awesome!
This was the album that made Colombia records request that the rhythm section put something together aside from Boz...it ended up being the phenomenal band called Toto! It was the band Toto that served as the back up band for Boz on this album.
AND...to address you relating the keyboard sound to Van Halen, coincidentally Toto and Van Halen became VERY good friends much later due to the friendship that started between Toto guitarist Steve Lukathur and Eddie Van Halen.
Whenever Boz plays this one in concert , the whole audience sings along on the refrain, “ Lido! Wooooooooooooooo!”
I grew up with this music , from the mid 70s
Nice reaction, as usual. This tune is dynamite on the Dukes of September 2012 Kennedy Center concert.
I was about 14 when this came out and my friends around the same age were listening to whatever was popular back then but my older siblings were musicians and into all sorts of music. I heard this on the record player and immediately started bopping…. How could you not.
"Silk Degrees" is one of those albums where every song is worth a listen.
Gosh been a while 1976.... ok It's Shuffle day!
Just listened to 1841 Shuffle by 1978 guitar virtuoso Mr Roy Buchanan What that man does with that 1953 Fender telecaster is mind blowing . Such underated talent.
Cheers
Amazing reactions today! You made my day!
Thanks for rocking with us!! You keep us motivated!
We played this whole album over and over my senior year in college. Unique and timeless music.
Was a big hit in the UK at the time! I sang it loads as a Kid. Lol
Love Boz Scaggs.
Boz is from Texas mostly. He has a really "Texas blues man" song called The Same Thing with the Dukes of September you should hear.
Where is "Texas mostly"? Ha I just kid you
@@NeutronDance Born in Ohio. Moved to Oklahoma. Then lived in Texas. Texas is where he got his Blues influences.
Bros., Boz Scaggs and Steely Dan are on the same playlist here at the house. 😎
Boz was born in Ohio then Oklahoma and played on Steve Miller's first two albums. Also the musicians on this album Silk Degrees were the guys from Toto. Every song on this album is great. I saw box 4 yr's ago, voice a little worn but the band sounded great
David Paich on the keys on this. He later went on to take the entire backing band from this album and founded Toto.
Just one of those infectious grooves. Everyone liked this song.
Boz has great bluesy tune 'Loan Me a Dime', with Duane Allman on guitar(pre Allman Brothers).
SUCH an extremely talented man!! SO GOOD!!
HI guys he reminds me so much of Billy Joel so bluesy and he was so ahead of his time
Boz came out of the San Francisco psychedelic era. He was in the earliest incarnation of The Steve Miller Band. By this time he was in the 70s LA world. He has a lot of Van Morrison in his vocal on this one. This is when he first hit it bit. This is THE Boz sound for those of us who were there then. This album was so multi-platinum that the backing band became Toto.
Phenomenal album! All of it!
Classic album in multiple genres from start to finish. One common thread: Cool.
This song takes me back to the spring of 1977, my senior year of high school
The great Jeff Porcaro (founding member Toto, RIP) shuffle. Boz is a Texas boy thru and thru. This is the 70’s guys. 👈🍻
70s versus 80s synth gets easier to recognize as it gets more 80s. In the 70s the synth was more of an accompaniment sound. The 80s made it even more electronic and pushed the sound forward to make it stand out. In the 70s it sounds like a pianist playing a keyboard. In the 80s it sounds like a science experiment.
"Boz Skaggs Greatest Hits Live" is a fantastic concert dvd. True musicianship. A total class act.
This is from his seventh album and was his first to be a breakout hit. The albums before this were all great but the public wasn't ready for him. I saw him in 1971 in NYC with his big band called the Monkey Time band (at least that's what fans called it). They are featured on his fourth album. The first song, "Monkey Time" is great and speaks to addictions and troubles, but the second song, "Runnin' Blue" could have easily been a Johnny Carson late night big band number really shines. Three of the musicians on this album, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate became members of Toto. Boz was in the original Steve Miller band on guitar and background vocals, contributing some songs for two albums, before going solo.
💯 I wore the grooves "off the vinyl" of this Boz Scaggs album! It's 🔥‼
That whole album is great start to finish!
One of them ...that are even better love...Truly amazing and always has Dope Musicians 😍😍😍 Enjoy !!!
Loved this song from the first time I heard it! I think it was 1976. This is a true timeless classic. I feel so lucky to grow up in the 70's ! Thanks for playing, and your reaction!
Silk Degrees is essential listening. What an album!! Boz was coolness!! 🥶
Just a little bit of trivia, Tommy Lee jones, the actor went to the School of Arts in high school when he was in high school he used to watch Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs play together in the high school band
Boz and Steve Miller were both riding the top of the charts
“Vinyl worthy” …. I like it.
Love me some Bozz! Thanks. Memories ✌️
Boz is hard to pin down.
I saw him back around 1971 - wearing black t-shirt & jeans, playing blues (Loan Me a Dime."
Then in 1976 - dressed like a Vegas lounge singer in shiny sports jacket, with a big band sound - when "Silk Degrees" album came out.
Versatile and always great music!
You're in for a treat.... Good stuff..!
I saw him a few months ago. He still sounds great, and his band is one of the best out there! See him live if you can, it's a great show!
You guys did Boz and Steve Miller in the span of a few days -- they played in a band together in the late 60s in college in Madison, Wis. Small world! :-)
Another FANTASTIC album for you guys to react to! That album cover even won awards.
I agree. With the early cars keys
Try bye,bye love by the cars. You’ll dig
I always used to get this song mixed up with Van Morrison because of the vocals. Is it just me? Great song and great reaction as usual!
I was a young teenager (13) and discovering music in what I call the Golden Age (late Sixties through the mid to late Seventies before Disco) when this album came out and was blown away and I'm a rock/blues guy. Boz is the real deal. He wrote and performed some great stuff.
Awesomeness. Thank you
I agree...those keyboards do have that 80s sound to them. Ahead of its time.
Master of many indeed👈🏼
T O T O - is the backbone of this LP ❤
That intro, how in the heck did they get that on tape, the timing is perfect, and that instant groove in just 4 bars, holy smokes
Boz came to the Bay from Texas. Nice mix of CA cool with TX grit. He's a Blues guitarist with a smoooothe vibe that dominated radio airplay with this album
Jeff Porcaro from Toto on drums along with some other Toto members I believe. You gentlemen need to check out some Toto if you haven't already. Rosanna, Pamela, Hold the Line, Georgy Porgy etc...
Silk Degrees is one of the rarest of album types: The kind on which every single tune is a great song. Many great musicians have never managed to do it.