Following on from the last song.. another distinctive, blue eyed soul voice. Boz Scaggs. A friend of mine gave me his album “Silk Degrees” to listen to in 1976 and I was instantly hooked to Boz Scagg’s music. It goes without saying that I’d have all of his music on my island, I just love every song he ever wrote and recorded.
His career has been long and varied, he’s recorded with some of the best out there but it’s his solo stuff that I love. The first time I heard Lido Shuffle I was blown away.. loved it, still do.. and Lowdown, these are Boz Scaggs classics. Lido Shuffle is still played a lot on the radio here today, it’s totally timeless and everyone sings along to it… even though half of them don’t know who the heck’s singing it. He still tours each summer, he’s one of the artists I’d love to see playing live.. doubt I’ll ever get the chance so I’ll just have to make do with listening to his records… and I do that often. I never, ever get tired of listening to Boz Scaggs.
But the song I’m posting here isn’t one of his well known hit songs, it’s called “Some Change” and it was released in 1994. It’s one of the coolest songs I have, laid back.. but it still rocks.. if you understand what I mean.. The whole album is brilliant, but this is the best track on it. The guy just surrounds himself with excellent musicians, goes into a studio and produces great music like this. I just can’t say enough about him, I’ve listened to his music for over thirty years and I enjoy listening to it as much now as I did back in the 1970’s when I first heard Silk Degrees… as sweet as drinking freshly brewed coconut vodka… think I’ll try one or two now while good ol’ Boz does his stuff.
