Boz Scaggs - wikipedia Boz Scaggs This article is about a musician. For his album of the same name, see Boz Scaggs ( album ). Boz Scaggs In concert in 2006 Background information Birth name William Royce Scaggs ( 1944 - 06 - 08 ) June 8, 1944 ( age 73 ) Canton, Ohio, United States Origin Plano, Texas, United States Genres Blue - eyed soul, rock, blues rock, soft rock, jazz rock Occupation ( s ) Singer, songwriter, guitarist Instruments Guitar, vocals Years active 1963 -- present Labels Concord, Columbia, Atlantic, Virgin, 429 Records Associated acts Steve Miller Band, Toto Website BozScaggs.com William Royce `` Boz '' Scaggs ( born June 8, 1944 ) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a guitarist and occasional lead singer with the Steve Miller Band in the 1960s, and in the 1970s gained fame with several solo Top 20 hit singles in the United States, including the hits `` Lido Shuffle '' and `` Lowdown '' from the critically acclaimed album Silk Degrees ( 1976 ), which peaked at # 2 on the Billboard 200. Scaggs continues to write, record music, and tour. Contents 1 Early life and career 2 1976 -- 1981 : the hit years 3 Later career 4 Personal life and family 5 Discography 5.1 With the Steve Miller Band 5.2 Solo 5.3 Singles 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life and career Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio, the eldest child of a traveling salesman. Their family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma, then to Plano, Texas ( at that time a farm town ), just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark 's School of Texas, where schoolmate Mal Buckner gave him the nickname `` Bosley '', later shortened to `` Boz ''. After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller at St. Mark 's School. 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, then traveled on to Sweden as a solo performer, and in 1965 recorded his solo debut album, Boz, which failed commercially. Scaggs also had a brief stint with the band the Other Side with Mac MacLeod and 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 in 1968. Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records in 1968, releasing his second album, Boz Scaggs, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and session guitarist Duane Allman, in 1969. Despite good reviews, this release achieved only moderate sales. He then briefly hooked up with Bay Area band Mother Earth in a supporting role on their second album Make a Joyful Noise on guitar and backup vocals. Scaggs then signed with Columbia Records ; his first four albums for Columbia all charted, with his best peaking at # 81. 1976 -- 1981 : the hit years In 1976, using session musicians who later formed Toto, he recorded Silk Degrees. The album reached # 2 on the US Billboard 200, and # 1 in a number of other countries, spawning four hit singles : `` It 's Over '', `` Lowdown '', `` What Can I Say '', and `` Lido Shuffle '', as well as the poignant ballad `` We 're All Alone '', later recorded by Rita Coolidge and Frankie Valli. `` Lowdown '' sold over one million copies in the US. A sellout world tour followed, but his follow - up album in 1977 Down Two Then Left did not sell as well as Silk Degrees and neither of its singles reached the Top 40. The 1980 album Middle Man spawned two top 20 hits, `` Breakdown Dead Ahead '' and `` Jojo '' ; and Scaggs enjoyed two more hits in 1980 - 81 : `` Look What You 've Done to Me '', from Urban Cowboy soundtrack, and `` Miss Sun '', from a greatest hits set. Both were US # 14 hits. Later career Scaggs took a long break from recording and his next LP, Other Roads, did not appear until 1988. `` Heart of Mine '', from Other Roads, is Scaggs ' last top - 40 hit as of 2016. Also in 1988, he opened the San Francisco nightclub Slim 's, and remained an owner of the venue as of 2011. From 1989 to 1992, Scaggs joined Donald Fagen, Phoebe Snow, Michael McDonald and others in The New York Rock and Soul Revue. His next solo release was the album Some Change in 1994. He issued Come On Home, an album of rhythm and blues, and My Time : A Boz Scaggs Anthology, an anthology, in 1997. He garnered good reviews with Dig although the CD was released on September 11, 2001. In May 2003, Scaggs released But Beautiful, a collection of jazz standards that debuted at number one on the jazz chart. In 2008 he released Speak Low, which he described in the liner notes as `` a sort of progressive, experimental effort... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored. '' During 2004, he released a DVD and a live 16 - track CD Greatest Hits Live that was recorded August 2003 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. After a break in recording, he undertook a series of shows across the US in 2008. Two years later he joined Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald for concerts entitled the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. Scaggs 's next album Memphis was released in March 2013. It was recorded in that Southern American city at the Royal Studios. The album included some of his favorite compositions from other artists. A tour of the United States, Canada and Japan followed the release. Before the year ended, he added live dates across North America and Australia for 2014. In 2015, he released A Fool to Care, a compilation of mostly covers, including `` Whispering Pines '' with Lucinda Williams, and one original blues composition, `` Hell to Pay, '' performed with Bonnie Raitt. The album rose to number one on the Billboard Blues Album chart and number 54 on the Billboard 200. Personal life and family Scaggs ' first marriage was to Carmella Storniola and they had two sons : Austin, a music journalist with a column called `` The Smoking Section '' in Rolling Stone, and Oscar, who at age 21 died of a heroin overdose in 1998. Scaggs and Carmella divorced in 1980 and after a child custody battle, they were awarded joint custody of their sons. Carmella died in February 2017. Scaggs and his current wife Dominique ( whom he married in 1992 ) grow grapes in Napa County, California, and have produced their own wine. Discography With the Steve Miller Band Year Album US 1968 Children of the Future 134 1968 Sailor 24 Solo Year Album US US R&B RIAA Certification 1965 Boz -- -- 1969 Boz Scaggs * 171 -- 1971 Moments 124 -- 1971 Boz Scaggs & Band 198 -- 1972 My Time 138 -- Slow Dancer 81 -- Gold 1976 Silk Degrees 6 5xMulti - Platinum 1977 Down Two Then Left 11 -- Platinum 1980 Middle Man 8 36 Platinum 1980 Hits ! 24 -- Platinum 1988 Other Roads 47 -- Some Change 91 -- Fade into Light -- -- 1997 Come On Home 94 -- 1997 My Time : A Boz Scaggs Anthology -- -- Dig 146 -- 2002 Sail on White Moon 2003 But Beautiful 167 -- Greatest Hits Live -- -- 2008 Speak Low 128 -- 2013 Memphis 17 -- 2015 A Fool to Care 54 -- 2018 Out of the Blues -- -- While the 1969 self - titled Atlantic album failed to chart upon initial release, it peaked at # 171 when reissued in 1974. Three years later the album was reissued once again, this time in a remixed form. This version, however, only bubbled under the Billboard 200, reaching # 209. Singles Year Title US UK AU Album 1971 `` We Were Always Sweethearts '' 61 -- -- Moments `` Near You '' 96 -- -- 1972 `` Dinah Flo '' 86 -- -- My Time 1976 `` It 's Over '' 38 -- 63 Silk Degrees `` Lowdown '' 28 54 `` What Can I Say '' 42 10 1977 `` Lido Shuffle '' 11 13 `` Hard Times '' 58 -- 40 Down Two Then Left 1978 `` Hollywood '' 49 33 43 1980 `` Breakdown Dead Ahead '' 15 -- 64 Middle Man `` Jojo '' 17 -- 73 `` Look What You 've Done to Me '' 14 -- -- Urban Cowboy ( soundtrack ) `` Miss Sun '' 14 -- -- Hits ! 1988 `` Heart of Mine '' 35 -- 60 Other Roads Source : See also Notable alumni of St. Mark 's School of Texas List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards References ^ Jump up to : Strong, Martin C. ( 2000 ). The Great Rock Discography ( 5th ed. ). Edinburgh : Mojo Books. pp. 847 -- 848. ISBN 1 - 84195 - 017 - 3. Jump up ^ `` Boz Scaggs Official Website Home ''. Bozscaggs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Boz Scaggs Biography by Ben Fong - Torres ''. BozScaggs.org. 1974 - 03 - 10. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Jay Barmann. `` Boz Scaggs Loves Bar Tartine, and Eats Many a Loaf of Acme Bread ''. Grub Street. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` A Fool to Care - Boz Scaggs Awards ''. AllMusic. 2015 - 03 - 31. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Boz Scaggs ' Son Dies On New Year 's Eve / Heroin overdose kills 21 - year - old ''. SFGate. 1999 - 01 - 04. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Heartbroken Scaggs Family Speaks Out Against Heroin / Musician calls drug that killed son ' S.F. plague ' ''. Jump up ^ `` Boz Scaggs Interview ''. www.beautifulboz.com. Jump up ^ `` Archives - Philly.com ''. articles.philly.com. Jump up ^ http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Carmella-Scaggs-socialite-and-ex-wife-of-singer-10932897.php Jump up ^ `` TheRichest - The World 's Most Entertaining Site ''. 11 January 2012. Jump up ^ `` Welcome - Scaggs Vineyards - Organic farming and artisanal winemaking from Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley ''. Scaggsvineyard.com. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ Baltin, Steve ( 2013 - 01 - 14 ). `` Boz Scaggs to Release First New Album in Five Years in March Music News ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Boz Scaggs -- Out of the Blues ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018. External links Boz Scaggs Official Website Boz Scaggs Official Fan Site Boz Scaggs Lyrics and information Boz Scaggs Official Yahoo Group Friends of Boz Scaggs Yahoo Group Boz Scaggs Last.fm Group October 21, 2013 on WNYC Leonard Lopate show on Memphis Album and career. Boz Scaggs Studio albums Boz ( 1965 ) Boz Scaggs ( 1969 ) Moments ( 1971 ) Boz Scaggs & Band ( 1971 ) My Time ( 1972 ) Slow Dancer ( 1974 ) Silk Degrees ( 1976 ) Down Two Then Left ( 1977 ) Middle Man ( 1980 ) Other Roads ( 1988 ) Some Change ( 1994 ) Fade into Light ( 1996 ) Come On Home ( 1997 ) Dig ( 2001 ) But Beautiful ( 2003 ) Speak Low ( 2008 ) Memphis ( 2013 ) A Fool to Care ( 2015 ) Live albums The Lost Concert ( 2001 ) Greatest Hits Live ( 2004 ) Compilations Hits ! ( 1980 ) My Time : A Boz Scaggs Anthology ( 1997 ) Singles `` We Were Always Sweethearts '' `` Near You '' `` Dinah Flo '' `` It 's Over '' `` Lowdown '' `` What Can I Say '' `` Lido Shuffle '' `` Hard Times '' `` Hollywood '' `` Breakdown Dead Ahead '' `` Jojo '' `` Look What You 've Done to Me '' `` Miss Sun '' `` Heart of Mine '' See also Steve Miller Band Dukes of September Rhythm Revue Book : Boz Scaggs Steve Miller Band Steve Miller Kenny Lee Lewis Gordy Knudtson Joseph Wooten Jacob Peterson Norton Buffalo Tim Davis Boz Scaggs Lonnie Turner James Cooke Lance Haas Jim Peterman Glyn Johns Ben Sidran Nicky Hopkins Bobby Winkelman Charlie McCoy Jack King Ross Valory Gerald Johnson Dick Thompson Jim Keltner Roger Allen Clark Gary Mallaber Nick DeCaro John King David Denny Greg Douglass Byron Allred John Massaro Billy Peterson Ricky Peterson Bob Malach Leo Sidran Jay Bird Koder Joey Heinemann Sonny Charles Studio albums Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Rock Love Recall the Beginning... A Journey from Eden The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Abracadabra Italian X Rays Living in the 20th Century Born 2 B Blue ( Steve Miller solo album ) Wide River Bingo ! Let Your Hair Down Live albums Live at the Fillmore Auditorium Steve Miller Band Live ! Compilations Anthology Living in the U.S.A. Greatest Hits 1974 -- 78 The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band Young Hearts Singles `` The Joker '' `` Take the Money and Run '' `` Rock'n Me '' `` Fly Like an Eagle '' `` Jet Airliner '' `` Jungle Love '' `` Swingtown '' `` Abracadabra '' `` I Want to Make the World Turn Around '' Songs `` Mercury Blues '' `` You Send Me '' `` Gangster of Love '' Related articles Discography Book : Steve Miller Band Toto Steve Lukather David Paich Steve Porcaro Joseph Williams David Hungate Bobby Kimball Jeff Porcaro Mike Porcaro Fergie Frederiksen Jean - Michel Byron Simon Phillips Greg Phillinganes Keith Carlock Studio albums Toto Hydra Turn Back Toto IV Isolation Fahrenheit The Seventh One Kingdom of Desire Tambu Toto XX Mindfields Through the Looking Glass Falling in Between Toto XIV Live albums Greatest Hits Live... and More Absolutely Live Livefields Live in Amsterdam Falling in Between Live Compilation albums Past to Present 1977 -- 1990 Best Ballads The Essential Toto 40 Trips Around the Sun Soundtracks Dune Notable songs `` Hold the Line '' `` I 'll Supply the Love '' `` Georgy Porgy '' `` 99 '' `` Rosanna '' `` Make Believe '' `` Africa '' `` I Wo n't Hold You Back '' `` Stranger in Town '' `` I 'll Be Over You '' `` Stop Loving You '' `` Pamela '' `` 2 Hearts '' `` I Will Remember '' `` Bottom of Your Soul '' Related people Lenny Castro Nathan East Boz Scaggs Tony Spinner Leland Sklar Shannon Forrest Related articles Discography Members Book : Toto BIBSYS : 13064934 BNF : cb13940676v ( data ) GND : 134508203 ISNI : 0000 0001 0823 6673 LCCN : nr89010366 MusicBrainz : 18a33653 - bbaf - 4aa7 - 884c - 73f02a7a4515 SNAC : w62f8jsw SUDOC : 161776787 VIAF : 120115937 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boz_Scaggs&oldid=843059051 '' Categories : 1944 births American blues guitarists American male singer - songwriters American singer - songwriters American rhythm and blues guitarists American rhythm and blues singers American rock guitarists American rock singers American soft rock musicians American soul guitarists American male guitarists Blues rock musicians Grammy Award winners Living people Columbia Records artists Virgin Records artists Atlantic Records artists Musicians from Dallas Singers from Texas Musicians from Canton, Ohio People from Dallas People from McAlester, Oklahoma St. Mark 's School ( Texas ) alumni University of Wisconsin -- Madison alumni American expatriates in the United Kingdom American expatriates in Sweden American rock songwriters Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area Songwriters from Texas Songwriters from California Songwriters from Ohio Songwriters from Oklahoma Singers from Oklahoma Wine merchants Guitarists from California Guitarists from Ohio Guitarists from Oklahoma Guitarists from Texas Steve Miller Band members 20th - century American guitarists Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2016 Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Svenska 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 15 : 43. 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Question: where did boz scaggs go to high school
Answer: a Dallas private school, St. Mark's School of Texas