Boz Scaggs
 The
multi-million selling success of 1976's Silk Degrees
made Boz Scaggs a 10-year overnight sensation.
Since the mid 60s the Texas-bred Scaggs had bounced around
the music business, serving a stint in the Steve Miller
Band and recording fairly unremarkable LPs for Columbia.
Hooking up with Earth Wind & Fire producer Joe
Wissert and a crew of slick LA session musicians - notably
keyboardist and co-writer David Paich - Scaggs finally crafted
his breakthrough, producing a perfectly polished pop-soul
hybrid.
Highlighted by a handful of FM radio staples - including the
horn-fuelled Lido Shuffle and the nocturnal groover Lowdown
- the album is solid the whole way through, luxuriating in a
range of styles from R&B to reggae and rock.
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