9 July, 2018Print
Boz Scaggs Covers Neil Young With Stirring Rendition Of "On The Beach"
Latest Song From Forthcoming LP 'Out Of The Blues' (July 27/Concord)LISTEN TO IT VIA ROLLING STONE HERE: https://rol.st/2KzCha2
Less than three weeks before the release of his upcoming album ‘Out of the Blues’ (July 27/Concord), Boz Scaggs has unveiled a stirring version of Neil Young’s classic cut “On the Beach.” Through Young’s melancholy lyrics, Boz explores the downside of fame and wonders just what it would take to get away from it all. “On the Beach” is a fascinating inclusion on Boz’s blues-heavy upcoming release: a song that’s certainly got the blues, but of the more existential kind.
Listen to it here via Rolling Stone: https://rol.st/2KzCha2
And on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Says Boz to Rolling Stone about the track, “’On the Beach’ is new form blues poetry… While not strictly blues changes it’s harmonically gorgeous, wistful in its minor bluesy way and like any great blues, a lament for all times by a master; it comes in waves.”
‘On the Beach’ is the third song from ‘Out of the Blues’ that Boz has released, following the new Jack Walroth original “Rock and Stick” and a smoldering cover of Bobby “Blue” Bland’s “I’ve Just Got To Forget You.”
Listen to “I’ve Just Got To Forget You” here: http://found.ee/Boz_IveJustGot
Read a feature on Boz via Billboard and stream “Rock and Stick” here: http://found.ee/Boz_rockandsti
The self-produced 'Out of the Blues' features Scaggs applying his iconic voice and gritty guitar skills to a set of vintage classics by such blues greats as Bobby "Blue" Bland, Jimmy Reed and Magic Sam, and original compositions by his friend and songwriter Jack Walroth. For the occasion, Scaggs assembled a star-studded studio band including guitarists Doyle Bramhall II, Ray Parker Jr. and Charlie Sexton, bassist Willie Weeks, drummer Jim Keltner, keyboardist Jim Cox, and Walroth on harmonica, all supporting Boz himself on guitar, bass and vocoder.
Pre-order ‘Out of the Blues’ here: http://found.ee/boz_ootb
Boz is currently out on an extensive tour around the release of 'Out of the Blues”; see below for a full list of upcoming dates.
BOZ SCAGGS TOUR DATES
July 10 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
July 12 – Oshkosh, WI – Waterfest Concert Series
July 13 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field (w/ Jimmy Buffett)
July 14 – New Buffalo, MI – Four Winds Casino Resort
August 28 – Cleveland, MS – Bologna Performing Arts Center @ Delta Pine & Land
August 29 – Grand Prarie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 31 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
September 1 – Boudler, CO – Chautaqua Auditorium
September 2 – Littleton, CO – The Hudson Gardens & Event Center
September 5 – Layton, UT – Kenley Amphitheater
Septmber 7 – Henderson, NV @ Green Valley Ranch Resort, Grand Events Center
September 9 – Healdsburg, CA – Rodney Strong Vineyards
September 11 – Santa Barbara, CA – Granada Theatre
September 13 – Sacramento, CA – Community Center Theater
September 15 – Tacoma, WA – Emerald Queen Casino – Showroom
September 16 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
September 18 – Redding, CA – Cascade Theatre
September 20 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
September 21 – Stateline, NV – Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa
September 23 – Modesto, CA – Gallo Center for the Arts
September 25 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Cal Poly
September 26 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
September 28 – Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort & Casino
September 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
October 19 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino – Special Events Center
October 20 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
October 24 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre
October 26 – Tulsa, OK – River Spirit Casino Resort – Paradise Cove
October 29 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
October 30 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace Theatre
November 1 – Northfield, OH – Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park
November 6 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie Library of Homestead
November 7 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 10 – Portsmouth, NH – Music Hall
November 11 – Peekskill, NY – Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
November 14 – New York, NY – The Town Hall
November 15 –Bensalem, Pennsylvania - Xcite Center, Parx Casino and Racing
March 27, 2019 – Fort Lauderdale, FL - 70s Rock & Romance Cruise
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