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Boz Scaggs Reconnects With His Roots On Gritty, Soulful 'Out Of The Blues' Out July 27 Via Concord Records

Album Mixes Deep Blues Cuts And New Songs, Recorded With Star-Studded Studio Aces

Boz Scaggs Reconnects With His Roots On Gritty, Soulful Out Of The Blues Out July 27 Via Concord Records
LISTEN TO "ROCK AND STICK" AND READ FEATURE AT BILLBOARD HERE: http://found.ee/Boz_rockandstickBillboard

 

Boz Scaggs is in the midst of a musical renaissance. Through his recent explorations in R&B, jazz and the Great American Songbook, the versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist has created a highly personal, unfailingly soulful modern repertoire. The latest edition, 'Out of the Blues,' set for release on July 27, 2018 on Concord Records, finds Scaggs - born in Ohio, raised in Texas and Oklahoma - reconnecting with his earliest musical and regional influences.

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, an unexpected and stirring reading of Neil Young's "On the Beach," 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.

Listen to “Rock and Stick” here on YouTube.

And read a feature with Boz via Billboard.

This album marks the final piece of an unofficial trilogy for Scaggs, which began with the Steve Jordan-produced albums 'Memphis' and 'A Fool to Care.' "I'm a child of the '50s," he explains, "and grew up on the music of my parents’ generation - the post war swingers, the Hit Parade era, the semi-classical Gershwin albums and the American songbook of show and film music. Then came early rock radio; with Elvis, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the high-watt late night radio out of Nashville and Chicago and doowop out of the East Coast. All the same stars that dotted the musical heaven our generation grew up under. Particular to my coming of age in the Southwest was hearing that crazy stuff out of south Texas and Louisiana. It was something different from that which my fellow teenyboppers in other areas were hearing. These albums, to some degree, are an exploration of those early influences, tracked through different periods of my experience.”

Indeed, it’s been a life of music for Boz Scaggs, spread far and wide through a remarkable range in style and influence. From his early West Coast rock and soul bands, through his smooth '70s Hollywood years with hits like "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle," through to more recent chart-toppers 'Speak Low' and 'A Fool to Care,' which both reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz and Blues charts respectively.

Pre-order ‘Out of the Blues’ here: http://found.ee/Boz_WebShop

Boz Scaggs will tour extensively around the release of 'Out of the Blues,' see below for a full list of dates.

 

Track list:

  1.      Rock and Stick (J Walroth)
  2.      I’ve Just Got to Forget You (Don Deadric Robey)
  3.      I’ve Just Got to Know (Jimmy McCracklin)
  4.      Radiator 110 (J Walroth)
  5.      Little Miss Night and Day (Boz Scaggs-J Walroth)
  6.      On the Beach (Neil Young)
  7.      Down in Virginia (Jimmy Reed-Manny Reed)
  8.      Those Lies (J Walroth)
  9.      The Feeling Is Gone (Don Deadric Robey)

 

Boz Scaggs 2018 tour dates:

June 8 – Augusta, GA – Miller Theater

June 9 – Fayetteville, GA – Southern Ground Amphitheater

June 11 – Charlotte, NC – Blumenthal Performing Arts Knight Theater

June 13 – Bethesda, MD – Music Center at Strathmore

June 14 – Stamford, CT – Palace Theater

June 16 – Atlantic City, NJ – Tropicana Casino & Resort

June 17 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Center

June 19 – York, PA – Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center

June 21 – Niagara Falls, ON – Ottawa International Jazz Festival

June 23 – Rochester, NY – Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater

June 26 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount

June 28 – Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre

June 29 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent

June 30 – Lowell, MA – Lowell Summer Music Series

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 29 – Grand Prarie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

August 31 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen

September 2 – Littleton, CO – The Hudson Gardens & Event Center

September 5 – Layton, UT – Kenley Amphitheater

September 20 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery

September 26 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay

 

 

Boz Scaggs on the web:

Official site

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Online media kit

For more information:

Matt Hanks, Chris Taillie or Spencer Roth-Rose at Shore Fire Media: 718-522-7171

 

Mike Wilpizeski () at Concord Records: 718-459-2117