A while back I did one of my “Tres Songs” posts and one of the featured artists was Boz Scaggs. At the time I said, “In 1969, he recorded his eponymous album with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section includingย Duane Allman. This is the album that … Continue reading A Song I Love – Loan Me a Dime – Boz Scaggs w/Duane Allman
I wrote a brief bio of Boz Scaggs in this post recently. I hadn’t really planned on writing about him – or for that matter follow up a blues post with a blues post – but I heard this new album (July 2018) of his … Continue reading Featured Album – Out of the Blues – Boz Scaggs
Wherein I play three random songs for your dining and dancing pleasure. Pictured above, Kirsty MacColl. We all know Boz Scaggs from somewhere or other in his long career, yes? He was a classmate of fellow Texan Steve Miller. They kicked around together in a … Continue reading Tres Songs
Steve Miller has been a practicing musician pretty much his whole adult life. I recounted in a recent post how he learned guitar from luminaries such as Les Paul and T-Bone Walker. Asked by an interviewer about his lasting moments he said: “I would have … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Steve Miller
If you’ve read any of my blog thus far, you’ll know that I have somewhat of a predilection for the blues. (Although that said, this will not just be a blues blog). But while we’re doin’ that blues thing, I thought it would be appropriate … Continue reading Duane Allman
