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Silk Degrees is the seventh solo album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in February 1976. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs's best selling album. Silk Degrees spawned four singles.
Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1976. The album peaked at #2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs's best selling album.
Nov 14, 2021 · Writing most productively with young keyboardist and session player David Paich, he composed the album piece-by-piece, like a DJ building a set: Let’s start with something upbeat then take it...
Apr 14, 2014 · Boz selected L.A. session musicians David Hungate, Jeff Porcaro and David Paich to play on his 1975 ‘Silk Degrees’ album. Hungate incited Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro to join the sessions...
- Paul Cashmere
Scaggs’ main musical sidekick, playing all manner of keyboards (synthesizers, clavinet, Hammond organ and Wurlitzer electric piano included) and co-writing half the album, was David Paich. He launched his own band Toto the following year, with bassist David Hungate and drummer Jeff Porcaro from the Silk Degrees sessions joining
With Boz Scaggs, he co-wrote the songs “Miss Sun”, “Lido Shuffle”, and Grammy Award-Winning “Lowdown” from the multi-platinum album Silk Degrees. Around that same time, Paich and childhood friend, iconic studio drummer Jeff Porcaro wiggled their way onto two Steely Dan albums, which helped form some of their musical direction.
Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1976. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times...
