Tavis Smiley: My Conversation With Boz Scaggs

With a music career spanning five decades, Boz Scaggs has produced a rich catalog of songs that stretches across multiple genres. His 1976 breakthrough album,, went multi-platinum and spawned a number of hits, including "Lido Shuffle" and the GRAMMY-winning "Lowdown."
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Boz Scaggs performs on stage during Brian Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of Brian Wilson at the Fonda Theatre on Monday, March 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Boz Scaggs performs on stage during Brian Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of Brian Wilson at the Fonda Theatre on Monday, March 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)

Tonight, I'm joined by singer-guitarist Boz Scaggs, whose new album, A Fool to Care, hit number one on the Billboard Blues Chart.

With a music career spanning five decades, Boz Scaggs has produced a rich catalog of songs that stretches across multiple genres. His 1976 breakthrough album, Silk Degrees, went multi-platinum and spawned a number of hits, including "Lido Shuffle" and the GRAMMY-winning "Lowdown."

In the clip below, I ask Boz when he became comfortable being a vocalist.

For more of our conversation, be sure to tune in to Tavis Smiley on PBS. Check our website for your local TV listings: www.pbs.org/tavis.

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