Boz Scaggs

 

Artist:  Boz Scaggs
Birth Name:  William Royce Scaggs
Born:  June 8, 1944.  Canton, Ohio, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Soft Rock, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Jazz Rock
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Boz Scaggs is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist.  In the 1960s he was a guitarist and sometimes lead singer with The Steve Miller Band and in the 1970s with his several solo Top 20 Hit Singles in USA, along with the No. 2 Album, Silk Degrees.

Title:  Middle Man (Limited Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Soft Rock, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Jazz Rock

Label:  Music On Vinyl

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Jojo (5:51)

 2.  Breakdown Dead Ahead (4:33)

 3.  Simone (5:05)

 4.  You Can Have Me Anytime (4:56)

Side Two:

 1.  Middle Man (4:51)

 2.  Do Like You Do In New York (3:44)

 3.  Angel You (3:38)

 4. Isn't It Time (4:53)

 5.  You Got Some Imagination (3:56)

Personnel:

Boz Scaggs:  Lead Vocals, Guitar on Tracks:  1/4, 2/1-4

David Foster:  Synthesizers on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 2/1, 3-5, Acoustic Piano on Tracks:  1/4, 2/1, 3, Electric Piano on Tracks:  1/3, 4, 2/4, Synthesizer Programming

Don Grolnick:  Electric Piano on Track 1/2, Acoustic Piano on Track 2/4

David Paich:  Additional Synthesizer on Track 1/3, Organ on Track 2/2, Synthesizers on Track 2/2

James Newton Howard:  Clavinet on Track 2/2

Michael Boddicker:  Synthesizer Programming

Larry Fast:  Synthesizer Programming

Steve Porcaro:  Synthesizer Programming

Ray Parker Jr.:  Guitar on Tracks:  1-4, 2/1-4, Bass on Track 2/2

Steve Lkather:  Lead Guitars. on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 2/1-4, Additional Guitars on Track 1/2, Guitar Solo on Tracks:  1/2, 2/3, 4, All Guitar on Track 2/5

Carlo Santana:  Guitar Solo on Track 1/4

John Pierce:  Bass on Track 1/1

David Hungate:  Bass on Tracks:  1/2-4, 2/1, 3, 5

Jeff Porcaro:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 4, 2/1, 3, 4

Rick Marotta:  Drums on Tracks:  1/2, 2/4

Joe Vitale:  Drums on Track 2/1

Lenny Castro:  Percussion 

Adrian Tapia:  Saxophone Solo on Track 1/1

Charlotte Crossley:  Backing Vocals on Track 1/1

David Lasley:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  1/1, 2/2

Sharon Redd:  Backing Vocals on Track 1/1

Paulette Brown:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/1, 4, 5

Venetta Fields:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/1, 4, 5

Bill Thedford:  Backing Vocals on Tracks". 1/2, 3, 2/4

Julie Tillman Waters:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  2/1, 5

Oren Waters:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  2/1, 5

Bill Champlin:  Backing Vocals on Track 2/2

Chuck "Fingers" Irwin:  Backing Vocals on Track 2/2

Rosemary Butler:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  2/3, r4

Middle Man is the ninth studio album by Boz Scaggs, Originally released on April 1980, remastered and reissued on September 27, 2024 by Music On Vinyl.  Limited Edition on Crystal Clear Vinyl 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.