Boz Scaggs | But Beautiful [HQ 180g Vinyl] 2LP

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After more than 30 years of Scaggs recording for major labels, “But Beautiful” was released on his own label, Gray Cat Records, distributed by Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat Records. Scaggs decided not to sign again with Virgin Records.

“They don’t know what to do with an artist of my generation,” Scaggs says. “Their tendency is to go with a crapshoot with the kids who are going for the big numbers.” His last album, “Dig,” didn’t fare all that well in the marketplace. For starters, it was released on Sept. 11, 2001.

“I really loved the record,” he says. “It was one of the best experiences I ever had recording. It got around. But I was disappointed it didn’t do better and that was one of the factors that led me not to renew with Virgin.”

He says his live shows “are taking all different form now.” With the new quartet able to swing from New Orleans barrelhouse to rockabilly to the jazz standards, Scaggs is traveling light as he hits various European festivals and clubs this summer, able to adjust the repertoire and program for each occasion. In Japan, he played the material from the new album but interspersed the ballads with up-tempo Latin numbers and rearranged, jazzy versions of numbers from his old songbook, including “Lowdown” and “Harbor Lights.” His plans with the new band run through the end of the year and, then, “we’ll see what happens,” he said.

**Excerpt from Interview that can be found at beautifulbozdotcom **

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Boz Scaggs | But Beautiful [HQ 180g Vinyl] 2LP

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