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- Released: 11/10/04 (CD) / 01/11/04 (DVD)
- Cat. No: GCD4001 (CD) / CHS10029 (DVD)
- Price: £11.99 (CD) / £12.99 (DVD)
- Rating: 10/10
- DVD Extras: Booklet with credits, Photo gallery, Behind the scenesdocumentary, Special bonus track
CD: 
DVD:
Track listing:
- 1. Lowdown
2. Slow Dancer
3. Heart Of Mine
4. It All Went Down The Drain
5. Harbor Lights
6. Jojo
7. Ask Me Bout Nothin But The Blues
8. Breakdown Dead Ahead
9. Look What Youve Done To Me
10. I Just Go
11. Georgia
12. Miss Sun
13. Lido Shuffle
14. Runnin Blue
15. Loan Me A Dime
16. Were All Alone
Double-delight for genuine music lovers as American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggshas a simultaneous release on DVD (Coming Home Studios) and CD(Mailboat Records) of his Greatest Hits Live.
Released on 11 October, this wonderful concert finds Scaggs on top form ashe plays an intimate concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Franciscoon 27 August 2003.
Born William Royce Scaggs on 8 June 1944 in Ohio, he struggled to make an impactin his formative music career. Eventually, he hit a purple patch with abrief excursion into the British singles charts in late 1976 through to theend of 1977 – sadly he hasnt charted since.
His stunning album Silk Degrees (5 million seller, and one of my all-timefavourites) spawned most of his best known hits Lowdown, What Can I Say,and Lido Shuffle. They are in reality only the tip of the iceberg, becausehes been consistently releasing excellent albums since 1966.
Over the years, his eclectic range of music has drawn music luminaries likeCarlos Santana, David Paich, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro (all Toto members),Nathan East (Eric Claptons bassist), Booker T Jones, Duane Allman, VictorFeldman to contribute to his studio work. Hes very difficult to pigeon-hole,but to get that kind of talent on your side you simply have to be respected.
Now comes this sophisticated gig where he draws on material from albums SilkDegrees, Boz The Ballade, Middle Man and others making this his first everlive DVD. Grammy award-winning Scaggs and his 8 piece band tackle jazz,blues ballads and pre Fun Lovin Criminals urban jazz soul. His blue eyed soul voice is highly distinctive on record, and it sounds even betterlive.
Melt at his brilliant Harbor Lights, dance to Lido Shuffle, get sad toLoan Me Dime theres something here for everyone. There simply isnt a badsong on this collection and I guarantee youll enjoy it whether yourewatching the DVD or listening to the CD from the funky baseline of theopener Lowdown – youll be hooked. Speaking of the performance, Scaggs says,“Its not every night or just any band that can pull off this song list.”
The DVD, directed by Lawrence Jordan, also features behind the scenesfootage including rehearsals and back stage dialogue, a photo gallery, andbonus performance of Harbor Lights by Bozs Jazz Quintet.
This is a far cry from the days he wandered around Europe as a street singerin the early 60 he learnt his trade well and it shows . Absolute CLASS.
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.