BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Boz Scaggs: Out of The Blues Tour 2022 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:145122022-08-06 DTSTART:20220806T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220806T040000Z LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville DE 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville DE 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo:38.465 810,-75.112030 GEO:38.465810;-75.112030 SUMMARY:Boz Scaggs: Out of The Blues Tour 2022 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:It's appropriate that Boz Scaggs' new album is Out of the Blu es\,\nsince the blues is what first sparked his five-decade musical career .\nBorn William Royce Scaggs in Canton\, Ohio on June 8\, 1944\, he grew u p\nin Oklahoma and Texas\, where he spent his teenage years immersed in\nt he blues\, R&B and early rock 'n' roll. While attending school in\nDallas\ , he played in local combos. After several years as a journeyman\nmusician around Madison\, WI and Austin\, TX\, Scaggs spent time\ntraveling in Eur ope\, the Middle East and Asia\, eventually settling in\nStockholm where h e recorded the album Boz. Returning to the U.S. in\n1967\, Scaggs joined the Steve Miller Band in San Francisco\, performing\non that group's album s Children of the Future and Sailor\, before\nlaunching his solo career with 1968's seminal Boz Scaggs LP\,\nrecorded in Muscle Shoals\, AL for Atlantic Records. Scaggs continued\nto mine a personalized mix of rock\, blues and R&B influences\, along\nwith a signature style of ballads on suc h influential '70s albums\nas Moments\, Boz Scaggs & Band\, My Time\,  Slow\nDancer and 1976’s Silk Degrees. The latter release became a\nma ssive commercial breakthrough\, reaching Number Two and remaining on\nthe album charts for 115 weeks.  It spawned three Top 40 hit singles:\n\"It's Over\,\" \"Lido Shuffle\" and the Grammy-winning \"Lowdown.\" \nSubseque ntly\, \"We're All Alone” from that same album\, would become a\n#1 sing le for Rita Coolidge.  Silk Degrees was followed by the\nalbums Down T wo Then Left and Middle Man\, and such hit singles as\n\"Breakdown Dead Ahead\,\" \"Jo Jo\" and \"Look What You've Done to Me.\" \nDespite his '7 0s successes\, Scaggs spent much of the 1980s out of the\nmusic-biz spotli ght\, traveling\, opening a family business\, fathering\nyoung children an d founding the San Francisco nightclub\, Slim's\, He\nreturned to the stud io after an 8-year hiatus and released\, Other\nRoads\, Some Change\, D ig\, the Grammy-nominated Come on Home\, the\nunplugged Fade Into Light\ , the in-concert retrospective Greatest\nHits Live as well as a stint to uring with Donald Fagen’s New York\nRock & Soul Review\; all while conti nuing to maintain a loyal audience\nin the U.S. and overseas\, particularl y in Japan. A pair of albums of\njazz standards\, But Beautiful and Spe ak Low\, the latter topping\nthe Billboard Jazz chart\, demonstrated Sca ggs' stylistic mastery\, as\ndid the Southern-flavored Memphis and the r hythm & bluesy A Fool to\nCare. \"Music has been a constant companion and I'm feeling more free\nwith it than ever\,\" Scaggs said. \"I feel like I 've found my voice\nthrough all these years\, and I've gotten closer to wh ere I want to be\nwith my approach.\" Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It's appropriate that Boz Scaggs' new album i s Out of the Blues\, since the blues is what first sparked his five-decad e musical career. Born William Royce Scaggs in Canton\, Ohio on June 8\, 1 944\, he grew up in Oklahoma and Texas\, where he spent his teenage years immersed in the blues\, R&B and early rock 'n' roll. While attending schoo l in Dallas\, he played in local combos. After several years as a journeym an musician around Madison\, WI and Austin\, TX\, Scaggs spent time travel ing in Europe\, the Middle East and Asia\, eventually settling in Stockhol m where he recorded the album Boz. Returning to the U.S. in 1967\, Scaggs joined the Steve Miller Band in San Francisco\, performing on that group' s albums Children of the Future and Sailor\, before launching his solo career with 1968's seminal Boz Scaggs LP\, recorded in Muscle Shoals\, A L for Atlantic Records. Scaggs continued to mine a personalized mix of roc k\, blues and R&B influences\, along with a signature style of ballads on such influential '70s albums as Moments\, Boz Scaggs & Band\, My Time\,  Slow Dancer and 1976’s Silk Degrees. The latter release became a ma ssive commercial breakthrough\, reaching Number Two and remaining on the a lbum charts for 115 weeks.  It spawned three Top 40 hit singles: \"It's O ver\,\" \"Lido Shuffle\" and the Grammy-winning \"Lowdown.\"  Subsequentl y\, \"We're All Alone” from that same album\, would become a #1 single f or Rita Coolidge.  Silk Degrees was followed by the albums Down Two Th en Left and Middle Man\, and such hit singles as \"Breakdown Dead Ahead\ ,\" \"Jo Jo\" and \"Look What You've Done to Me.\"  Despite his '70s succ esses\, Scaggs spent much of the 1980s out of the music-biz spotlight\, tr aveling\, opening a family business\, fathering young children and foundin g the San Francisco nightclub\, Slim's\, He returned to the studio after a n 8-year hiatus and released\, Other Roads\, Some Change\, Dig\, the Gr ammy-nominated Come on Home\, the unplugged Fade Into Light\, the in-con cert retrospective Greatest Hits Live as well as a stint touring with Do nald Fagen’s New York Rock & Soul Review\; all while continuing to maint ain a loyal audience in the U.S. and overseas\, particularly in Japan. A p air of albums of jazz standards\, But Beautiful and Speak Low\, the lat ter topping the Billboard Jazz chart\, demonstrated Scaggs' stylistic ma stery\, as did the Southern-flavored Memphis and the rhythm & bluesy A Fool to Care. \"Music has been a constant companion and I'm feeling more f ree with it than ever\,\" Scaggs said. \"I feel like I've found my voice t hrough all these years\, and I've gotten closer to where I want to be with my approach.\" Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. DTSTAMP:20260914T205447Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR