{"product_id":"book-jvix","title":"Lowdown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOZ SCAGGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MUSICAL ARTIST OF COMPLEXITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eBoz Scaggs founded his connection to music through the blues, but his lasting legacy is one of glamorous and romantic pop songwriting. He possessed a somewhat shy and sensitive demeanor never totally at home in the public eye, yet his claim to several chart-topping singles and albums, particularly the millions-selling and critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eSilk Degrees\u003c\/em\u003e (1976), demanded constant exposure. The persona he expressed through his music was laid-back, effortlessly cool, sophisticated, stylish, romantically charming, and suave. But the immense success he achieved in his career pointed in part to the driven and determined artist within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLowdown: The Music of Boz Scaggs\u003c\/em\u003e examines the uniqueness of these contradictions throughout Boz Scaggs’s sixty-plus-year career and his rich and diverse musical catalog. Over the decades, Scaggs collaborated with an array of talented heavies, from the Steve Miller Band to the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (which included a young Duane Allman) on \u003cem\u003eBoz Scaggs\u003c\/em\u003e (1969), from the session players on \u003cem\u003eSilk Degrees\u003c\/em\u003e who would form the hit band Toto to Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald in the Dukes of September supergroup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThis first-ever book on Scaggs is constructed around intensely thorough analysis of his complete discography, and new and exclusive in-depth interviews with a selection of Scaggs’s music colleagues from his vast career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIn the world of popular music, the hardest thing to be is a true original. Boz is that and much more. He is a national treasure.”\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eGerry Beckley\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding member of the band America\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49680341926192,"sku":"BDjvix","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50200515805488,"sku":"ZEjvix","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50200515838256,"sku":"ZMjvix","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jvix-cover.jpg?v=1759875876","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jvix","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}