Full of win.
Got to love the live music of the 70's. (and the tux wearing keyboard players)

People actually playing instruments. Always good to see.

I was wondering how they were going to replicate the multi tracked keyboards at the end of the song on the record, but then the guy ran out of hands.

I contend that this is the worst song a stripper could pick for her stage routine.

Pretty damn awesome. That song rocks like a motherfarker.

It's my generation's Abbey Road...

Thank you subby. I luved the Bozz Scaggs. (Didn't realize he was Tim Allen's brother until now.)

This song makes me happy.

Thank you admins and mods!

Nice. The Paramount Theater is gorgeous, by the way.

Heh, I've heard this song a million times in my life and never knew it was Boz Scags. The more you know...

/how could I not know that?
//born in '70
///get off my lawn sidewalk

I always wondered what the hell this song was about, and recently came across this analysis of it by "ReverendJohn"

Lido is a small time hustler and gambler. He's fed up with his life, maybe he suffered some setback (Lido missed the boat that day) so he leaves his home town (he left the shack But that was all he missed and he ain't comin' back) (where ever that may be, Tombstone, Arizona? from the reference to the tombstone bar). He heads to Chicago (Chi-town), intent on winning big playing craps (put the money down, let it roll).

A handle is a bottle of liquor, in case you didn't know. I just learned that recently.

He just wants to win big once and then he's out (He said one more job ought to get it, One last shot 'fore we quit it, One more for the road)

Apparently things are going well for Lido, (Lido be runnin', havin' great big fun) until he gets a note from his girlfriend or wife telling him to shape up or she's leaving him (until he got the note Sayin' toe the line or blow, and that was all she wrote) at which point he quits gambling and eagerly heads home with his winnings (He be makin' like a beeline, headin' for the borderline
Goin' for broke)

Anyone else have an alternative explanation?

His back up band on the album (and I recognized a couple at the show) was a hot group of studio musicians that eventually became Toto.

David Paich OD'd, as I recall. Unhealthy looking freak at the best of time. Got into coke early days. Sad for his dad, Marty who was a great jazz arranger.

GoodasGold: David Paich OD'd, as I recall

David is very much alive. It was Jeff Porcaro, the drummer, who died a while back in 1992, and it wasn't an OD either.

GoodasGold: His back up band on the album (and I recognized a couple at the show) was a hot group of studio musicians that eventually became Toto.

I notice the same thing. I always knew Toto had accomplished studio musicians but I didn't realized they played for Boz, too.

WhyteRaven74: It was Jeff Porcaro, the drummer, who died a while back in 1992, and it wasn't an OD either.

It was made public that he died from an insecticide while working on his yard. But that was to cover up the real reason, which was drug related. Anyway, at least that's I hear from his close friends I see now and then.

Here is his plot in Los Angeles.

"insecticide"???? Sorry, meant "Pesticide".

GoodasGold: David Paich OD'd, as I recall. Unhealthy looking freak at the best of time. Got into coke early days. Sad for his dad, Marty who was a great jazz arranger.

Odd, you know that his dad was a jazz arranger, but don't know that he's still alive? Stop learning the semi-obscure facts and just stick to the big, important ones, ok, Columbo?

Drummer: It was made public that he died from an insecticide while working on his yard

Actually it wasn't listed that way, it was an allergic reaction to the pesticide that in combination with a heart condition that no one knew about killed him. The report did say they found cocaine in his system, but only trace amounts.

Odd, you know that his dad was a jazz arranger, but don't know that he's still alive? Stop learning the semi-obscure facts and just stick to the big, important ones, ok, Columbo?

Sometimes I blow. But David was not a healthy looking dude. Should have taken a quick second to google it. One more semi-obscure fact. I think the long haired guitar player is Les Dudek. That looks like Jeff's brother on keys.

Drummer: It was made public that he died from an insecticide while working on his yard.

Stumpy Pepys approves.

I've loved that song since I first heard it when I was little. It's probably the only Boz Scaggs song I can get behind enough to cover.

not bad for a disco tune. I prefer Loan Me a Dime with Duane Allman from his first solo album, or his work with the Steve Miller (Blues) Band.

Gonna be doing sound for BS in August. Looking forward to it, actually.

Good find subby, thanks.

Jeff Porcaro = one of the all time groovemasters. He did great work with Steely Dan too, and about a million other sessions.

dereksmalls:

"I prefer Loan Me a Dime"

That's an awesome piece of work, right there. I have to admit, I enjoy his slicker "Silk Degrees" type offerings as well. Except, the man needs to stay the Hell away from ballads. On "We're All Alone" & "Harbor Lights" he sounds like Kermit The Frog. Well, he always sounds like Kermit The Frog, but it doesn't work on ballads.

when i went to Value Village [used stuff store] i sometimes saw this Boz album with him on a bench on the cover...
was that his most popular one? anybody remember what it was called?

any albums you guys recommend?

The album is called Silk Degrees, came out in 1976. The song Lowdown was the big breakthough hit. The remastered CD that came out last year sounds incredible. Beautifully produced and played record.

The most overplayed song in the history of humankind. Period.

I 'found' Boz when still in high school. After wearing out the Steve Miller Band's greatest hits, like a good little suburban white boy, I started buying his older vinyl from his Bay Area blues days and - voila`! - Boz Scaggs! Guess they were college roomies or something.

Blue-eyed soul at its best, IMHO.

Where did they hide the horn section?

I performed that song many times in a cover band, loved to play it, but it didn't really go over that well.