(Guitar, vocals, b. 1944) The smooth, sophisticated pop of the enormously successful 1976 album Silk Degrees remains William ‘Boz’ Scaggs’ best-known work. Previously a member of The Steve Miller Band, Scaggs first recorded solo in 1965, but it was his seventh album which brought him widespread acclaim and spawned three hit singles, plus a cover ...
Southern-rock guitarist Duane Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1946. Allman was inspired to take up the guitar by his brother Gregg. At first, they played country music, their initiation into the blues coming when the brothers saw B.B. King performing in Nashville. The pair began playing professionally in 1961, first in The Allman Joys ...
(Vocal group, 1968–present) A Canadian power trio, Geddy Lee (bass, keyboards, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drummer, lyricist) came together in 1968, though with original drummer John Rutsey until 1974. Their blend of progressive rock and heavy metal was at its peak on the concept album 2112 (1976) and A Farewell To Kings ...
Although his band of high-school buddies achieved international fame under the name Toto, Steve Lukather (b. 1957), session guitarist extraordinaire, has had to struggle under the same suspicion under which his bandmates have toiled: that the whole may add up to less than the sum of its parts. For Toto, despite achieving worldwide fame with singles like ‘Rosanna’ ...
Few groups made as powerful an impression on American blues music in the early 1970s as The Allman Brothers Band. Its blend of blues, jazz, rock and country elements was a predominant sound on nascent FM radio and influenced countless bands that followed in their wake. The Allman Brothers Band have endured tragedies, periods of obscurity and personnel ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1966–86) A cauldron of blues and psychedelia, 1968’s Children Of The Future was a US Top 30 entry for a California-based outfit in which the only constant would be Miller (guitar, vocals), though first singer Boz Scaggs enjoyed solo success. Becoming more radio-friendly, Miller made greater impact from the early 1970s with US chart-toppers ‘The ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1977–2008) AOR supergroup formed by crack US session musicians including keyboardist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro after playing together as the backing band for Boz Scaggs on his multi-platinum Silk Degrees album (1976). Most successful releases were 1978’s self-titled debut LP with the single ‘Hold The Line’ and 1982’s six time Grammy-winning Toto IV, including US ...
(Singer-songwriter, b. 1959) Adored by fans almost as much as he adores himself, Morrissey’s post-Smiths career has been nothing less than stellar. Writing mainly with guitarist Boz Boorer, Morrissey delivered a number of hit albums and singles. With North and Latin America eventually falling for him, he could even afford to lose his way on Maladjusted (1997). ...
(Vocal group, 1991–present) Atlanta trio of Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, Rozanda ‘Chilli’ Thomas and Tionna ‘T –Boz’ Watkins combined a sexy strident image with infectious new jack swing, yielding early hits ‘Ain’t 2 Proud To Beg’ and ‘Baby Baby Baby’. Funky R&B-led second album Crazysexycool (1995) yielded more hits revealing their staying power. The soap drama of their ...
Unlike practically any other strain of indigenous American music, bluegrass can be traced back to a particular time and a particular group of men: Kentucky-born mandolin player/bandleader Bill Monroe and a select handful of musicians he gathered in his band, The Bluegrass Boys. Monroe and the celebrated 1940s vintage line-up of The Bluegrass Boys first transformed traditional acoustic guitar-fiddle-bass-fiddle ...
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