Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)

2013 studio album by Boz Scaggs

Memphis

Studio album by

Boz Scaggs

Released| March 5, 2013
Recorded| 2012
Studio| Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre| Blues, rock, rhythm and blues
Length| 47:30 (standard edition)
Label| 429 Records
Producer| Steve Jordan
Boz Scaggs chronology
| Speak Low
(2008)  | Memphis
(2013)  | The Essential Boz Scaggs
(2013)

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Memphis is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. It was Scaggs's first solo release since 2008's Speak Low. The album was released on March 5, 2013, by 429 Records.[1] The album has debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 17,[2] and has sold 90,000 copies in the US as of March 2015.[3]

## Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album a positive review with 4 of 5 stars, describing the record as "a stunner. Scaggs is in full possession of that iconic voice; he delivers songs with an endemic empathy and intimacy that make them sound like living, breathing stories."[4]

## Track listing[edit]

Most of the songs on the album were previously released by other singers.

A two-disc version of the album was released for exclusive distribution by Barnes & Noble in the United States.[5] The second disc contains six demos, three of which were recorded as fully produced versions for the final release of the album and three of which were not.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original artist| Length

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1.| "Gone Baby Gone"| Boz Scaggs| Initial release| 3:36
2.| "So Good to be Here"| Michael Allen, Al Green| Al Green| 3:15
3.| "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl"| Willy DeVille| Mink DeVille| 3:44
4.| "Rainy Night in Georgia"| Tony Joe White| Tony Joe White| 4:34
5.| "Love on a Two Way Street"| BB Keys, Sylvia Robinson| Lezli Valentine| 3:36
6.| "Pearl of the Quarter"| Walter Becker, Donald Fagen| Steely Dan| 3:28
7.| "Cadillac Walk"| Moon Martin| Moon Martin| 4:27
8.| "Corrina, Corrina"| Traditional| Bo Carter| 3:45
9.| "Can I Change My Mind"| Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk| Tyrone Davis| 4:19
10.| "Dry Spell"| Jack Walroth| Initial release| 3:24
11.| "You Got Me Cryin'"| Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed| Jimmy Reed| 4:55
12.| "Sunny Gone"| Boz Scaggs| Initial release| 4:32

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition Disc 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original artist| Length

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1.| "Cadillac Walk" (Demo)| Moon Martin| Moon Martin|
2.| "I ain't Got You" (Demo)| Calvin Carter| Billy Boy Arnold|
3.| "Dry Spell" (Demo)| Jack Walroth| Initial release|
4.| "Educated Fool" (Demo)| Jack Walroth| Initial release|
5.| "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" (Demo)| Willy DeVille| Mink DeVille|
6.| "It Takes a Lot to Laugh" (Demo)| Bob Dylan| Bob Dylan|

## Personnel[edit]

* Boz Scaggs – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar (1-8, 10, 12), electric guitar (1-8, 10, 12), guitars (11)
* Jim Cox – Rhodes electric piano (1, 5), acoustic piano (3, 5-7, 12), Wurlitzer electric piano (6), organ (12)
* Charles Hodges – organ (2, 5, 6, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (4)
* Lester Snell – Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 9), string arrangements (2, 6), horn arrangements (6)
* Spooner Oldham – Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 5, 8, 10), acoustic piano (4), organ (4)
* Ray Parker Jr. – acoustic guitar (1-8, 10, 12), electric guitar (1-8, 10, 12)
* Eddie Willis – guitars (9)
* Keb' Mo' – slide dobro (10)
* Rick Vito – guitars (11)
* Willie Weeks – bass guitar (1-10, 12, upright bass (2, 4, 6)
* David Hungate – bass guitar (11)
* Steve Jordan – drums (1-10, 12), percussion (1-10, 12), horn arrangements (2), string arrangements (4), backing vocals
* Shannon Forrest – drums (11)
* Jack Ashford – vibraphone (5)

* Jim Horn – baritone saxophone (2, 6)
* Lannie McMillan – tenor saxophone (2, 6)
* Jack Hale – trombone (2, 6)
* Ben Cauley – trumpet (2, 6)
* Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica (10, 11)
* Willie Mitchell – string arrangements (2)
* Jonathan Kirkscey – cello (2, 4, 6)
* Mark Wallace – cello (2, 4, 6)
* Beth Luscome – viola (2, 4, 6)
* Jennifer Puckett – viola (2, 4, 6)
* Barrie Cooper – violin (2, 4, 6)
* Jessie Munson – violin (2, 4, 6)
* Wen-Yih Yu – violin (2, 4, 6)
* Monét Owens – backing vocals, lead vocals (9)
* Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals

### Production[edit]

* Steve Jordan – producer, engineer, mixing
* Niko Bolas – engineer, mixing
* Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell – additional recording
* Michael Rodriguez – additional recording
* Chris Taberez – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer
* Artie Smith – technician
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Steve Fallone – additional mastering
* David Alan Kogut – art direction
* Deborah Feingold – photography
* Matt McGinley – photography assistant
* Joel Hoffner – management
* Ken Levitan – management
* Jack Rovner – management

Studios

* Recorded at Royal Recording Studios (Memphis, Tennessee) and The Barn (Napa Valley, California).
* Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).

## References[edit]

1. ^ Baltin, Steve (January 14, 2013). "Boz Scaggs to Release First New Album in Five Years in March". Rolling Stone. New York City: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
2. ^ "Boz Scaggs' "MEMPHIS" Debuts In Billboard Top 20!". PR Newswire.
3. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.
4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Memphis review allmusic.com. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
5. ^ "Memphis [B&N Exclusive] by Boz Scaggs". Barnes & Noble. March 5, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

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Boz Scaggs

Studio albums|

* Boz (1965)
* Boz Scaggs (1969)
* Moments (1971)
* Boz Scaggs & Band (1971)
* My Time (1972)
* Slow Dancer (1974)
* Silk Degrees (1976)
* Down Two Then Left (1977)
* Middle Man (1980)
* Other Roads (1988)
* Some Change (1994)
* Fade into Light (1996)
* Come On Home (1997)
* Dig (2001)
* But Beautiful (2003)
* Memphis (2013)
* A Fool to Care (2015)
* Out of the Blues (2018)

Live albums|

* Greatest Hits Live (2004)

Compilations|

* Hits! (1980)
* My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1997)
* The Essential Boz Scaggs (2013)

Singles|

* "Lowdown"
* "Lido Shuffle"
* "Breakdown Dead Ahead"
* "Jojo"
* "Look What You've Done to Me"
* "Miss Sun"

See also|

* Steve Miller Band
* The Dukes of September

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