Lowdown [1976]

I remember when I first heard this song on the radio way back in high school (early 90's) while I worked at my summer job at the car wash (!) At first listen I thought it was a black singer until I saw the album cover with this white dude sitting on a park bench. (Same deal when I first heard Bobby Caldwell sitting on a park bench on his album cover -- see December 15, 2010 post).

Anyway, here Boz Scaggs shows off his blue-eyed soulness with the killer "Lowdown" back in '76, when his mega-successful 'Silk Degrees' LP dropped on the Columbia label. The whole album has some good moments with "What Can I Say", "Love Me Tomorrow" and "It's Over", but it's "Lowdown" that does it for me. And what a way to start the b-side!

Check out Boz's dope slow jam "Jojo" not to be missed.


Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown"