Greatest Hits Live [DVD]

Boz Scaggs

Overview

"Recorded during a performance at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Boz Scaggs: Greatest Hits Live features the singer and guitarist performing 16 songs including ""Georgia,""""Lowdown,"" ""Slow Dancer,"" ""Breakdown Dead Ahead,"" and ""Lido Shuffle."""

Product Details

Release Date:	08/03/2004
UPC:	0601143107191
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	NR
Source:	Zoe Records
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00
Sales rank:	24,506

Special Features

Photo gallery; Behind-the-scenes documentary; Special bonus track

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Boz Scaggs	Primary Artist
Boz Scaggs	Performer
Richard Armstrong	Trumpet
Barbara Wilson	Vocals (Background)
Drew Zingg	Guitar
John Ferraro	Drums
Michael Bluestein	Keyboards
Charles McNeal	Saxophone
Eric Crystal	Saxophone
John Shifflett	Bass
Jim Cox	Keyboards
Matt Bissonette	Bass
Paul Nagel	Piano
Lawrence Jordan	Director
Jason Lewis	Drums

Technical Credits

George Daly	Composer
Boz Scaggs	Composer
Earl King	Composer
David Paich	Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Deadric Malone	Composer
Dennis Matkosky	Composer
Jesse Anderson	Composer
Fenton Robinson	Composer
David Lasley	Composer
Jason Scheff	Composer
David Foster	Composer
Jeffrey Ocheltree	Drum Technician
Susan Applegate	Post Producer
Phillip Andelman	Photography
Bill Lanham	Keyboard Technician
Guy Harding	Editing
Mike Middlebrook	Composer
Henry Boozier	Composer
Bruce Balestier	Assistant Engineer
Chris Lovett	Editing
Stephen Jarvis	Associate Engineer
Carol Bobolts	Package Design
Tom Sterling	Mixing,Live Sound Engineer
J. Michael Rodriguez	Engineer,Audio Post-Production
Robert McClaugherty	Executive Producer
Tom Bohannan	Lighting Director
Tilton Gardner	Executive Producer
Shelly Singhal	Executive Producer
Mark Scaggs	Guitar Technician
Bernie Grundman	Mastering
Bobby Caldwell	Composer

Editorial Reviews

Recorded at a 2004 stint at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, Boz Scaggs leads a talented nine-piece unit through the rather eclectic highlights of his three-decade career. Recorded specifically for DVD (the accompanying CD -- available separately -- seems like an afterthought), the band looks and sounds tight with Scaggs in typically fine form. Although not the most exciting performer, he holds center stage well as his sharp backing group sticks with him through sumptuous but lovely ballads and the rootsier R&B that also informs Scaggs' sound. In fact, the last half-hour of the show is dominated by 11 minutes of the horn jump blues of "Runnin' Blue" and a quarter-hour workout on "Loan Me a Dime." It makes for a seamless, slick but consistently enjoyable show, nicely modulated between ballads such as "Harbor Lights" (which is also here in a stripped-down jazz quintet version -- recorded at a different show with different musicians -- as the disc's only extra track) and the funkier soft rock of "Jojo" and of course "Lowdown." The latter song -- arguably his most recognizable tune -- oddly kicks off the performance instead of closing it. "I Just Go" from the underheard 2001 Dig album is included but certainly a few fan favorites are missing, replaced by a cover of Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Ask Me 'Bout Nothing but the Blues," not exactly one of Scaggs' biggest smashes. Yet everything here is delivered with enthusiasm and a genuine joy of playing, as opposed to merely slogging through the hits one more time for posterity. The seven-camera, high definition shoot captures all the action in an appropriately professional matter, with all the soloists and backing signers getting equal screen time. The 5.1 surround mix is beautifully rendered too, creating a live but intimate feel. It adds up to this DVD being a terrific and sophisticated career capsule from a pop/soul/blues performer always defined by his class and style. ~ Hal Horowitz