Down Two Then Left
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Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs
, released in 1977. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.
Boz Scaggs
William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...
, released in 1977. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated- "Still Falling for You" – 3:52
- "Hard Times" – 4:26
- "A Clue" – 3:53
- "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" (Scaggs, Jai Winding) – 3:50
- "We're Waiting" (Michael OmartianMichael OmartianMichael Omartian is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in over 350,000,000 albums and CD’s sold worldwide, as a producer, arranger, artist or musician, during a career that has spanned over 38 years...
, Scaggs) – 6:19 - "Hollywood" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 3:08
- "Then She Walked Away" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:04
- "Gimme the Goods" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:11
- "1993" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:01
- "Tomorrow Never Came/Tomorrow Never Came" (Reprise) – 4:38
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs - guitar, vocals, - background vocals
- Victor FeldmanVictor FeldmanVictor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...
- keyboards, claves, Vibraphone - Steve LukatherSteve LukatherSteve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
- guitar - Jay GraydonJay GraydonJay Graydon is a Los Angeles songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards with twelve Grammy nominations, among them the title "Producer of the Year" and "Best Engineered Recording". Jay Graydon has mastered many...
- bass, guitar - Bobbye HallBobbye HallBobbye Jean Hall Porter is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 22 songs that reached the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100, six of those reaching #1.-Early career:...
- percussion, bongos, conga - David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
- bass - Michael OmartianMichael OmartianMichael Omartian is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in over 350,000,000 albums and CD’s sold worldwide, as a producer, arranger, artist or musician, during a career that has spanned over 38 years...
- accordion, keyboards, marimba, horn arrangements, string arrangements - Ray Parker, Jr.Ray Parker, Jr.Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...
- guitar - Jeff PorcaroJeff PorcaroJeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions...
- drums, timbales - Jai Winding - piano, keyboards
- Scott Edwards - bass
- Terry Evans - background vocals
- Stan Farber - background vocals
- Phyllis Saint James - background vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters - background vocals
- Zedric Turnbough - background vocals
- Bobby KingBobby KingBobby King is an American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer. He formed a singing duo with Terry Evans in the early 1970s. Since 1973, King has sung on most Ry Cooder albums. He was also the lead backing vocalist in Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch tour band of 1992-93...
- background vocals - Eldridge King - background vocals
- John Lehman - background vocals
- Myrna Matthews - background vocals
- Venetta FieldsVenetta FieldsVenetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
- background vocals - Jim Haas - background vocals
- Roy Galloway - background vocals
- Jim GilstrapJim GilstrapJim Gilstrap is an American singer best known for his work as a session musician and his 1975 solo hit single "Swing Your Daddy", as well as singing co-lead to the theme from the TV series Good Times.-Career:...
- background vocals - Carolyn Willis - background vocals
- Dana Hughes - horn
- Chuck FindleyChuck FindleyChuck Findley is an American session musician. Most widely-known as a trumpet player, he also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone...
- flugelhorn, horn - Barbara Korn - horn
- David Duke - horn
- Steve Madaio - horn
- Don MenzaDon MenzaDon Menza is an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, and jazz educator noted for his many contributions to American jazz and big band music. -Early years:...
- horn - Fred Selden - horn
- Ernie WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
- horn, saxophone