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Production. The album was recorded at Davlen Sound Studios and Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles. Among the accompanying musicians, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate became members of Toto, while Fred Tackett became a member of Little Feat. The album marked Scaggs's commercial zenith, a mix of pop rock ("Jump Street" and "Lido ...
Apr 14, 2014 · in Live, News. Boz Scaggs’ 5 million seller ‘Silk Degrees’ was the first time members of Toto got together. Boz selected L.A. session musicians David Hungate, Jeff Porcaro and David Paich...
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Nancy Donald. Design. Ron Coro. Design. Jeff Porcaro. Drums. Show more credits... Notes. Silk Degrees, released on Columbia Records in 1976, is Boz Scaggs' seventh album. A massive success, peaking at #2 & spending 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs's best-selling album. Versions
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Boz Scaggs – Silk Degrees (1976); Down Two Then Left (1977); Middle Man (1980); "Look What You've Done to Me" (1980, featured in the movie Urban Cowboy); "Miss Sun" (1980, released as a single, then included on the compilation Hits!); Other Roads (1988) John Sebastian – Welcome Back (1976) Carly Simon – "Nobody Does It Better" (1977)
He launched his own band Toto the following year, with bassist David Hungate and drummer Jeff Porcaro from the Silk Degrees sessions joining up. They brought musical ESP to every track.
Joe and Boz then secured a rhythm section of young West Coast session musicians, including drummer Jeff Porcaro, bassist David Hungate and keyboardist David Paich. The guys would later become...
Then the whole world moved to his beats on the hugely popular Silk Degrees album by Boz Scaggs, who was backed on tour by the core of what became Toto. Jeff was soon drumming in studios around the clock with a who’s who list of contemporary talent. The recording world became his oyster.
