Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)
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| Studio album by Boz Scaggs | ||||
| Released | March 5, 2013[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2012 at Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Genre | Blues, Rock, Rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 47:30 (standard edition) | |||
| Label | 429 Records | |||
| Producer | Steve Jordan | |||
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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. 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]
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Critical reception
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| 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
Most of the songs on the album are cover versions of songs previously released by other artists. Where applicable, the original artists who first released those songs are identified in the table below.
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 2 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
| 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
Performers
- Boz Scaggs — vocals, guitars, backing vocals
- Monet Owens — vocals on "Can I Change My Mind," backing vocals
- Ray Parker Jr. — guitars
- Eddie Willis — guitar on "Can I Change My Mind"
- Kevin Moore — slide dobro on "Dry Spell"
- Rick Vito — guitar on "You Got Me Cryin'"
- Willie Weeks — bass, upright bass
- David Hungate — bass on "You Got Me Cryin'"
- Steve Jordan — drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Shannon Forrest — drums on "You Got Me Cryin'"
- Jack Ashford — vibraphone on "Love on a Two Way Street"
- Jim Cox — electric piano on "Gone Baby Gone" and "Love on a Two Way Street," piano on "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl," "Love on a Two Way Street," "Pearl of the Quarter," "Cadillac Walk" and "Sunny Gone," organ on "Sunny Gone"
- Charles Hodges — organ on "Gone Baby Gone," "So Good to be Here," "Love on a Two Way Street," "Pearl of the Quarter" and "Can I Change My Mind," piano on "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- Lester Snell — piano on "So Good to be Here" and "Can I Change My Mind"
- Spooner Oldham — piano on "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl," "Rainy Night in Georgia," "Love on a Two Way Street," "Corrina, Corrina" and "Dry Spell," organ on "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- Jim Horn — baritone saxophone
- Lannie McMillan — tenor saxophone
- Jack Hale — trombone
- Ben Cauley — trumpet
- Jonathan Kirkscey, Mark Wallace — cello
- Beth Luscome, Jennifer Puckett — viola
- Barrie Cooper, Jessie Munson, Wen-Yih Yu — violin
- Claytoven Richardson — backing vocals
- Royal Horns, Royal Strings — backing bands
Production personnel
- Steve Jordan — producer, mixing
- Niko Bolas — mixing
- David Alan Kogut — art direction
- Deborah Feingold — photography
- Matt McGinley — photography assistant
References
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