Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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
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
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

↑ Baltin, Steve (January 14, 2013). "Boz Scaggs to Release First New Album in Five Years in March". Rolling Stone (New York City: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.). Retrieved May 14, 2014.
↑ "Boz Scaggs' "MEMPHIS" Debuts In Billboard Top 20!". PR Newswire.
↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.
1 2 Jurek, Thom. Memphis review allmusic.com. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
↑ "Memphis [B&N Exclusive] by Boz Scaggs". Barnes & Noble. March 5, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

Boz Scaggs

Studio albums	Boz (1965) Boz Scaggs (1969) Moments (1971) Boz Scaggs & Band (1971) My Time (1972) Slow Dancer (1974) Silk Degrees (1976) Down Two Then Left (1977) Middle Man (1980) Other Roads (1988) Some Change (1994) Fade into Light (1996) Come On Home (1997) Dig (2001) But Beautiful (2003) Speak Low (2008) Memphis (2013)

Live albums	The Lost Concert (2001) Greatest Hits Live (2004)

Compilations	Hits! (1980) My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1997)

Singles	"We Were Always Sweethearts" "Near You" "Dinah Flo" "It's Over" "Lowdown" "What Can I Say" "Lido Shuffle" "Hard Times" "Hollywood" "Breakdown Dead Ahead" "Jojo" "Look What You've Done to Me" "Miss Sun" "Heart of Mine"

See also	Steve Miller Band Dukes of September Rhythm Revue

Book:Boz Scaggs

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