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Boz Scaggs

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Boz Scaggs is a House act. Their sound grew out of Gil Evans, David Paich, Timothy B. Schmit, Bobby Caldwell and Bill Champlin. Those roots explain a lot about how Boz Scaggs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pablo Cruise, Robbie Dupree, Little River Band, Orleans and Atlanta Rhythm Section, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Toto, Steve Miller, David Paich, John Travolta and Ray Parker Jr., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Boz Scaggs, reaching back through Gil Evans and forward to Toto. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Boz ScaggsGil EvansDavid PaichTimothy B. SchmitBobby CaldwellBill ChamplinFenton RobinsonMarilyn MartinWomack & WomackTotoSteve MillerDavid PaichJohn TravoltaRay Parker Jr.Don HenleyDonald FagenGeorge HarrisonPablo CruiseRobbie DupreeLittle River BandOrleansAtlanta Rhythm SectionPaul DavisFirefallGino Vannelli

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Boz Scaggs connections

Boz Scaggs grew out of Gil Evans, David Paich, Timothy B. Schmit and Bobby Caldwell, shares an orbit with Pablo Cruise, Robbie Dupree, Little River Band and Orleans, went on to shape Toto, Steve Miller, David Paich and John Travolta. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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