{"id":81021,"date":"2018-08-21T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=81021"},"modified":"2018-08-21T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:23:32","slug":"boz-scaggs-out-of-the-blues-tour-to-play-bpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2018\/08\/boz-scaggs-out-of-the-blues-tour-to-play-bpac\/","title":{"rendered":"Boz Scaggs \u2013 \u2018Out Of The Blues\u2019 tour to Play BPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food Trucks and Live Music in Sculpture Garden Pre-Show<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Boz Scaggs will perform live in concert Tuesday, August 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State University. The concert is locally sponsored by Bolivar Medical Center. Tickets start at $40.00 and are on sale at the BPAC Ticket Office, by phone 662-846-4626, or online www.bolognapac.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s appropriate that\u00a0Boz Scaggs<\/strong>‘ new album is Out of the Blues<\/em><\/strong>, since the blues is what first sparked his five-decade musical career. Born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, Ohio on June 8, 1944, he grew up in Oklahoma and Texas, where he spent his teenage years immersed in the blues, R&B and early rock ‘n’ roll.<\/p>\n

Scaggs continued to mine a personalized mix of rock, blues and R&B influences, along with a signature style of ballads on such influential ’70s albums as\u00a0Moments<\/em>,\u00a0Boz Scaggs & Band<\/em>,\u00a0My Time<\/em>,\u00a0Slow Dancer<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a01976\u2019s Silk Degrees<\/em>. The latter release became a massive commercial breakthrough, reaching Number Two and remaining on the album charts for 115 weeks. It spawned three Top 40 hit singles: “It’s Over,” “Lido Shuffle” and the Grammy-winning “Lowdown.”\u00a0 Subsequently, “We’re All Alone\u201d from that same album, would become a #1 single for Rita Coolidge.\u00a0 Silk Degrees<\/em>\u00a0was followed by the albums\u00a0Down Two Then Left<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Middle Man<\/em>, and such hit singles as “Breakdown Dead Ahead,” “Jo Jo” and “Look What You’ve Done to Me.”<\/p>\n

“Music has been a constant companion and I’m feeling more free with it than ever,” Scaggs comments. “I feel like I’ve found my voice through all these years, and I’ve gotten closer to where I want to be with my approach.”<\/p>\n

Prior to the Boz Scaggs concert, weather permitting, there will be a picnic-style dinner in the Sanders Sculpture Garden located in front of the BPAC. Live music will be provided by Gramm Phillips. Also, Moonlight Smokers and Delta Meat Market will have their food trucks on-site for dinner purchases. Dinner in the garden will last from 5:30-7:15pm, and the concert begins in the BPAC at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n

Tickets to see Boz Scaggs are now on sale at\u00a0www.bolognapac.com<\/a> or at the BPAC Ticket Office at 662.846.4626.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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