After learning guitar at the age of 12, Scaggs met Steve Miller at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin together, playing in blues bands like The Ardells and The Fabulous Knight Trains. Leaving school, Scaggs briefly left Texas to join the burgeoning rhythm and blues scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth, he recorded his first solo album Boz in 1965, which was not a commercial success. He traveled to Sweden as a solo performer and did a brief stint with the band The Other Side with fellow American Jack Downing and Brit Mac MacLeod.
Returning to the US, Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music center of San Francisco in 1967. Linking up with Steve Miller again, he appeared on the Steve Miller Band's first two albums Children of the Future and Sailor, which won over critical reviews. After being spotted by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records in 1968. Despite good reviews, his first Atlantic album was met with lukewarm sales, as were followup albums on Columbia Records. In 1976, he linked up with session musicians who would later form Toto and recorded his smash album Silk Degrees. The album reached number 2 on the US charts and number 1 in a number of countries across the world, spawning three hit singles: "Lowdown", "Lido Shuffle", and "What Can I Say", as well as the MOR standard "We're All Alone", later a hit for Rita Coolidge. A sellout world tour followed, but his follow-up album, the 1977 Down Two Then Left, lacked the cohesion of Silk Degrees.
Scaggs' 1980 album Middle Man would spawn two top 20 hits, "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "Jojo," and Scaggs would enjoy two more hits over 1980 and 1981 ("Look What You've Done to Me" from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack, and "Miss Sun" from a greatest hits set).
Scaggs continued to record and tour sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, although he semi-retired from the music business and turned owner of the San Francisco nightclub Slim's. His lengthy hiatus from the music industry slowed his chart career down dramatically.
Scaggs recorded Other Roads in 1988, took another hiatus, and then came back in 1994 with Some Change. In the late 190s he released Come On Home, an album of blues, and My Time, an anthology. He garnered good reviews with Dig, although the CD, which was released on September 11, 2001, was lost in the post-911 melée. In May, 2003, Scaggs released But Beautiful, a collection of jazz standards that debuted at number 1 on the jazz charts.
In 2013 he released the album Memphis
Found Love
Boz Scaggs Lyrics
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One worth me waiting for
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I'm gonna sign her to a contract
And won't find one with flaws
It's hard to believe
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
You can't trust nobody
Girl you know it's a sin
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
You can't trust nobody
Girl you know it's a sin
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I'm gonna sign her to a contract
And won't find one with flaws
In Boz Scaggs' song "Found Love", the artist is expressing his joy in finally finding true love. He declares his newfound love to be worth the wait and even goes so far as to say he will sign her to a contract, implying his commitment and dedication to making the relationship work. The repetition of the chorus emphasizes the deep sense of contentment he feels in finding a love without flaws.
However, in the midst of this celebration, Scaggs also makes a commentary on the state of the world. He expresses disbelief at the current condition of the world and asserts that it's difficult to trust anyone. Despite the joy of finding true love, he recognizes that trust and loyalty are valuable commodities in today's world.
Overall, the song is a testament to the power of love, even in the face of cynicism and distrust.
Line by Line Meaning
I found true love
I finally found someone who I truly love and care for
One worth me waiting for
This love was worth waiting for, it took my patience and persistence to achieve this kind of love
I'm gonna sign her to a contract
I'm so sure of my love and her worth, I'm willing to commit and make a promise to spend the rest of my life with her
And won't find one with flaws
I know that no one is perfect, but I'm confident that the woman I found is the best for me despite her imperfections
It's hard to believe
The world we live in has so many negative things that it's hard to accept reality sometimes
The condition the world is in
The world is in a sorry state with things like betrayal, mistrust, hypocrisy, crime, and hatred
You can't trust nobody
People are not trustworthy, they disappoint and fail at times causing hurt and pain
Girl you know it's a sin
It's wrong to betray or hurt others, not being honest in a relationship is a sin
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Written by: JIMMY REED
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