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
Miss Sun
Boz Scaggs Lyrics
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Guess you got me in your spell
But I think that I'll be alright
Even if I don't get well...
Hey, Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
I can still remember
What you told me with your eyes
One kiss
Now it's down to this
Guess it's time you realize
Hey, Miss Sun, what could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms
Has you back in my arms...
Hey, Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back in my arms,
In my arms... ooh... ooh... ah... ah... ah
Yeah... yeah, yeah ,yeah
Hey , Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in my way
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms...
One kiss is what I need...
One kiss... give it to me...
It won't be long until the morning has you...
Won't be long until the morning has you back in my arms...
One kiss... I realize
One kiss... I can see it in your eyes
Oh, it won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms...
"Miss Sun" is a song by Boz Scaggs with lyrics that captivate listeners. The song is written about a past lover, who still lingers in the singer's thoughts. He admits that he is still under her spell, though the possibility of getting back together seems unpredictable. The singer is struggling with himself to come to terms with the fact that things did not work out, but he keeps his hopes up that he will be okay, in case an unexpected happenstance occurs.
Further, in the second stanza, the singer remembers the moments they once shared. He acknowledges that with one kiss, it all boiled down to this; the thought of a future together was now a far-fetched dream. The singer ultimately realizes that all he has is fond memories and that the sole thing he wants at the moment is a kiss from Miss Sun. He knows that he will have to let her go again in the morning, but until then, he hopes to spend the night wrapped up in her embrace.
In conclusion, the song "Miss Sun" is about unrequited love, the battle to reconcile oneself with the past and the hope of the future. The song's lyrics provoke a sense of nostalgia that is sure to sit with listeners while they reflect on their own experiences.
Line by Line Meaning
Been thinking 'bout you all night
I've been consumed with thoughts of you throughout the entire night.
Guess you got me in your spell
You have a powerful hold over me.
But I think that I'll be alright
Despite your hold over me, I believe I'll be fine.
Even if I don't get well...
Even if I don't become well, I will be okay.
Hey, Miss Sun, What could I say
Addressing the person who possesses such an attractive and captivating personality.
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
I wanted to be near you but unfortunately the moon came between us.
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms...
I will have the opportunity to hold you again soon.
I can still remember, What you told me with your eyes
I recollect what you conveyed to me with your eyes.
One kiss, Now it's down to this
Our relationship depends on a single kiss.
Guess it's time you realize
You have to face the truth.
Won't be long until the morning has you back in my arms...
You will soon be safe within my embrace again.
One kiss is what I need...
All that I require is one kiss.
One kiss... give it to me...
Please give me the one kiss that I desire.
One kiss... I realize
After receiving one kiss, I understand.
One kiss... I can see it in your eyes
Through your eyes, I am able to see the intimacy that one kiss can bring.
Oh, it won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms...
Soon enough, I will be able to hold you again in the morning.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAVID PAICH
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@HelenTudor-Douglas
19 yr. old me, leaving my 31 yr. old boyfriends house in the morning, so I could go to work in 1980 & this song blaring on my Camaro's Jenson speakers. Now, my old boyfriend is 71, I'm nearly 60 & today I come across this Magical video. BAM, it's like it's 1980 again & I'm back in my Camaro with my 8-track tape deck, thinking all is so right with that 1980 world.
@m.f.828
What a great memory, are you still together?
@HelenTudor-Douglas
@@m.f.828 No, but we've kept in touch now & then. I last saw him at his 70th Birthday Party in Dunedin, Florida. I was the only friend from his long ago past that showed up to his party. We've known each other over 40 yrs. My memory of this song is from when we lived in Tampa & went to the University of South Florida. What state do you live in M. F.?
@m.f.828
@@HelenTudor-Douglas I currently live in N.M, but when this song came out I was entering my teen years in Littleton Co, and had my first boyfriend
@m.f.828
@@HelenTudor-Douglas I envy you, I wish I had kept in touch with my boyfriend, I think about him all the time ❤️🔥
@hoytjones9126
Cool. When I was 19, my GF was a 31 yr old school teacher. Good times
@kimkelly657
Why don't they make music like this anymore? This is a CLASSIC.
@jimmythebold589
people make music like this still. it's just not on the radio. if you searched youtube or spotify you'd find it, but perhaps you're just lazy? these are new times, we don't rely on corporate radio for our music diets, why do you?
@moemcgovern7345
Fun to sing a long.
@moemcgovern7345
@Jimmy TheBold We used to have this Great music on the car radio; when we drove. Now we have to purchase Sirius.