Boz Scaggs to release his first album in seven years

Boz Scaggs is back with his first new studio album in seven years.

The musician, best known for such songs as “Lido Shuffle” and “JoJo,” is set to release Detour on Oct. 17, described as “a captivating and deeply personal exploration of the Great American Songbook.” The album has Scaggs offering up his take on classic songs like “The Very Thought Of You” and Allen Toussaint’s “It’s Raining.”

“I had no intention of making a record when I started singing these songs,” Scaggs shares. “It was all very casual at first, just an opportunity to explore a style of music I’ve always liked, to get together with a friend and play for the sheer joy of it.”

Another track on the album is a new take on his own song “I’ll Be Long Gone,” which appeared on his 1969 self-titled debut. It is now available via digital outlets.

“I get a lot of requests for it,” Scaggs says, noting his friend, pianist Seth Asarnow, “put together this beautiful arrangement.” He adds that “it ended up falling in perfectly with everything else we did for this album.”

Detour, the follow-up to 2018’s Out of the Blues, is available for preorder now.

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