Down Two Then Left Explained

Down Two Then Left
Type:	studio
Artist:	Boz Scaggs
Cover:	Downtwo.jpg
Released:	November 1977
Studio:	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length:	43:02
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Joe Wissert
Prev Title:	Silk Degrees
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Middle Man
Next Year:	1980

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.^[1] This album is notable for featuring the first studio work done by Steve Lukather.

Track listing

Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	13
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[4]	100
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[5]	15

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
• Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
• Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
• Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
• Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
• David Hungate – bass (1)
• Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
• Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
• Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
• Alan Estes – congas (4)
• Don Menza – saxophones
• Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
• Ernie Watts – saxophones
• Dana Hughes – trombone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Barbara Korn – French horn
• David Duke – French horn
• Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
• Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
• John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
• Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
• Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
• Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
• Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
• Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
• Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Producer – Joe Wissert
• Engineer – Tom Perry
• Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
• Design – Nancy Donald
• Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant)^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

External links

• Down Two Then Left lyrics
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211129193114/https://www.stickitonyourwall.com/product/boz-scaggs-down-two-then-left/ --> Down Two Then Left magazine ad

Notes and References

1. Web site: Down Two Then Left : Awards. Allmusic.com. 2014-07-06.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 978-0-646-11917-5. 266.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 978-0-646-11917-5. 430.
4. Web site: Top 100 Albums of '78 . RPM. 17 July 2013 . Library and Archives Canada. January 25, 2022.
5. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. 25 January 2022.
6. Web site: Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then . The Hollywood Reporter . 15 October 2010.
7. Web site: Egan . Bob . DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia) . PopSpotsNYC . Facebook . 29 November 2021 . en . . . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com.
8. Web site: Turnbull . Martin . Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills . MartinTurnbull.com . 29 November 2021 . November 17, 2012.
9. Web site: Turnbull . Martin . Spotlight on…Romanoff's . MartinTurnbull.com . 29 November 2021.
10. Web site: romanoffs-beverly-hills . johnrieber . 29 November 2021 . en . 3 April 2020.
11. Web site: legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs . johnrieber . 29 November 2021 . en . 3 April 2020.
12. Web site: 1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left . Sessiondays . 29 November 2021.