Slow Dancer Explained

Slow Dancer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Boz Scaggs
Cover:	Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer Coverart.png
Caption:	1977 re-release cover
Released:	March 1974
Studio:	Devonshire Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre:	Soul^[1] Philadelphia soul^[2]
Length:	36:35
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Johnny Bristol
Prev Title:	My Time
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Silk Degrees
Next Year:	1976

Slow Dancer is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs, originally released by Columbia in 1974. It was produced by former Motowner Johnny Bristol of "Hang On In There Baby" fame.

The album was initially released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking alone on the beach,^[3] with the back of the album framing a head and shoulders shot of Scaggs lying on the beach. The photographs were taken by Annie Leibovitz. After the breakout success of 1976's Silk Degrees, Slow Dancer was re-released with a new cover showing Scaggs and a woman in fine clothing, Scaggs bending to kiss her bosom. This photo was taken by Ethan Russell.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs, except where indicated

Side One

1. "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)" - 3:31
2. "Slow Dancer" (George Daly, Scaggs) - 3:13
3. "Angel Lady (Come Just In Time)" (Johnny Bristol, Jim McDonough, Scaggs) - 3:28
4. "There Is Someone Else" - 4:32
5. "Hercules" (Allen Toussaint) - 4:03

Side Two

1. "Pain of Love" (Johnny Bristol) -3:11
2. "Sail on White Moon" (Johnny Bristol) - 3:13
3. "Let It Happen" (Johnny Bristol, Scaggs) - 3:18
4. "I Got Your Number" (Johnny Bristol, Gregory Reeves) - 3:43
5. "Take It for Granted" - 4:19

Charts

Chart (1974–77)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	81
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	62

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
• David Cohen, David T. Walker, Dennis Coffey, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon, Wah Wah Watson, Red Rhodes – guitars
• Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample, Mike Melvoin, Russell Turner - keyboards
• James Jamerson, Jim Hughart – bass
• Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John Kelson – saxophone
• George Bohanon, Lon Norman – trombone
• Chuck Findley, Jack H. Laubach, Paul Hubinon, Warren Roché – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Gene Estes, John Arnold – percussion, vibraphone
• Ed Greene, James Gadson – drums
• Joe Clayton, King Errison – congas
• Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman Waters, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson - background vocals
• H.B. Barnum – string arrangements, conductor

Technical

• Producer – Johnny Bristol
• Engineer – Greg Venable
• Remix – Al Schmitt
• Photography – Ethan Russell
• Artwork by Tony Lane

External links

• Slow Dancer Lyrics
• Web site: Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer (CD, Album) at Discogs. .

Notes and References

1. Book: Puterbaugh, Parke. Boz Scaggspp. . 2004 . . 4th . Brackett . Nathan . Hoard . Christian . 0-7432-0169-8 . 719-720.
2. Book: Puterbaugh, Parke. Boz Scaggspp. . 2004 . . 4th . Brackett . Nathan . Hoard . Christian . 0-7432-0169-8 . 719-720.
3. Web site: 1974 Boz Scaggs – Slow Dancer . Sessiondays . 29 November 2021.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 266.