The son of a salesman, William Scaggs mostly grew up in Oklahoma and Texas.
Given the nickname of Boz, he started playing guitar at the age of 12 and after
meeting Steve Miller in 1959 became vocalist with Miller's band The Marksmen. At
university he continued to play with Miller in a series of blues bands before
moving to London where he became heavily involved in the burgeoning UK R&B
scene. He released his debut solo album 'Boz' in 1965, but it was unsuccessful
and Scaggs returned to the US, involving himself in the exploding San Francisco
psychedelic scene, once more linking ...