Boz Scaggs, Georgia | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 29^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Georgia” written and performed by Grammy-winning musician, Boz Scaggs. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 29^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Georgia”, performed by Boz Scaggs. 

“Georgia, I swear I’ve never seen such a smile / Gorgeous enough to make an angel’s heart run wild.” Clearly, Georgia is special! Boz Scaggs continues singing on “Georgia”, “Your lazy eyes and small town lies / Have got me in your spell.” “Georgia” appears as the second track on Silk Degrees, the 1976 album by the Grammy-winning, genre-bending, versatile musician.  Scaggs penned the record, while Joe Wissert produced it. The backdrop is picturesque to say the least, with the locked-in rhythm section (keys, guitar, bass, drums), as well as the orchestration (horns and strings).  What I’m saying is, the instrumental is glorious in its own right.

Of course, Boz Scaggs ups the ante with his impeccable songwriting and his vocals.  The writing, which is poetic, tells a captivating tale of love.  Well, at least the protagonist still believes there is love, though the circumstance don’t appear to be optimal! “Georgia / We will be together dear / If they ever let me out of here,” Scaggs asserts, continuing, “They will say that it’s not true / But I did it all for you / Georgia / Won’t you tell them for me dear.” Here, the question is, exactly what did the protagonist do? Again, the lyrics never fail to compel, as later, Scaggs adds, “I never lived through a night like that / Sure enough / got your loving where I like it at / Moonlight through the pines /… But how were we to know / That wasn’t moonlight / They were searchlights / Oh no.” Hmm… thought provoking! The final piece of the sheer excellence of “Georgia” are those potent, soulful lead vocals! Scaggs nails it on this fabulous soft rock, blue-eyed soul gem.

🎙 Boz Scaggs • 💿 Silk Degrees • 🏷 Columbia • 📅 1976

Boz Scaggs, Georgia: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 29 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Columbia; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via  Pixabay]