BOZ SCAGGS



Touring in support of his latest release, the sultry standards album “Speak Low,” Grammy-award winner and platinum-selling artist Boz Scaggs returns to Newport to captivate audiences with his sly, almost subliminal brand of delicately soulful blues. Guided by one of the most distinctive voices in popular music, Scaggs’ palette is a feast of carefully-wrought moods and understated textures - breezy torch songs of striking intimacy that savor each little ripple, moving gingerly to not break the spell.

 

Boz rocking the crowd at Sunset in 2008!

 


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OPENING ACT:

 

DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN

 

David Jacobs-Strain is a slide guitarist and modern roots singer-songwriter whose musical journey begins in the wellspring of Delta blues but ranges far afield from there. In his mid-twenties, he already channels age-old wisdom and heartache with such dexterity, energy, and passion that you feel good, even about feeling bad. He tours nationally and has numerous festival credits, which include the Strawberry Music Festival, MerleFest, the Lugano Blues to Bop Festival in Switzerland, the Newport Folk Festival, and the Montreal Jazz Festival. He's also served as faculty at guitar workshops, most notably at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch. In 2008, Boz Scaggs chose him to open for his summer tour.


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COURTYARD ACT: John Fuzek

 

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. the day of the event.  The main stage act begins at 7 p.m.