Boz Scaggs Best of Greatest Hits Live

1 Georgia
2 Lido Shuffle 4:24
3 We're All Alone 8:48
4 Look What You've Done To Me 13:05

Greatest Hits Live [DVD] Review by Hal Horowitz
Recorded at a 2004 stint at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, Boz Scaggs leads a talented nine-piece unit through the rather eclectic highlights of his three-decade career. Recorded specifically for DVD, the band looks and sounds tight with Scaggs in typically fine form. Although not the most exciting performer, he holds center stage well as his sharp backing group sticks with him through sumptuous but lovely ballads and the rootsier R&B that also informs Scaggs' sound.

Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live makes for a seamless, slick but consistently enjoyable show. Everything here is delivered with enthusiasm and a genuine joy of playing, as opposed to merely slogging through the hits one more time for posterity. The seven-camera, high-definition shoot captures all the action in an appropriately professional matter, with all the soloists and backing signers getting equal screen time. The 5.1 surround mix is beautifully rendered too, creating a live but intimate feel. It adds up to this DVD being a terrific and sophisticated career capsule from a pop/soul/blues performer always defined by his class and style.