Dig (Boz Scaggs album)

Scaggs began working on the album in early 2000 by recording and mailing music to David Paich.^[6] Dig was produced by Scaggs, Paich, and Danny Kortchmar.^[7] Scaggs employed sound effects and samples on some of its songs.^[8] Scaggs was backed by several members of the band Toto.^[9] Roy Hargrove played trumpet on some of the tracks.^[10] "Vanishing Point" is about two vagrants making their way to Las Vegas.^[11] Scaggs raps on "Get on the Natch".^[12]

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Orlando Sentinel	[14]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[15]

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The Guardian wrote that "Dig sounds convincingly 21st century, but at heart it's the latest chapter in Scaggs's long-standing enthusiasm for rhythm and blues."^[6] The Independent determined that "Scaggs is the American equivalent of Robert Palmer, an elegant R&B stylist with consummate blues and soul chops, whose career has been occasionally wrong-footed by the vagaries of musical fashion, despite the abiding excellence of his recordings."^[7] The Mail on Sunday deemed the album "slow, understated and soulful; a record for Sunday nights and long, solitary drives."^[16]

The Observer concluded that "Scaggs is still the blue-eyed soul voice against which others should be measured."^[17] The Morning Call opined that "Scaggs's lame, late-'60s urban hipster attitude is the final shovel on Dig's grave, but it provides unintended laughs on tracks such as the lifestyle lesson 'Get on the Natch'."^[18] The Orlando Sentinel noted that, "although his voice remains as warm and intoxicating as a shot of whiskey, Scaggs rarely lifts these songs above the level of pleasant, generic diversions."^[14]

All lyrics composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated

1. "Payday" (music: David Paich, Boz Scaggs) – 4:43
2. "Sarah" (music: Danny Kortchmar, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 4:45
3. "Miss Riddle" (music: Paich, Michael Rodriguez, Scaggs) – 6:27
4. "I Just Go" (Scaggs) – 4:50
5. "Get on the Natch" (music: Angelo Bond, General Johnson, Kortchmar, Greg Perry) – 4:50
6. "Desire" (music: Paich, Greg Phillinganes, Scaggs) – 5:32
7. "Call That Love" (music: Steve Jordan, Kortchmar, Paich, Scaggs; lyrics: Scaggs, Jack "Applejack" Walroth) – 4:18
8. "King of El Paso" (Scaggs, Walroth) – 5:16
9. "You're Not" (music: Kortchmar) – 4:19
10. "Vanishing Point" (lyrics: Scaggs, Dominique Gioia; music: Paich, Scaggs) – 4:48
11. "Thanks to You" (music: Paich, Scaggs) – 6:00

• Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitars (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11), arrangements
• John Jessel – keyboard programming
• David Paich – keyboards (1, 2, 4–11), synthesizers (1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11), backing vocals (9), arrangements
• Michael Rodriguez – synthesizer programming (1, 3, 6), keyboards (3)
• Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (3)
• Danny Kortchmar – guitars (1–3, 5–11), synthesizer programming (2, 5, 9), arrangements
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars (1)
• Steve Lukather – guitar solo (5), pedal steel guitar (11)
• Nathan East – bass guitar (4)
• Steve Jordan – bass guitar (7), drums (7)
• Robin DiMaggio – drums (1), percussion (4, 11)
• Joe Bonadio – percussion (2, 6)
• Roy Hargrove Jr. – horns (1, 3, 7, 11)
• Martin Tillman – cello (10)
• Monet – backing vocals (2, 6–9)

Production

• Danny Kortchmar – producer, pre-production recording
• David Paich – producer
• Peter Dennenberg – engineer
• Steve MacMillan – engineer, post-production recording, Pro Tools management
• Jess Sutcliffe – engineer
• Bob Levy – additional recording
• Michael Rodriguez – additional tracking, pre-production recording
• Pablo Munguia – Pro Tools engineer
• Elliot Scheiner – mixing at Presence Studios (Weston, Connecticut)
• Joe Peccerillo – mix assistant
• Adam Ayan – digital editing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Mary Hogan – production coordinator
• Mary Fagot – art direction
• Carol Bobolts – design
• Ken Schels – photography