Come On Home

Released in 1997, Come On Home represents a significant pivot for Boz Scaggs, moving away from the 'Silk Degrees' era of polished soft-rock and back toward the electric blues and R&B of his youth. Recorded with a focus on live-in-studio feel, the album features a mix of carefully selected covers and original material that pays homage to the T-Bone Walker and Bobby 'Blue' Bland school of soul-blues. The production, handled by Scaggs himself, emphasizes organic textures - real brass sections, upright and electric piano, and a drum sound that breathes. Critically, the album was hailed as a 'return to form' that showcased Scaggs' often-underrated guitar work and his impeccable taste as a curator of the Great American R&B Songbook. It stands as a bridge between his early career as a blues-rocker in San Francisco and his later-life transition into a sophisticated jazz and soul interpreter, marking the beginning of a creative renaissance that would continue through the 2000s.