I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

A sellout world tour followed but his follow-up album in 1977 Down Two Then Left did not sell as well as Silk Degrees had. Leaving school Scaggs briefly joined the burgeoning rhythm and blues scene in London. After Other Roads Scaggs took another hiatus and then came back with Some Change in 1994.

He gained fame in the 1960s as a guitarist and sometimes lead singer with the Steve Miller Band and in the 1970s with several solo Top 20 hit singles in the United States along with the #2 album Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write record music and tour.