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Scaggs To Help Sandpoint Vet Cause

Boz Scaggs never had much to do with the military, even though he was born just two days after D-Day, on June 8, 1944. Around the time American forces got interested in the situation in Vietnam, Scaggs had left the states for Europe and his burgeoning music career. He didn’t return until the height of the flower power season, when he hooked up with a former high school classmate, Steve Miller, and recorded a few albums. Then, in 1976, he recorded "Silk Degrees" which hit number 2 on the American charts and introduced the public to "Lido Shuffle," "Lowdown," and "What Can I Say." But for a short time (just this month) Boz Scaggs and America’s war efforts will be linked in at least one wayby helping the latter, you can win tickets to see the former when Scaggs appears at this year’s Festival at Sandpoint on Saturday, Aug. 8/Trish Gannon, River Journal. More here.

DFO: Trish tells me that Sandpoint At Festival management is working with the Scaggs' team to land back-stage visitor packages for the winner of a Disabled American Veterans fund-raiser drawing. You can read all about it by following the link above.

Question: How often do you attend Festival At Sandpoint events?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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