His next stops were as a guitarist for Boz Scaggs and The Steve Miller Band. Dudek was invited to play with Journey, but he had received an offer to record for Columbia Records as a solo artist. He recorded four solo albums for Columbia Records, "Les Dudek", "Say No More", "Ghost Town Parade" and "Gypsy Ride". He had two minor hits with "City Magic" and "Old Judge Jones" which were played frequently on local radio stations in the Los Angeles, California area, where he lived at the time, having moved to West Hollywood in the mid-1970s.