Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967-8 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Steve Miller (born 5 October 1943) is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but attended high school in Dallas. While at St. Mark’s School of Texas, he formed his first band, The Marksmen. Miller taught one of his classmates, Royce Boz Scaggs, a few guitar chords so that he could join the band; Scaggs became better known by his nickname, Boz. Miller attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the 1960s, where he formed The Ardells. Scaggs joined the Ardells the next year. Ben Sidran was added to the Ardells as a keyboardist the following year.
In 1968, Miller formed the Steve Miller Band, with Scaggs handling vocals, and released an album, Children of the Future, the first in a series of discs rooted solidly in the psychedelic blues style that dominated the San Francisco music scene at the time. Scaggs would leave the band after a couple of albums with vocal chores taken over by drummer Tim Davis; Miller himself would begin singing occasional lead on 1969′s Brave New World. These albums performed respectably on the album charts but failed to yield a hit.
In the 1970′s Steve had some hits that became classics over the years – Jet Airliner, with some evocative lyrics that brought home the loss of life on the road; and The Joker which includes the famous line about the "pompatus of love", which is of course nonsense, but that didn’t stop a lot of stoned folks from spending years talking amongst themselves.
Steve Miller’s father was a wealthy doctor in Dallas, and friends with famous guitarist and guitar designer Les Paul. Les Paul gave Steve his first guitar lessons.
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Steve Miller Band Albums
Abracadabra
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September 27, 2010 Read More →
Anthology
Steve Miller Band
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July 11, 2006 Read More →
Book Of Dreams
Steve Miller Band
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September 27, 2010 Read More →
Born 2 B Blue
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Born 2B Blue
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November 30, 1997 Read More →
Box Set
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July 11, 2006 Read More →
Box Set (disc 1)
Steve Miller Band
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July 26, 1994 Read More →
Box Set (disc 2)
Steve Miller Band
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July 26, 1994 Read More →
Box Set (disc 3)
Steve Miller Band
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July 26, 1994 Read More →
Brave New World
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August 23, 1994 Read More →
Children Of The Future
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July 11, 2006 Read More →
Circle Of Love
Steve Miller Band
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July 8, 2008 Read More →
Complete Greatest Hits
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Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Miller Band
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September 27, 2010 Read More →
Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
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July 18, 2006 Read More →
Fly Like an Eagle: 30th Anniversary
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Greatest Hits
Steve Miller Band
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November 30, 1997 Read More →
Greatest Hits 1974-1978
Steve Miller Band
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October 17, 1990 Read More →
Greatest Hits 1976 – 1986
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Greatest Hits Live
Steve Miller Band
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January 2, 2011 Read More →