Steve Miller Band 1967/2014 Rock Band

Steve Miller Band

La Steve Miller Band è un gruppo musicale rock statunitense costituito nel 1967 a San Francisco, California. Il gruppo è diretto da Steve Miller che si esibisce alla chitarra e nella veste di voce solista, noto per una serie di singoli, soprattutto di metà degli anni 1970, che rappresentano pietre miliari del rock classico radiofonico.

Storia

Nel 1965 dopo essersi trasferito a Chicago per suonare il blues, Steve Miller e il tastierista Barry Goldberg fondarono la Blues Band Goldberg-Miller insieme al bassista Shawn Yoder, al chitarrista ritmico Craymore Stevens, e il batterista Lance Haas. Il gruppo venne messo sotto contratto dall'etichetta discografica Epic Records dopo aver suonato in molti club di Chicago ed essere apparsi nella serie televisiva Hullabaloo assieme ai Four Tops and the Supremes.
Miller lasciò il gruppo per andare a San Francisco, dove era fiorente la scena psichedelica. Lì costituì, nel 1967, la Steve Miller Blues Band. Harvey Kornspan, socio manager del gruppo, negoziò e sottoscrisse un grande contratto (860 000 dollari in cinque anni, oltre a 25 000 dollari di denaro promozione che doveva essere speso a discrezione della band) con l'allora presidente della Capitol Records, Alan Livingston. Poco dopo, il nome della band venne accorciato a Steve Miller Band, al fine di ampliare il suo fascino. La band, composta da Miller, dal chitarrista James Cooke, dal bassista Lonnie Turner, dal batterista Tim Davis (che sostituì Lance Haas alla batteria) e Jim Peterman all'organo Hammond B3, accompagnò Chuck Berry in un concerto presso la Fillmore West che venne registrato e pubblicato come album live, Live at Fillmore Auditorium. Il chitarrista Boz Scaggs si unì al gruppo subito dopo, quando lo stesso gruppo si esibì in giugno al Monterey Pop Festival.
Nel febbraio 1968, in Inghilterra, il gruppo registrava l'album di debutto, Children of the Future, presso gli studi Olympic con Glyn Johns al missaggio. L'album fu un insuccesso e non entrò fra i Top 100 chart album, ma i brani migliori erano l'acustico "Baby's Calling Me Home" e il blues funky "Steppin' Stone". Il brano di chiusura del disco era una versione lenta del blues "Key To The Highway".
Il loro secondo album Sailor vide la luce nell'ottobre 1968, balzando subito al numero 24 del Billboard. Fra i maggiori successi i singoli "Livin' In The USA", "Lucky Man", "Overdrive" e "Dime-A-Dance Romance".
La fama del gruppo andò crescendo alla pubblicazione di ogni nuovo album: Brave New World (numero 22, 1969), con le canzoni di successo "Space Cowboy" e "My Dark Hour" scritta e interpretata con Paul McCartney (aka Paul Ramon) alle percussioni, basso, chitarra e voce di fondo; seguita da Your Saving Grace (numero 38, 1969) e Number 5 (numero 23, 1970).
Nel 1971, Miller ebbe un incidente d'auto che gli procurò un frattura al collo. La Capitol Records pubblicò l'album Rock Love. L'album era caratterizzato da inedite registrazioni dal vivo (tra cui una jam session di undici minuti sulla traccia del titolo) e materiale realizzato in studio, uno dei due album della Steve Miller Band non ancora pubblicato su CD, assieme all'altro Recall the Beginning...A Journey From Eden. Nel 1972, il doppio album compilation Anthology è stato pubblicato con 16 canzoni tratte dai primi cinque album della band.
The Joker (numero 2, 1973) mostrò al pubblico un nuovo stile della band. La traccia del titolo divenne un singolo numero 1 nella Billboard Hot 100, nella Official Singles Chart, in Irlanda e nei Paesi Bassi per due settimane ed in Nuova Zelanda, secondo in Canada e Norvegia, quarto in Svezia, quinto in Svizzera ed Austria e settimo in Germania e venne certificato disco di platino per il raggiungimento di oltre un milione di copie vendute.
Tre anni dopo la band tornò con Fly Like an Eagle, che si piazzò al numero 3. I tre singoli estratti: "Take The Money and Run" (numero 11), "Fly Like an Eagle" (numero 2) e il secondo pezzo al primo posto, "Rock'n Me". Miller dichiarò che l'introduzione della chitarra in "Rock'n Me" era un tributo alla canzone "All Right Now" della band Free.
Book of Dreams (numero 2, 1977) comprendeva altri tre successi: "Jet Airliner" (numero 8), "Jungle Love" (numero 23) (successivamente utilizzata per i titoli di testa dell'ottava stagione della sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond), e "Swingtown" (numero 17). L'album del 1982 Abracadabra diede al gruppo il terzo numero 1 con singolo del titolo. Il singolo di Miller scalzò dal primo posto della classifica i Chicago con la loro "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", proprio come aveva fatto "Rock'n Me" con "If You Leave Me Now" nel 1976. Il singolo Winter time della Steve Miller Band del 1977 assomiglia inequivocabilmente ad un brano sempreverde I giardini di marzo datato 1972 del cantautore Lucio Battisti. Ad ogni modo i componenti del complesso non furono mai accusati del presunto plagio.
Nel 1978 uscì Greatest Hits 1974-78 vendendo più di 13 milioni di copie mentre Miller continuava a tenere concerti da tutto esaurito.
Il 15 giugno 2010 venne pubblicato Bingo!, un nuovo album di cover blues e R&B e il 18 aprile 2011 vide la luce Let Your Hair Down, album gemello di Bingo!.
Uno dei decani della band, Norton Buffalo, morì di cancro ai polmoni il 30 ottobre 2009. John King (batterista durante l'era "The Joker") morì poco dopo di cancro al rene il 26 ottobre 2010. James Cooke è morto di cancro il 16 maggio 2011.
Il chitarrista blues Jacob Peterson entrò a far parte della band prima del tour di primavera del 2011. Dopo l'ingresso di Petersen, il chitarrista Kenny Lee Lewis passò definitivamente al basso.
Il 10 novembre 2011 la band si esibì all'interno dello stabilimento Boeing di Everett, nello Stato di Washington, per celebrare il definitivo progetto dell'aereo 747-8. Il concerto iniziò con "Jet Airliner".

Discografia

Il gruppo ha prodotto album e singoli dal 1968 per un totale di 18 album in studio, 3 live, 7 compilation e almeno 29 singoli.

• Children of the Future (maggio 1968)
• Sailor (ottobre 1968)
• Brave New World (giugno 1969)
• Your Saving Grace (novembre 1969)
• Number 5 (novembre 1970)
• Rock Love (settembre 1971)
• Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (marzo 1972)
• Anthology (ottobre 1972)
• The Joker (ottobre 1973)
• Fly Like an Eagle (maggio 1976)
• Book of Dreams (maggio 1977)
• Greatest Hits 1974-78 (1978)
• Circle of Love (ottobre 1981)
• Abracadabra (giugno 1982)
• Live! (1983)
• Italian X-Rays (novembre 1984)
• Living in the 20th Century (novembre 1986)
• Greatest Hits - A Decade of American Music (1976-1986) (1987)
• The Best of 1968–1973 (1990)
• The Very Best of The Steve Miller Band (1991)
• Wide River (June 1993)
• Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits (2003)
• Fly Like an Eagle: 30th Anniversary Edition (2006)
• Bingo! (2010)
• Let Your Hair Down - 2011

Pegaso

Un'immagine ricorrente nelle copertine degli album della Steve Miller Band è la rappresentazione di un Pegaso o cavallo alato. La sua prima apparizione sulla copertina di Book of Dreams. Una testa di cavallo figura sulla copertina del loro greatest hits 1974-1978. Il pegaso appare di nuovo sulla copertina del loro Circle of Love. Il pegaso sarebbe stata un'immagine retrofuturistica sulla copertina di Living in the 20th Century. Altra apparizione sulla copertina del loro Greatest Hits del 1991. La silhouette di una testa di cavallo appare sulla copertina di Wide River.

Premi

• ASCAP Golden Note Award, 2008.
• Una stella per "Recording" si trova nella Hollywood Walk of Fame al 1750 di Vine Street.

The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group is best known for a string of (mainly) mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock radio, as well as several earlier psychedelic rock albums. Miller left his first band to move to San Francisco and form the Steve Miller Blues Band. Shortly after Harvey Kornspan negotiated the band’s contract with Capitol Records in 1967, the band shortened its name to the Steve Miller Band. In February 1968, the band recorded its debut album, Children of the Future. It went on to produce the albums Sailor, Brave New World, Your Saving Grace, Number 5, Rock Love and more. The band's Greatest Hits 1974–78, released in 1978, sold over 13 million copies. In 2016, Steve Miller was inducted as a solo artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

History

In 1965, after moving to Chicago to play the blues, Steve Miller and keyboardist Barry Goldberg founded the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band along with bassist Roy Ruby, rhythm guitarist Craymore Stevens, and drummer Maurice McKinley. The band contracted to Epic Records and recorded a single, "The Mother Song", which they performed on Hullabaloo, before Miller left the group to go to San Francisco.
Miller then formed the Steve Miller Blues Band. Harvey Kornspan, managing partner, wrote and negotiated the band's contract ($860,000 over five years as well as $25,000 of promotion money that was to be spent at the band's discretion) with Capitol/EMI Records then-president Alan Livingston in 1967. Shortly after, the band's name was shortened to the Steve Miller Band in order to broaden its appeal. The band, consisting of Miller, guitarist James Cooke, bassist Lonnie Turner, drummer Tim Davis (who replaced the departing Lance Haas on drums) and Jim Peterman on Hammond B3 organ, backed Chuck Berry at a gig at the Fillmore West that was released as the live album, Live at Fillmore Auditorium. Guitarist Boz Scaggs joined the band soon after and the group performed at the Magic Mountain Festival (festival was held June 10/11, 1967)and the following week at the Monterey Pop Festival (festival was held June 16/17/18, 1967).
In February 1968, while in England, the band recorded their debut album, Children of the Future, at Olympic studios with Glyn Johns as engineer/producer. The album did not score among the Top 100 album chart. The second album Sailor appeared in October 1968 and climbed the Billboard chart to  No.  24. Successes included the single "Living in the USA." Brave New World ( No.  22, 1969) featured the songs "Space Cowboy" and "My Dark Hour". Paul McCartney, credited as "Paul Ramon", played drums, bass and sang backing vocals on "My Dark Hour". This was followed by Your Saving Grace ( No.  38, 1969) and Number 5 ( No.  23, 1970). In 1971, Miller broke his neck in a car accident. Capitol Records released the album Rock Love, featuring unreleased live performances and studio material. This is one of two Steve Miller Band albums not to be released on CD, the other being Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden. In 1972, the double album compilation Anthology was released, containing 16 songs from the band's first five albums.
The style and personnel of the band changed radically with The Joker ( No.  1, 1973), concentrating on straightforward rock and leaving the psychedelic blues side of the band behind. The title track, "The Joker", became a  No.  1 single and was certified platinum, reaching over one million sales. It was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on January 11, 1974.
Three years later, the band returned with the album Fly Like an Eagle, which charted at  No.  3. Three singles were released from the album: "Take the Money and Run" ( No.  11), "Fly Like an Eagle" ( No.  2) and their second  No.  1 success, "Rock'n Me". Miller credits the guitar introduction to "Rock'n Me" as a tribute to the Free song, "All Right Now".
Book of Dreams ( No.  2, 1977) also included three successes: "Jet Airliner" ( No.  8), "Jungle Love" ( No.  23) (later becoming the song played over the opening credits of the 8th season of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond), and "Swingtown" ( No.  17). 1982's Abracadabra album gave Steve Miller his third  No.  1 success with the title track. Miller's hit pushed Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" out of the  No.  1 spot, just as his "Rock'n Me" had knocked Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" out of the  No.  1 spot in 1976.
Released in 1978, The Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits 1974–78 has sold over 13 million copies, and Miller continues to perform sold-out concerts.
Bingo!, a new album of blues and R&B covers, was released on June 15, 2010. Let Your Hair Down, a companion release to Bingo!, was released 10 months later, on April 18, 2011.
Founding member Tim Davis died from complications due to diabetes on September 20, 1988, at the age of 44. Long-time band member Norton Buffalo died from lung cancer on October 30, 2009. John King (drummer during "The Joker" era) died after a short bout with kidney cancer on October 26, 2010. James Cooke died from cancer on 16 May 2011. Blues guitarist Jacob Peterson officially joined the band before the Spring 2011 tour. Following Petersen joining the band, longtime guitarist Kenny Lee Lewis switched instruments to become the band's full-time bassist. In 2014, Steve Miller Band toured with fellow San Francisco rock band Journey.

Members

Current Members

• Steve Miller – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards (1966–present)
• Kenny Lee Lewis - guitar, bass, backing vocals (1982-1987, 1993–present)
• Gordy Knudtson - drums (1987–present)
• Joseph Wooten - keyboards, backing vocals (1993–present)
• Jacob Peterson - guitar (2011–present)

Former Members

• Lonnie Turner – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1966-1970, 1973-1978)
• Boz Scaggs – guitar, backing vocals (1967-1968)
• Jim Peterman – keyboards, backing vocals (1966-1968)
• Tim Davis – drums, backing vocals (1966-1970, died 1988)
• James "Curley" Cooke - guitar (1967, died 2011)
• Ben Sidran - keyboards (1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1987-1991)
• Nicky Hopkins - keyboards (1969, 1970; died 1994)
• Bobby Winkelman - bass, guitar, backing vocals (1969-1970)
• Ross Valory - bass, backing vocals (1970-1971)
• Roger Allen Clark - drums (1972)
• Jack King - drums (1970-1973)
• Dick Thompson - keyboards (1972-1974)
• Gary Mallaber - drums, keyboards, backing vocals (1976-1987)
• Gerald Johnson - bass, backing vocals (1972-1973, 1981-1983)
• John King - drums (1973-1974, died 2010)
• Les Dudek - guitar (1975)
• Doug Clifford - drums (1975)
• Greg Douglas - slide guitar, backing vocals (1976-1978)
• David Denny - guitar, backing vocals (1976-1978)
• Byron Allred - keyboards (1976-1987, 1990)
• John Massaro - guitar, backing vocals (1982-1983)
• Norton Buffalo - harmonica, guitar, backing vocals (1976-1978, 1982-1987, 1989-2009, died 2009)
• Billy Peterson - bass, backing vocals (1987-2011)
• Bob Mallach - saxophone (1987-1996)
• Paul Peterson - guitar (1988, 1991-1992)
• Ricky Peterson - keyboards (1988, 1991)
• Keith Allen - guitar, backing vocals (1989-1990)
• Sonny Charles - backing vocals (2008-2011)

Steve Miller Band - Baby's Callin' Me Home - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPsIh9JdE5Y

Lyrics

Baby's callin' me home
She keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
But she keeps on callin' me home

Baby knows I've been wrong
But she keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
When she keeps on callin' me home

Baby's callin' me home
She keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
When she keeps on callin' me home
My baby's callin' me home
Mm
My baby's callin' me home

Songwriters: William R. Royce Scaggs

Baby's Callin' Me Home lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: Children of the Future

Released: 1968

Genre: Rock

Lucky Man/Gangster of Love/You're So Fine - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJVZj1UJDD4

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The Joker - Steve Miller Band - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVusVh4TRQ

Lyrics

Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby
Don't worry
Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home

Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo Wooooo

You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time

Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

Wooo Woooo

People keep talking about me baby
They say I'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama
Cause I'm right here at home

You're the cutest thing I ever did see
Really love your peaches want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby and I'll show you a good time

Songwriters: Steven Haworth Miller / Eddie Curtis / Ahmet Etregun

Joker lyrics © Sailor Music, Rooster Jim Music, Jim Rooster Music Co., Jim Rooster Music, UNICHAPPELL MUSIC, INC., COTILLION MUSIC INC, JIM ROOSTER MUSIC CO

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: The Joker

Released: 1973

Genres: Classic Rock, Rock

 

 

Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT4Y-QNdto

Lyrics

Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Till I'm free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution

Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Till I'm free
Right through the revolution

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

Doo doo n-doo-doo, doo doo n-doo-doo
Doo doo n-doo-doo, doo doo n-doo-doo
Doo doo n-doo-doo, doo doo n-doo-doo
Doo doo n-doo-doo, doo doo n-doo-doo

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Till I'm free
Right through the revolution

Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick)
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo
(Tick tock tick) Doo doo doo-doo

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

Songwriters: Miller Steven Haworth

Fly Like an Eagle lyrics © Sailor Music, MECHANICAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SOCIETY LTD

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: Fly Like an Eagle

Released: 1976

B-side: "Lovin' Cup"

Length: 3:00 (single version); 4:42 (album version)

 

Steve miller Band - Abracadabra - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QyoRzZrF00

Lyrics

I heat up
I can't cool down
Got me spinnin' 'round and 'round
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes
Where it stops nobody knows

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby
Let the fire get higher

Abra-abracadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

You make me hot
You make me sigh
You make me laugh
Make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove

Abra-abracadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

I feel the magic in your caress
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin
Leather and lace
Black panties with an angel's face

I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Just when I think I'm gonna get away
I hear those words that you always say

Abra-abracadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby
Let the fire get higher...
Yeah, yeah...

I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)
I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)
I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)
I heat up, I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round and 'round

I heat up, I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round and 'round

I heat up, I heat up
And 'round (repeat to fade)

Songwriters: Steve Miller

Abracadabra lyrics © Sailor Music

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: Abracadabra

Released: 1982

Genre: Classic Rock

 

Living In The U.S.A.-Steve Miller Band-1968 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyV41-tFPcQ

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: Sailor

Released: 1968

Genre: Rock

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Miller Band - Space Cowboy - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcTJZLxhFU

Lyrics

I told you 'bout living in the U.S. of A.
Don't you know that I'm a gangster of love
Let me tell you people that I found a new way
And I'm tired of all this talk about love
And the same old story with a new set of words
About the good and the bad and the poor
And the times keep on changin'
So I'm keepin' on top
Of every fat cat who walks through my door

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I was born on this rock
And I've been travelin' through space
Since the moment I first realized
What all you fast talkin' cats would do if you could
You know, I'm ready for the final surprise
There ain't no way around it
Ain't nothing to say
That's gonna satisfy my soul deep inside
All the prayers and surveyors
Keep the whole place uptight
While it keeps on gettin' darker outside

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I see the show downs, slow downs, lost and found, turn arounds
The boys in the military shirts
I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies
And I don't let my friends get hurt
All you back room schemers, small trip dreamers
Better find something new to say
Cause you're the same old story
It's the same old crime
And you got some heavy dues to pay

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Songwriters: Steve Miller / Ben Sidran

Space Cowboy lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

Artist: Steve Miller Band

Album: Brave New World

Released: 1969

Genre: Rock