Steve Miller Band

With songs such as "Take the Money and Run," "Rockin' Me," “Jet

Airliner,” "The Joker," “Fly Like An Eagle,” "Livin' in the USA" and "Abracadabra"

to his credit, blues/rock singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Miller is one of the

cornerstones of classic rock. Born on October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, WI, he grew

up in a home frequented by musicians such as Charles Mingus, Les Paul and TBone

Walker. Miller formed his first band at age 12 with friend Boz Scaggs. After

stints in Madison, WI and Chicago, IL blues bands, he moved to San Francisco in

1966.

The Steve Miller Band (known initially as the Steve Miller Blues Band)

emerged from San Francisco’s summer of love with a sound that was

distinctively different from its peers. Forty years hence, the band has sold a

cumulative 25 million records and is still a mainstay of the summer concert

season – as fresh and vibrant as ever, melding rock, blues, jazz and pop in its

own inimitable, improvisational style and attracting a fervent, multi-generational

following.

Capitol Records released their first album, Children of the Future, in 1968.

A series of Top 40 albums followed, but a 1972 automobile accident sidelined

Miller for nearly a year. He returned with a tighter, more pop-oriented style on

The Joker (1973, now certified Platinum), which peaked at #2 while the title cut

hit #1.

Fly Like An Eagle followed in 1976. It reached #3 and yielded four Top 40

singles, including the chart-topping "Rockin' Me." The album became the band’s

biggest-selling studio album, spent nearly two years on the Billboard 200 and is

currently quadruple Platinum. 1977’s Book of Dreams hit # 2 and is now triple

Platinum. Tracks from the two albums were collected on a single disc in 1978 for

Greatest Hits: 1974-78, which is currently certified 13x Platinum.

Abracadabra (1983, Platinum) reached #2 and its title cut was the #1

selling single worldwide that year while the 1987 single "I Want to Make the

World Turn Around," from Living in the 20th Century, topped the AC singles chart

for five weeks. Young Hearts – Complete Greatest Hits was released in 2003,

tracing the Steve Miller Band’s 35-year affiliation with Capitol Records, and the

label released a special 30th anniversary edition of Fly Like An Eagle in 2006.

Upon its release, the San Francisco Chronicle observed: “This rerelease…shows

how vital a performer Miller remains and how he presaged a generation of

heartland rockers, from John Mellencamp to Tom Petty to Widespread Panic.”

The Steve Miller Band’s songs have been covered by a diverse group of artists,

including Smashing Pumpkins, deftones, Seal, Run-D.M.C. and k.d. lang.

Miller received the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award in April of

2008. On May 27th 2008, Coming Home Media will release Live From Chicago, the

Steve Miller Band’s first-ever DVD release, which captures the band’s incredible

2007 two-night stand at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival in 5.1 Surround Sound and

state-of-the-art high definition.

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