Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967-8 in San Franci… Read Full Bio ↴Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967-8 in San Francisco, California, USA. The band features Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of (mainly) mid-1970s hit singles that continue to be staples of the classic rock radio format.
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 the band 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 Miller his first guitar lessons.
Longtime member Norton Buffalo (harmonica player) died from lung cancer on October 30, 2009.
John King (drummer during "The Joker" era) died after a short bout of kidney cancer on October 26, 2010.
Band-member James Cooke died from cancer on 16 May 2011.
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 the band 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 Miller his first guitar lessons.
Longtime member Norton Buffalo (harmonica player) died from lung cancer on October 30, 2009.
John King (drummer during "The Joker" era) died after a short bout of kidney cancer on October 26, 2010.
Band-member James Cooke died from cancer on 16 May 2011.
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rejeanne martin
What a song! My brother passed away unexpectedly recently and we played this version at the end of a unique celebration of his life ceremony. When I picked up his belongings at his apartment, this CD was in his player. He was very special to me, as I had to learn how to relate with him. Autism was not diagnosed years ago. You were just different. A passion for all things celestial, aeronautical, Star Trek, Dune related and his three favorite CD's, Led Zeppelin's " Stairway to Heaven", Pink Floyd's " Dark Side of the Moon", and Steve Millers Band 's" Fly like an Eagle".
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Living' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution
and that he did. Fly like an Eagle Jess, till your spirit sets you free.
Suzanne Turpen
Love this song with the intro. Makes all the difference
Eli Hufsmith
Same here
Andy Orozco
@jcfins75 too cool! Rightly said!
jcfins75
Absolutely! The whole song makes this a complete masterpiece!
Andy Orozco
Can I get an ... Well you know what I mean😅✌️
The 9-2-5 Outlaw Does Tech
I heard that he recovered from the 1974 auto accident, so with the albums that followed, he put in synthesizer intros composed by him. Repeating the process with Book of Dreams, and Italian x-rays with the last appearance of his drummer who died from diabetic complications.
Lillexi Slaygirl
This song is literally the reason why I am at home in my room every Saturday night screaming Steve Miller at the top of my lungs
v2chords
Ahh...the space intro. This takes me back to my high school days, listening to this in my bedroom with blacklight posters on the wall, the only light illuminating them is the green glow from the dial on my radio, tuned in to WLS "The ROCK of Chicago!" I'm in the zone. The 1970s zone. Don't disturb this groove............
Alpha Lax
@Warhead4570 here too
Oscuros
We used to call ultraviolet light "Ultraviolet light" in the 1970s, because we could still spell back then and we didn't use oxymorons like "blacklight". UV lights aren't "black" anyway and never were, they're purple?