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Steve Miller has been an enlivening presence on the American music scene for more than half a century. To begin with, he was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. With albums like Children of the Future, Sailor and Brave New World, Miller perfected a psychedelic blues sound that drew on the deepest sources of American roots music and simultaneously articulated a compelling vision of what music – and, indeed, society – could be in the years to come.
Then, in the ’70s, Miller crafted a brand of pure pop that was smart, polished, exciting and irresistible – and that dominated radio in a way that few artists have ever managed. Hit followed hit in what seemed like an endless flow: “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner” and “Jungle Love,” among them. To this day, those songs are instantly recognizable when they stream on the radio – and impossible not to sing along with. Their hooks are the very definition of indelible.
Running through Miller’s distinctive catalog is a combination of virtuosity and song craft.
And that’s no accident. His parents were jazz aficionados, not to mention close friends of Les Paul and Mary Ford, so, as a budding guitarist, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from that musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas, Miller deepened his education in the blues with family friend T-Bone Walker. Miller then moved to Chicago, where he played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Paul Butterfield. That range of sources informs his music to this day.
In recent years, Miller has fully immersed himself in the blues and its many byways. As he has always done, he continues to find creative outlets for the full panoply of his musical passions. On his successful tours with the Steve Miller Band, he complements the commercial peaks of his extensive catalogue with lesser-known songs that expand his fans’ awareness of the range of his work. As a member of the Board of Directors at Jazz at Lincoln Center, he has curated and headlined shows that explore themes like the bridge from blues to jazz in the music of guitar great T-Bone Walker; the distinctive sounds of the blues triangle of Memphis, Texas and Chicago; the resonances between the singular musical creations of Ma Rainey and Miles Davis; and the deep American roots music of Appalachia. He is also a member of the visiting committee of the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Indeed, five of his guitars will be displayed in “Play It Loud: The Instruments of Rock and Roll,” a groundbreaking exhibition at the Met that will run from April 8 through October 1 of this year.
In the course of his long, full career, Miller has sold tens of millions of records and his music has been streamed well over 2 billion times. With each listen the beauty and immediacy of his work, whether at its most playful or most serious, is palpable. As always, whether he was riding the top of the charts or traveling the endless blue highways of American music, you can hear him playing and singing with conviction and precision, passion and eloquence, making music that is at once immediately accessible, thrillingly alive in the present, and more than able to stand the test of time. – Anthony DeCurtis
STEVE MILLER BAND ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 TOUR DATES
Coming off an extraordinary 2018, Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller is looking forward to his Spring 2019 tour. Beginning March 12 in Clearwater, FL at Ruth Eckerd Hall and culminating in Southaven, MS at Bank Plus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove on March 24, all performances will be an Evening with Steve Miller Band without any openers. The full itinerary is below.
In 2018, besides performing 57 shows across North America with the SMB, Miller himself produced and personally directed the curation and creative process for two new, career-spanning Steve Miller Band Ultimate Hits collections (Capitol/Ume). Ultimate Hits is now available in a 1CD and digital edition featuring 22 essential Steve Miller Band tracks, including three previously unreleased rarities, and in an expanded 2CD and digital deluxe edition with 40 tracks, including the acclaimed band’s top hits, live tracks, and eight previously unreleased recordings from the studio and the stage. Both editions are also available on 180-gram vinyl in 2LP and 4LP deluxe packages.
Steve Miller was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. With albums like Children of the Future, Sailor and Brave New World, Miller perfected a psychedelic blues sound that drew on the deepest sources of American roots music and simultaneously articulated a compelling vision of what music-and society-could be in the years to come.
Then, in the ’70s, Miller crafted a brand of rock ‘n’ roll music that was polished, exciting and irresistible, and that has dominated radio through today. Hit followed hit in an endless flow: “The Joker,” “Livin’ in the USA,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner,” “Jungle Love,” and “Abracadabra” among them. To this day, these songs are instantly recognizable when they come on the radio-and impossible not to sing along with. Running through Miller’s catalogue is a combination of virtuosity and song craft along with melodic vocals and signature guitar riffs. His parents were jazz aficionados — Les Paul was his godfather — so as a budding guitarist and singer, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from their musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas, Miller deepened his education in the blues, meeting T-Bone Walker and learning to sing and play listening to him and Jimmy Reed. Miller then moved to Chicago where he played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Buddy Guy and Paul Butterfield.
In addition to touring with his band, Miller is also contributing his time to serving on the visiting committee of the Department of Musical Instruments of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a board member of Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he curates and hosts shows at both institutions celebrating blues, jazz and early American music. From 2015 – 2017, Miller and guitar legend Jimmie Vaughan presented seven sold out shows at JALC: “Ma Rainey Meets Miles Davis,” “T Bone Walker – A Bridge From Blues to Jazz,” and, with along with harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite, “The Blues Triangle: Memphis, Texas and Chicago.” In 2018, Miller with Marty Stuart presented two sold out shows at JALC called “Music from Appalachia.” More Steve Miller Band tour dates and album release and compilation news will be announced in the coming months.
STEVE MILLER BAND SPRING 2019 TOUR DATES
MARCH
12 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
13 – Fort Myers, FL – Suncoast Credit Union Arena
16 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios Florida – Music Plaza Stage
17 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
20 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center
21 – Montgomery, AL – Montgomery Performing Arts Center
23 – Biloxi, MS – Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
24 – Southaven, MS – Bank Plus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove3
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STEVE MILLER BAND ANNOUNCES NEW 180-GRAM VINYL BOX SET,
COMPLETE ALBUMS VOLUME 2 (1977-2011),
FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON MAY 24 VIA CAPITOL/UMe
VINYL BOX SET’S NINE REMASTERED ALBUMS ALSO AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY ON
180-GRAM BLACK VINYL LPS AND LIMITED EDITION 180-GRAM COLOR VINYL LPS
ALL NINE ALBUMS ALSO DEBUT IN HD DIGITAL AUDIO
ANNOUNCES
NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR DATES WITH
MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES
In 2018, the legendary Steve Miller Band’s Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976) debuted as an unprecedented and acclaimed 9LP vinyl box set, individual 180-gram black vinyl LPs and color vinyl LPs, and HD digital audio. Today, Steve Miller and Capitol/UMe are incredibly excited to announce plans for the May 24 global release of the collection’s second volume, presenting nine more Steve Miller Band studio albums in a new 180-gram vinyl box set called Complete Albums Volume 2 (1977-2011). Spanning the band’s multi-platinum 10th studio album, 1977’s Book of Dreams, through 2011’s Let Your Hair Down, the albums have all been remastered and are available now for preorder. Each album is also available for preorder as individual 180-gram black LPs to be released on the same date, as well as limited edition 180-gram color vinyl LPs for sale exclusively via uDiscoverMusic.
Preorder Steve Miller Band’s Complete Albums Volume 2 (1977-2011) vinyl box set; the nine individual 180-gram black vinyl LPs; and the nine limited edition 180-gram color vinyl LPs.
Complete Albums Volume 2‘s nine studio albums have also been newly remastered for HD digital audio (96kHz/24-bit). Starting with tomorrow’s global release of Book of Dreams and Circle of Love, the albums’ HD digital audio debuts will continue with two titles per week in chronological order ahead of the Complete Albums Volume 2 vinyl release.
Starting tomorrow, purchase Book of Dreams and Circle of Love in HD digital audio:
https://UMe.lnk.to/SteveMillerVol2Digital
Steve Miller Band will be hitting the road again this year — first this spring for an evening with the Steve Miller Band, and then this summer with the great Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives supporting a 36-city cross-country trek — “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country.”
“I know it is going to be one of the best musical pairings we’ve ever done and an amazing evening of great American music,” says Miller. “For those Steve Miller Band fans who don’t know Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives — Marty Stuart, Kenny Vaughan, Harry Stinson & Chris Scruggs — together they are one of the best singing and playing bands EVER and not to be missed. Marty is one of the finest musicians in the world — an amazing singer, song writer and country music scholar and it’s an honor to have him join us this summer for an unbelievable evening of original American music.”
Says Stuart, “Steve Miller is a treasure and a true world-class musical citizen. I so respect him as a singer, a songwriter, guitar slinger, historian, art connoisseur, bandleader and friend. It’s an honor for the Superlatives and I to run the roads of the nation and share the stage with the Steve Miller Band this summer. I predict some amazing musical moments out there on the horizon.”
Steve Miller Band: Complete Albums Volume 2 (1977-2011) [180-gram vinyl box set]
(All albums also available on individual 180g black vinyl LPs + ltd. edition 180g colored vinyl LPs)
Book of Dreams (1977) [HD digital audio release: February 22]
Circle of Love (1981) [HD digital audio release: February 22]
Abracadabra (1982) [HD digital audio release: March 1]
Italian X Rays (1984) [HD digital audio release: March 1]
Living in the 20th Century (1986) [HD digital audio release: March 8]
Born 2 B Blue (1988) [HD digital audio release: March 8]
Wide River (1993) [HD digital audio release: March 15]
Bingo! (2010) [HD digital audio release: March 15]
Let Your Hair Down (2011) [HD digital audio release: March 22]
Steve Miller Band: Limited Edition 180g color vinyl LPs
Book of Dreams – Bronze
Circle of Love – Ultra Clear
Abracadabra – Red
Italian X Rays – Mustard
Living in the 20th Century – Beige
Born 2 B Blue – Opaque Light Blue
Wide River – Translucent Light Blue
Bingo! – Milky Clear
Let Your Hair Down – Tan
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credit: David Woo
STEVE MILLER BAND ON TOUR 2019
An Evening with Steve Miller Band
MARCH
12 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
13 – Fort Myers, FL – Suncoast Credit Union Arena
16 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios Florida – Music Plaza Stage
17 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
20 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center
21 – Montgomery, AL – Montgomery Performing Arts Center
23 – Biloxi, MS – Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
24 – Southaven, MS – Bank Plus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove3
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An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country
featuring:
Steve Miller Band
&
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
JUNE
13 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
15 – Tulsa OK – River Spirit Casino – Paradise Cove Margaritaville
16 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
21 – Alton, IL – Liberty Bank Amphitheater Summer Concert Series
22 – Dubuque, IA – America’s River Festival
24 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens
25 – Interlochen, MI – Kresge Auditorium
28 – Rochester, NY – Rochester International Jazz Festival
30 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
JULY
1 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival*
12 – Prior Lake, MN – Lakefront Music Festival
14 – Duluth, MN – Bayfront Festival Park
16 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
18 – Baltimore, MD – MECU Pavilion
20 – Lynchburg, VA – Riverfront Park Concert Series
21 – Bensalem PA – Xcite Center at Parx Casino*
24 – New York, NY – Pier 17
25 – Boston, MA – Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
27 – Rangeley, ME – Rangeley Health & Wellness Pavilion
28 – Kingston, NY – Hutton Brickyards
30 – Selbyville, DE – The Freeman Stage at Bayside
31 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
AUGUST
2 – Mashantucket, CT – The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
3 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Resort and Casino
13 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
14 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre
16 – Billings, MT – Cove Creek Outdoor Pavilion
17 – Missoula, MT – Big Sky Brewery
19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
21 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
22 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
24 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
27 – Salem, OR – Oregon State Fair
28 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
30 & 31 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
*no Marty Stuart
For more information, please visit: stevemillerband.com
http://www.facebook.com/stevemillerband
twitter.com/smbofficial (@smbofficial)
DOWNLOAD STEVE MILLER BAND PHOTOS
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STEVE MILLER OPENS HIS ARCHIVES WITH WELCOME TO THE VAULT
LANDMARK 3CD + DVD ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES:
38 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES,
INCLUDING ALTERNATE VERSIONS, LIVE PERFORMANCES
AND FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD STEVE MILLER BAND SONGS
FROM THE ’60S AND ’70S.
DVD FEATURES 21 INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SPANNING SIX DECADES
UNPRECEDENTED BOX SET ALSO INCLUDES RARE PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA
FROM ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER’S PERSONAL COLLECTION
ALSO AVAILABLE AS A 52-TRACK DIGITAL COLLECTION
FIRST TRACK AND PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
WELCOME TO THE VAULT ARRIVES EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
SELECT WELCOME TO THE VAULT PHOTO ASSETS
Renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller has opened up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever to present a milestone 3CD + DVD box set. WELCOME TO THE VAULT covers Miller’s genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s.
The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT is accompanied by a 100-page hardbound book of photos, memorabilia and artifacts from Miller’s personal collection, as well as an exclusive 9,000-word essay by renowned rock journalist David Fricke. Steve Miller Band’s WELCOME TO THE VAULT, also available as a 52-track digital collection, arrives Friday, October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT is heralded by today’s premiere of “Rock’n Me” (Alternate Version 1), a different take of the classic #1 hit from 1976.
WATCH TRAILER/INTRO VIDEO
Fricke writes in his liner notes: “Miller wrote ‘Rock’n Me’ with a different setting in mind. He was still without a working band when the English prog-rock giants Pink Floyd asked him to be their special guest at a massive festival on July 5th, 1975 at Knebworth, England. Miller called Lonnie Turner, Les Dudek – a guitarist in Boz Scaggs’ band – and Doug Clifford, the former drummer in Creedence Clearwater Revival. They rehearsed for a single afternoon, working up a half-dozen R&B standards, a couple of Miller hits and a surprising debut, ‘The Window,’ an early version of which appears on WELCOME TO THE VAULT.
“‘But I knew what was going to happen,’ Miller says. The Floyd ‘were gonna put me on at sunset. There won’t be any lights, and I’m just chum. I needed a song to rock the whole joint.’ Miller showed ‘Rock’n Me’ to the band at practice; they played it live for the first time in front of 100,000 people at Knebworth. ‘We closed with it, and it killed them,’ Miller says proudly.”
WELCOME TO THE VAULT opens in 1969 with the Steve Miller Band covering Little Walter’s “Blues With a Feeling” at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, a previously unreleased 10-minute blowout unlike anything else in Miller’s official studio or live catalog. Faithful to the form yet undeniably visionary, the track instantly sets the pace for what is to come. A turbulent “Super Shuffle” recorded live at Steve Miller Band’s breakthrough appearance at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, is fast followed by such previously unreleased revelations as an early version of “Going to Mexico” (originally found on 1970’s NUMBER 5) as well as solo acoustic takes on BRAVE NEW WORLD‘s “Kow Kow Calculator” and “Seasons,” recorded on the road in 1973.
The evolutionary sessions for 1976’s FLY LIKE AN EAGLE and 1977’s BOOK OF DREAMS – Steve Miller Band’s “multi-platinum fusions of crisp funk and blues undercurrents, progressive-rock electronics and hit-single pith,” according to Fricke – are captured via alternate takes including a striking view of “Fly Like an Eagle” as a 12-minute work-in-progress suite. WELCOME TO THE VAULT further includes a number of alternate version of iconic Steve Miller Band tracks mostly recorded prior to their commercial releases, and a recent big band reinterpretation of “Take the Money and Run” featuring fellow Texas guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan recorded live at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Miller is involved as a performer, educator and curator focusing on blues music.
Indeed, the blues in all its forms can be heard throughout WELCOME TO THE VAULT, in versions of songs of Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and Otis Rush, as well as country and R&B variations like Roy Acuff’s “Freight Train Blues” and Mickey and Sylvia’s classic “Love Is Strange.” Miller’s own personal links to the lineage and history of guitar music are also prominently featured, including a 1990 version of Jimmy Reed’s “I Wanna Be Loved,” recorded with his close musical friend and godfather, Les Paul, during the electric guitar pioneer’s famed Monday night residency at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT closes with a pair of landmark tracks also released here for the first time that include Texas blues guitar legend T-Bone Walker performing his 1952 hit, “Lollie Lou,” on a tape made the year before in the Miller Family living room by Steve’s father George, a passionate jazz and blues fan and home recording enthusiast. The collection finishes more than 60 years later with Miller himself performing “Lollie Lou” at “T-Bone Walker: A Bridge from Blues to Jazz,” the December 2016 tribute concert curated by Miller at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
As if all that weren’t enough, the WELCOME TO THE VAULT DVD features 21 incredible live performances, including rare footage from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, a Dutch TV filmed performance of the Fillmore West from 1970, a 43-minute September 1973 concert at New York’s Palace Theater broadcast on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (unseen since the ’70s), an ABC In Concert performance with James Cotton (1974), a performance of “Abracadabra” from Michigan’s Pine Knob from that album tour in 1982, and selections from Austin City Limits (2011), as well as Miller’s intimate 1990 performance with Les Paul at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
Long regarded as one of rock’s most dynamic and creative live acts, the Steve Miller Band will team up with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 36-city U.S. tour. Miller calls it “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country.” The trek gets underway June 13 at Des Moines, Iowa’s Wells Fargo Arena and then travels through a two-night finale at Woodinville, WA’s Chateau Ste. Michelle on August 30 and 31.
STEVE MILLER BAND
WELCOME TO THE VAULT
(Sailor/Capitol/UMe)
RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2019
CD 1:
1. Blues with a Feeling (Live) (1969) *
2. Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around – Alternate Version (1969) *
3. Super Shuffle (Live) (1967) **
4. It Hurts Me Too (Feat. Steve Miller Band) (Live) (1967)
5. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Alternate Version (1970) *
6. Living in the USA (1968)
7. Kow Kow Calculator – Alternate Version (1973) *
8. Going to Mexico – Alternate Version (1966) *
9. Quicksilver Girl – Alternate Version (1968) *
10. Jackson-Kent Blues – Alternate Version (1970) *
11. Crossroads (Live) (1973) *
12. Hesitation Blues (1972) **
13. Seasons – Alternate Version (1973) *
14. Say Wow! (1973) **
15. Never Kill Another Man – Alternate Version (Live) (1971) *
CD 2:
1. The Gangster is Back (Live) (1971)
2. Space Cowboy – Instrumental Version (1969) *
3. Space Cowboy – Alternate Version (Live) (1973) *
4. The Joker (1973)
5. The Lovin’ Cup (1973)
6. Killing Floor (1975) *
7. Evil (Live) (1973)
8. Echoplex Blues (1973) **
9. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
10. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 2 (1976) *
11. Tain’t it the Truth (1976) *
12. Freight Train Blues (1976) *
13. True Fine Love – Alternate Version (1975) *
14. The Stake – Alternate Version (1976) *
15. My Babe – Alternate Version (1982) *
16. That’s the Way It’s Got to Be (1974) **
17. Double Trouble (1992) *
18. Love is Strange (1974) *
19. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Alternate Version (1992) *
CD 3:
1. I Wanna Be Loved (Live) (1990) *
2. Fly Like an Eagle – Alternate Version (1974) *
3. Space Intro (1976)
4. Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
5. The Window – Alternate Version (1974) *
6. Mercury Blues – Alternate Version (1975) *
7. Jet Airliner – Alternate Version (1976) *
8. Take the Money and Run (1976)
9. Dance, Dance, Dance (1976)
10. Swingtown – Alternate Version (1976) *
11. Winter Time (1977)
12. Who Do You Love? (1984)
13. Abracadabra (1982)
14. Macho City – Short Version (1981)
15. Take the Money and Run – Alternate Version (Live) (2016) *
16. Bizzy’s Blue Tango* (2004)
17. Lollie Lou (T-Bone Walker) (Live) (1951) *
18. Lollie Lou (Steve Miller) (Live) (2016) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG
DVD:
Monterey International Pop
– Mercury Blues
– Super Shuffle
The Fillmore West – Dutch TV Show El Dorado (Pik-In) – 1970
– Kow Kow Calculator
– Space Cowboy
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert – 1973
– Star Spangled Banner
– Living in the USA
– Space Cowboy
– Mary Lou
– Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
– The Gangster is Back
– The Joker
– Come on in My Kitchen
– Seasons
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA (Reprise)
ABC In Concert with James Cotton – 1974
– Just a Little Bit
Pine Knob, Michigan – 1982
– Abracadabra
Steve Miller and Les Paul at Fat Tuesday’s – 1990
– I Wanna be Loved
– CC Rider
Live from Austin City Limits – 2011
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA
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An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country
Featuring Steve Miller Band & Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
JUNE
13 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
15 – Tulsa OK – River Spirit Casino – Paradise Cove Margaritaville
16 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
21 – Alton, IL – Liberty Bank Amphitheater Summer Concert Series
22 – Dubuque, IA – America’s River Festival
24 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens
25 – Interlochen, MI – Kresge Auditorium
28 – Rochester, NY – Rochester International Jazz Festival
30 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
JULY
1 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival*
12 – Prior Lake, MN – Lakefront Music Festival
14 – Duluth, MN – Bayfront Festival Park
16 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
18 – Baltimore, MD – MECU Pavilion
20 – Lynchburg, VA – Riverfront Park Concert Series
21 – Bensalem PA – Xcite Center at Parx Casino*
24 – New York, NY – Pier 17
25 – Boston, MA – Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
27 – Rangeley, ME – Rangeley Health & Wellness Pavilion
28 – Kingston, NY – Hutton Brickyards
30 – Selbyville, DE – The Freeman Stage at Bayside
31 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
AUGUST
2 – Mashantucket, CT – The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
3 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Resort and Casino
13 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
14 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre
16 – Billings, MT – Cove Creek Outdoor Pavilion
17 – Missoula, MT – Big Sky Brewery
19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
21 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
22 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
24 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
27 – Salem, OR – Oregon State Fair
28 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
30 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
31 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
* Steve Miller Band only
In addition, Miller will continue his exploration of the blues at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center with “Cannonball Adderley and The Blues,” a spirited celebration of saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. Set for Saturday, December 14at JALC’s Rose Theater, the event will see Miller joined by vocalist Brianna Thomas and the Patrick Bartley Sextet, led by one of NYC’s most acclaimed young saxophonists. Tickets and additional information can be found HERE.
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STEVE MILLER SHARES NEW SONG
THE NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED VERSION OF
THE MICKEY & SYLVIA HIT “LOVE IS STRANGE” AVAILABLE NOW
RARITIES BOXSET, WELCOME TO THE VAULT, OUT OCTOBER 11
LANDMARK 3CD + DVD ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES:
38 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES,
INCLUDING ALTERNATE VERSIONS, LIVE PERFORMANCES
AND FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD STEVE MILLER BAND SONGS
FROM THE ’60S AND ’70S.
DVD FEATURES 21 INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SPANNING SIX DECADES
UNPRECEDENTED BOX SET ALSO INCLUDES RARE PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA
FROM ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER’S PERSONAL COLLECTION
NEW FALL TOUR DATES INCLUDE OCTOBER 3-NIGHT STAND
AT THE WYNN IN LAS VEGAS
SELECT WELCOME TO THE VAULT PHOTO ASSETS
Renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller has released a new song from his rarities box set, WELCOME TO THE VAULT, out October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe. The song, “Love is Strange,” recorded by Miller in 1974, is one of several never-released-before songs from WELCOME TO THE VAULT. Written by Bo Diddley under his then-wife’s name, the hit song was made hugely popular in 1956 by Mickey & Sylvia.
LISTEN TO “LOVE IS STRANGE,” “ROCK’N ME (ALTERNATE VERSION 1),”
“KILLING FLOOR” and “SWINGTOWN (ALTERNATE VERSION)”
WELCOME TO THE VAULT shows Miller opening up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever. The milestone 3CD + DVD box set covers his genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT is accompanied by a 100-page hardbound book of photos, memorabilia and artifacts from Miller’s personal collection, as well as an exclusive 9,000-word essay by renowned rock journalist David Fricke. Steve Miller Band’s WELCOME TO THE VAULT, also available as a 52-track digital collection, arrives Friday, October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT was announced in June and was heralded by the premiere of “Rock’n Me” (Alternate Version 1), a different take of the classic #1 hit from 1976. Earlier this month, Billboard, premiered an alternative version of Miller’s huge hit “Swingtown.” With today’s release, four songs are available now as instant downloads with all pre-orders. The songs are also available on all DSPs now.
PRE-ORDER WELCOME TO THE VAULT
WATCH TRAILER/INTRO VIDEO
WELCOME TO THE VAULT opens in 1969 with the Steve Miller Band covering Little Walter’s “Blues With a Feeling” at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, a previously unreleased 10-minute blowout unlike anything else in Miller’s official studio or live catalog. Faithful to the form yet undeniably visionary, the track instantly sets the pace for what is to come. A turbulent “Super Shuffle” recorded live at Steve Miller Band’s breakthrough appearance at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, is fast followed by such previously unreleased revelations as an early version of “Going to Mexico” (originally found on 1970’s NUMBER 5) as well as solo acoustic takes on BRAVE NEW WORLD’s “Kow Kow Calculator” and “Seasons,” recorded on the road in 1973.
The evolutionary sessions for 1976’s FLY LIKE AN EAGLE and 1977’s BOOK OF DREAMS – Steve Miller Band’s “multi-platinum fusions of crisp funk and blues undercurrents, progressive-rock electronics and hit-single pith,” according to Fricke – are captured via alternate takes including a striking view of “Fly Like an Eagle” as a 12-minute work-in-progress suite. WELCOME TO THE VAULTfurther includes a number of alternate version of iconic Steve Miller Band tracks mostly recorded prior to their commercial releases, and a recent big band reinterpretation of “Take the Money and Run” featuring fellow Texas guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan recorded live at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Miller is involved as a performer, educator and curator focusing on blues music.
Indeed, the blues in all its forms can be heard throughout WELCOME TO THE VAULT, in versions of songs of Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and Otis Rush, as well as country and R&B variations like Roy Acuff’s “Freight Train Blues” and Mickey and Sylvia’s classic “Love Is Strange.” Miller’s own personal links to the lineage and history of guitar music are also prominently featured, including a 1990 version of Jimmy Reed’s “I Wanna Be Loved,” recorded with his close musical friend and godfather, Les Paul, during the electric guitar pioneer’s famed Monday night residency at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT closes with a pair of landmark tracks also released here for the first time that include Texas blues guitar legend T-Bone Walker performing his 1952 hit, “Lollie Lou,” on a tape made the year before in the Miller Family living room by Steve’s father George, a passionate jazz and blues fan and home recording enthusiast. The collection finishes more than 60 years later with Miller himself performing “Lollie Lou” at “T-Bone Walker: A Bridge from Blues to Jazz,” the December 2016 tribute concert curated by Miller at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
As if all that weren’t enough, the WELCOME TO THE VAULT DVD features 21 incredible live performances, including rare footage from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, a Dutch TV filmed performance of the Fillmore West from 1970, a 43-minute September 1973 concert at New York’s Palace Theater broadcast on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (unseen since the ’70s), an ABC In Concert performance with James Cotton (1974), a performance of “Abracadabra” from Michigan’s Pine Knob from that album tour in 1982, and selections from Austin City Limits (2011), as well as Miller’s intimate 1990 performance with Les Paul at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
Long regarded as one of rock’s most dynamic and creative live acts, the Steve Miller Band is touring all summer with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 36-city U.S. tour. Miller calls it “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country.” The trek got underway June 13 at Des Moines, Iowa’s Wells Fargo Arena and then travels through a two-night finale at Woodinville, WA’s Chateau Ste. Michelle on August 30 and 31. Miller has now announced new fall tour dates including a three-night stand at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
STEVE MILLER BAND
WELCOME TO THE VAULT
(Sailor/Capitol/UMe)
RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2019
STEVE MILLER SHARES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ORIGINAL SONG
“SAY WOW!,” RECORDED IN 1973, IS FEATURED ON NEW RARITIES BOXSET,
WELCOME TO THE VAULT, OUT OCTOBER 11
LANDMARK 3CD + DVD ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES:
38 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES,
INCLUDING ALTERNATE VERSIONS, LIVE PERFORMANCES
AND FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD STEVE MILLER BAND SONGS
FROM THE ’60S AND ’70S
DVD FEATURES 21 INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SPANNING SIX DECADES
UNPRECEDENTED BOX SET ALSO INCLUDES RARE PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA
FROM ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER’S PERSONAL COLLECTION
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT, AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER, PRESENTS
13 TRACKS ON CD AND 8 TRACKS ON LIMITED EDITION COLOR VINYL
WELCOME TO THE VAULT PHOTO ASSETS
Renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller has released a new song from his rarities box set, WELCOME TO THE VAULT, out October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe. The song, “Say Wow!,” recorded by Miller in 1973, is making its release debut with WELCOME TO THE VAULT.
LISTEN TO “SAY WOW!,”
“TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN” (ALTERNATE VERSION – LIVE 2016),
“LOVE IS STRANGE,” “ROCK’N ME” (ALTERNATE VERSION 1),
“KILLING FLOOR” and “SWINGTOWN” (ALTERNATE VERSION)
To be released on Friday, October 11 and available for pre-order starting today, SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT spotlights several tracks from the larger WELCOME TO THE VAULT collection. The SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT CD features 13 tracks, including 12 previously unreleased recordings. The limited edition SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT clear vinyl LP showcases eight tracks, all of which are previously unreleased.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT shows Miller opening up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever. The milestone 3CD + DVD box set covers his genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT is accompanied by a 100-page hardbound book of photos, memorabilia and artifacts from Miller’s personal collection, as well as an exclusive 9,000-word essay by renowned rock journalist David Fricke. Steve Miller Band’s WELCOME TO THE VAULT, also available as a 52-track digital collection, arrives Friday, October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT was announced in June and was heralded by the premiere of “Rock’n Me” (Alternate Version 1), a different take of the classic #1 hit from 1976. Last month, Billboard, premiered an alternative version of Miller’s huge hit “Swingtown.” With today’s release, six songs are available now as instant downloads with all pre-orders. The songs are also available on all DSPs now.
PRE-ORDER WELCOME TO THE VAULT
PRE-ORDER SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT
WATCH TRAILER/INTRO VIDEO
WELCOME TO THE VAULT opens in 1969 with the Steve Miller Band covering Little Walter’s “Blues With a Feeling” at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, a previously unreleased 10-minute blowout unlike anything else in Miller’s official studio or live catalog. Faithful to the form yet undeniably visionary, the track instantly sets the pace for what is to come. A turbulent “Super Shuffle” recorded live at Steve Miller Band’s breakthrough appearance at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, is fast followed by such previously unreleased revelations as an early version of “Going to Mexico” (originally found on 1970’s NUMBER 5) as well as solo acoustic takes on BRAVE NEW WORLD’s “Kow Kow Calculator” and “Seasons,” recorded on the road in 1973.
The evolutionary sessions for 1976’s FLY LIKE AN EAGLE and 1977’s BOOK OF DREAMS – Steve Miller Band’s “multi-platinum fusions of crisp funk and blues undercurrents, progressive-rock electronics and hit-single pith,” according to Fricke – are captured via alternate takes including a striking view of “Fly Like an Eagle” as a 12-minute work-in-progress suite. WELCOME TO THE VAULT further includes a number of alternate version of iconic Steve Miller Band tracks mostly recorded prior to their commercial releases, and a recent big band reinterpretation of “Take the Money and Run” featuring fellow Texas guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan recorded live at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Miller is involved as a performer, educator and curator focusing on blues music.
Indeed, the blues in all its forms can be heard throughout WELCOME TO THE VAULT, in versions of songs of Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and Otis Rush, as well as country and R&B variations like Roy Acuff’s “Freight Train Blues” and Mickey and Sylvia’s classic “Love Is Strange.” Miller’s own personal links to the lineage and history of guitar music are also prominently featured, including a 1990 version of Jimmy Reed’s “I Wanna Be Loved,” recorded with his close musical friend and godfather, Les Paul, during the electric guitar pioneer’s famed Monday night residency at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT closes with a pair of landmark tracks also released here for the first time that include Texas blues guitar legend T-Bone Walker performing his 1952 hit, “Lollie Lou,” on a tape made the year before in the Miller Family living room by Steve’s father George, a passionate jazz and blues fan and home recording enthusiast. The collection finishes more than 60 years later with Miller himself performing “Lollie Lou” at “T-Bone Walker: A Bridge from Blues to Jazz,” the December 2016 tribute concert curated by Miller at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
As if all that weren’t enough, the WELCOME TO THE VAULT DVD features 21 incredible live performances, including rare footage from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, a Dutch TV filmed performance of the Fillmore West from 1970, a 43-minute September 1973 concert at New York’s Palace Theater broadcast on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (unseen since the ’70s), an ABC In Concert performance with James Cotton (1974), a performance of “Abracadabra” from Michigan’s Pine Knob from that album tour in 1982, and selections from Austin City Limits (2011), as well as Miller’s intimate 1990 performance with Les Paul at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
Long regarded as one of rock’s most dynamic and creative live acts, the Steve Miller Band is touring all summer with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 36-city U.S. tour. Miller calls it “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country.” The trek got underway June 13 at Des Moines, Iowa’s Wells Fargo Arena and then travels through a two-night finale at Woodinville, WA’s Chateau Ste. Michelle on August 30 and 31. Miller has now announced new fall tour dates including a three-night stand at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
STEVE MILLER BAND
WELCOME TO THE VAULT
(Sailor/Capitol/UMe)
RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2019
CD 1:
CD 2:
CD 3:
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG
DVD:
Monterey International Pop Festival – 1967
– Mercury Blues
– Super Shuffle
The Fillmore West – Dutch TV Show El Dorado (Pik-In) – 1970
– Kow Kow Calculator
– Space Cowboy
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert – 1973
– Star Spangled Banner
– Living in the USA
– Space Cowboy
– Mary Lou
– Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
– The Gangster is Back
– The Joker
– Come on in My Kitchen
– Seasons
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA (Reprise)
ABC In Concert with James Cotton – 1974
– Just a Little Bit
Pine Knob, Michigan – 1982
– Abracadabra
Steve Miller and Les Paul at Fat Tuesday’s – 1990
– I Wanna be Loved
– CC Rider
Live from Austin City Limits – 2011
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT [CD]
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT [limited edition clear vinyl LP]
SIDE A
4.Freight Train Blues (1976) *
5.Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
SIDE B
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
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An Amazing Evening of Original American Music – Classic Rock Meets Classic Country
Featuring Steve Miller Band & Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
AUGUST
16 – Billings, MT – Cove Creek Outdoor Pavilion
17 – Missoula, MT – Big Sky Brewery
19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
21 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
22 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
24 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
27 – Salem, OR – Oregon State Fair
28 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
30 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
31 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
OCTOBER
2, 4 & 5 – Las Vegas, NV – Wynn Encore Ballroom
In addition, Miller will continue his exploration of the blues at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center with “Cannonball Adderley and The Blues,” a spirited celebration of saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. Set for Saturday, December 14at JALC’s Rose Theater, the event will see Miller joined by vocalist Brianna Thomas and the Patrick Bartley Sextet, led by one of NYC’s most acclaimed young saxophonists. Tickets and additional information can be found HER
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
STEVE MILLER CHATTED WITH JIMMY FALLON
AND
PERFORMED “FLY LIKE AN EAGLE” WITH THE ROOTS
LAST NIGHT ON THE TONIGHT SHOW
Last night, Steve Miller appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss his soon-to-be-released box set WELCOME TO THE VAULT. Fallon and Miller had a fun and engaging conversation about everything from how Miller started a band as a 12-year-old to opening for Pink Floyd at Knebworth to the meaning of the “Pompatus of Love.” Miller then went on to perform an incredible version of “Fly Like An Eagle” with The Roots.
WATCH JIMMY FALLON INTERVIEW STEVE MILLER
WATCH “FLY LIKE AN EAGLE” WITH STEVE MILLER AND THE ROOTS
Out this Friday, October 11, WELCOME TO THE VAULT shows Miller opening up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever. The milestone 3CD + DVD box set covers his genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
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STEVE MILLER’S WELCOME TO THE VAULT OUT TODAY
LANDMARK 3CD + DVD ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES:
38 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES,
INCLUDING ALTERNATE VERSIONS, LIVE PERFORMANCES
AND FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD STEVE MILLER BAND SONGS
FROM THE ’60S AND ’70S
DVD FEATURES 21 INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SPANNING SIX DECADES
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT ALSO OUT TODAY
WELCOME TO THE VAULT PHOTO ASSETS
Renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller has released his rarities box set, WELCOME TO THE VAULT, today via Sailor/Capitol/UMe. WELCOME TO THE VAULT shows Miller opening up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever. The milestone 3CD + DVD box set covers his genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT is accompanied by a 100-page hardbound book of photos, memorabilia and artifacts from Miller’s personal collection, as well as an exclusive 9,000-word essay by renowned rock journalist David Fricke. Steve Miller Band’s WELCOME TO THE VAULT, also available as a 52-track digital collection, arrives Friday, October 11 via Sailor/Capitol/UMe.
Also out today, SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT spotlights several tracks from the larger WELCOME TO THE VAULT collection. The SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT CD features 13 tracks, including 12 previously unreleased recordings. The limited edition SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT clear vinyl LP showcases eight tracks, all of which are previously unreleased.
BUY/STREAM WELCOME TO THE VAULT
BUY/STREAM SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT
WELCOME TO THE VAULT opens in 1969 with the Steve Miller Band covering Little Walter’s “Blues With a Feeling” at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, a previously unreleased 10-minute blowout unlike anything else in Miller’s official studio or live catalog. Faithful to the form yet undeniably visionary, the track instantly sets the pace for what is to come. A turbulent “Super Shuffle” recorded live at Steve Miller Band’s breakthrough appearance at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, is fast followed by such previously unreleased revelations as an early version of “Going to Mexico” (originally found on 1970’s NUMBER 5) as well as solo acoustic takes on BRAVE NEW WORLD’s “Kow Kow Calculator” and “Seasons,” recorded on the road in 1973.
The evolutionary sessions for 1976’s FLY LIKE AN EAGLE and 1977’s BOOK OF DREAMS – Steve Miller Band’s “multi-platinum fusions of crisp funk and blues undercurrents, progressive-rock electronics and hit-single pith,” according to Fricke – are captured via alternate takes including a striking view of “Fly Like an Eagle” as a 12-minute work-in-progress suite. WELCOME TO THE VAULT further includes a number of alternate version of iconic Steve Miller Band tracks mostly recorded prior to their commercial releases, and a recent big band reinterpretation of “Take the Money and Run” featuring fellow Texas guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan recorded live at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Miller is involved as a performer, educator and curator focusing on blues music.
Indeed, the blues in all its forms can be heard throughout WELCOME TO THE VAULT, in versions of songs of Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and Otis Rush, as well as country and R&B variations like Roy Acuff’s “Freight Train Blues” and Mickey and Sylvia’s classic “Love Is Strange.” Miller’s own personal links to the lineage and history of guitar music are also prominently featured, including a 1990 version of Jimmy Reed’s “I Wanna Be Loved,” recorded with his close musical friend and godfather, Les Paul, during the electric guitar pioneer’s famed Monday night residency at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
WELCOME TO THE VAULT closes with a pair of landmark tracks also released here for the first time that include Texas blues guitar legend T-Bone Walker performing his 1952 hit, “Lollie Lou,” on a tape made the year before in the Miller Family living room by Steve’s father George, a passionate jazz and blues fan and home recording enthusiast. The collection finishes more than 60 years later with Miller himself performing “Lollie Lou” at “T-Bone Walker: A Bridge from Blues to Jazz,” the December 2016 tribute concert curated by Miller at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
As if all that weren’t enough, the WELCOME TO THE VAULT DVD features 21 incredible live performances, including rare footage from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, a Dutch TV filmed performance of the Fillmore West from 1970, a 43-minute September 1973 concert at New York’s Palace Theater broadcast on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (unseen since the ’70s), an ABC In Concert performance with James Cotton (1974), a performance of “Abracadabra” from Michigan’s Pine Knob from that album tour in 1982, and selections from Austin City Limits (2011), as well as Miller’s intimate 1990 performance with Les Paul at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.
Miller just completed his 2019 60-date national tour with the Steve Miller Band, which culminated with a performance at the closing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s world famous PLAY IT LOUD exhibit, that featured several instruments from his personal collection. Miller will continue his exploration of the blues at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center with “Cannonball Adderley and The Blues,” a spirited celebration of saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. Set for Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14 at JALC’s Rose Theater, the event will see Miller joined by vocalist Brianna Thomas and the Patrick Bartley Sextet, led by one of NYC’s most acclaimed young saxophonists. Tickets and additional information can be found HERE.
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STEVE MILLER BAND
WELCOME TO THE VAULT
(Sailor/Capitol/UMe)
RELEASE DATE: October 11,2019
CD:1
1. Blues with a Feeling (Live) (1969) *
2. Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around – Alternate Version (1969) *
3. Super Shuffle (Live) (1967) **
4. It Hurts Me Too (Feat. Steve Miller Band) (Live) (1967)
5. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Alternate Version (1970) *
6. Living in the USA (1968)
7. Kow Kow Calculator – Alternate Version (1973) *
8. Going to Mexico – Alternate Version (1966) *
9. Quicksilver Girl – Alternate Version (1968) *
10. Jackson-Kent Blues – Alternate Version (1970) *
11. Crossroads (Live) (1973) *
12. Hesitation Blues (1972) **
13. Seasons – Alternate Version (1973) *
14. Say Wow! (1973) **
15. Never Kill Another Man – Alternate Version (Live) (1971) *
CD 2:
1. The Gangster is Back (Live) (1971)
2. Space Cowboy – Instrumental Version (1969) *
3. Space Cowboy – Alternate Version (Live) (1973) *
4. The Joker (1973)
5. The Lovin’ Cup (1973)
6. Killing Floor (1975) *
7. Evil (Live) (1973)
8. Echoplex Blues (1973) **
9. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
10. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 2 (1976) *
11. Tain’t it the Truth (1976) *
12. Freight Train Blues (1976) *
13. True Fine Love – Alternate Version (1975) *
14. The Stake – Alternate Version (1976) *
15. My Babe – Alternate Version (1982) *
16. That’s the Way It’s Got to Be (1974) **
17. Double Trouble (1992) *
18. Love is Strange (1974) *
19. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Alternate Version (1992) *
CD 3:
1. I Wanna Be Loved (Live) (1990) *
2. Fly Like an Eagle – Alternate Version (1974) *
3. Space Intro (1976)
4. Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
5. The Window – Alternate Version (1974) *
6. Mercury Blues – Alternate Version (1975) *
7. Jet Airliner – Alternate Version (1976) *
8. Take the Money and Run (1976)
9. Dance, Dance, Dance (1976)
10. Swingtown – Alternate Version (1976) *
11. Winter Time (1977)
12. Who Do You Love? (1984)
13. Abracadabra (1982)
14. Macho City – Short Version (1981)
15. Take the Money and Run – Alternate Version (Live) (2016) *
16. Bizzy’s Blue Tango* (2004)
17. Lollie Lou (T-Bone Walker) (Live) (1951) *
18. Lollie Lou (Steve Miller) (Live) (2016) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG
DVD:
Monterey International Pop Festival – 1967
– Mercury Blues
– Super Shuffle
The Fillmore West – Dutch TV Show El Dorado (Pik-In) – 1970
– Kow Kow Calculator
– Space Cowboy
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert – 1973
– Star Spangled Banner
– Living in the USA
– Space Cowboy
– Mary Lou
– Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
– The Gangster is Back
– The Joker
– Come on in My Kitchen
– Seasons
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA (Reprise)
ABC In Concert with James Cotton – 1974
– Just a Little Bit
Pine Knob, Michigan – 1982
– Abracadabra
Steve Miller and Les Paul at Fat Tuesday’s – 1990
– I Wanna be Loved
– CC Rider
Live from Austin City Limits – 2011
– Fly Like an Eagle
– Living in the USA
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT [CD]
1. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Alternate Version (1970) *
2. Macho City – Short Version (1981)
3. Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around – Alternate Version (1969) *
4. Love is Strange (1974) *
5. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
6. Crossroads (Live) (1973) *
7. Take the Money and Run – Alternate Version (Live) (2016) *
8. Tain’t it the Truth (1976) *
9. Freight Train Blues (1976) *
10. Fly Like an Eagle – Alternate Version (1974) *
11. I Wanna Be Loved (Live) (1990) *
12. Jet Airliner – Alternate Version (1976) *
13. Lollie Lou (Steve Miller) (Live) (2016) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT [limited edition clear vinyl LP]
SIDE A
1. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Alternate Version (1970) *
2. Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around – Alternate Version (1969) *
3. Love is Strange (1974) *
4. Freight Train Blues (1976) *
5. Rock’n Me – Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
SIDE B
1. Crossroads (Live) (1973) *
2. Tain’t it the Truth (1976) *
3. Fly Like an Eagle – Alternate Version (1974) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
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STEVE MILLER NOMINATED FOR 2020 SONGWRITER’S HALL OF FAME
WELCOME TO THE VAULT BOXSET OUT NOW
The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced today that renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller is one of the nominees to be voted upon for induction at its 51st Annual Induction & Awards Gala on June 11, 2020, in New York City.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing the work and lives of those composers and lyricists who create music around the world. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight on December 16, 2019 to turn in ballots with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from a performing songwriter category. Miller is in the performing songwriter category.
Miller recently released his rarities box set, WELCOME TO THE VAULT, via Sailor/Capitol/UMe. WELCOME TO THE VAULT shows Miller opening up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever. The milestone 3CD + DVD box set covers his genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock ‘n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them legendary rare TV appearances and concert videos.
Miller also just completed his 2019 60-date national tour with the Steve Miller Band, which culminated with a performance at the closing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s world famous PLAY IT LOUD exhibit, that featured several instruments from his personal collection. Miller will continue his exploration of the blues at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center with “Cannonball Adderley and The Blues,” a spirited celebration of saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. Set for Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14 at JALC’s Rose Theater, the event will see Miller joined by vocalist Brianna Thomas and the Patrick Bartley Sextet, led by one of NYC’s most acclaimed young saxophonists. Tickets and additional information can be found HERE.
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STEVE MILLER INDUCTED INTO THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME
MADE SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON CBS THIS MORNING
photo credit: courtesy of Sailor Music
It was announced today that Steve Miller will become one of the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization’s 51st Annual Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 11th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Other musical legends to be inducted include: Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox / Dave Stewart p/k/a Eurythmics, Ernie Isley / Marvin Isley / O’Kelly Isley / Ronald Isley / Rudolph Isley / Chris Jasper p/k/a The Isley Brothers, Steve Miller, Chad Hugo / Pharrell Williams p/k/a The Neptunes, Rick Nowels and William “Mickey” Stevenson.
CBS This Morning invited Miller on the show as a surprise guest earlier today to perform some of his classic songs and discuss what this event means to him.
“I want to thank Nile Rodgers and Linda Moran, the board, and all the members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame who voted for me and express my appreciation for the music education programs they run. The SHOF provides songwriting and music programs at NYU and USC as well as providing individual scholarships. Writing songs and playing music has been a wonderful life for me and to be inducted into a hall where Merle Haggard, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, and Paul McCartney are in the room is an unexpected honor and I’m delighted and grateful.,” says Miller.
WATCH STEVE MILLER ON CBS THIS MORNING
photo credit: CBS/Michele Crowe
Steve Miller has been an enlivening presence on the American music scene for more than half a century. Miller crafted a brand of pure pop that was smart, polished, exciting and irresistible – and that dominates radio in a way that few artists have ever managed. Hit followed hit in what seemed like an endless flow: “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Living in the USA” and “Abracadabra” among them. Running through Miller’s distinctive catalog is a combination of virtuosity and song craft. In the course of his long, full career, Miller has sold tens of millions of records and with each listen the beauty and immediacy of his work, whether at its most playful or most serious, is palpable. Steve Miller Band will be announcing news of his 40-city tour of the USA starting in June. Full details coming soon.
photo credit: CBS/Michele Crowe
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