Saw him this summer. He was just shy of 80 years old, played for 2 hours straight. People singing along to all the songs. And there were fans of all ages there. It was great to see.
Saw him back in '92 in Dallas....it was the same thing. People of all ages just love Steve and his band. Great performance and everybody has a great time.
Man, I love this song. 5 years old with an AM radio tucked under my pillow as I fell asleep. This was my favorite one to listen to at night. Triptastic.
Has no one else mentioned Steve Miller's track My Dark Hour? The source of Fly Like An Eagle's introductory riff, with drums, bass, extra guitar and backing vox by Paul McCartney.
Steve Miller's godfather was THE Les Paul. Jazz greats such as Charles Mingus visited his parents' house regularly. He apparently absorbed much greatness from that atmosphere. I somehow had 2 copies of this album. You can skip Abracadabra in future tracks from him, though. Lol.
His godmother was Mary Ford, Steve's father, who was a dentist by trade, was an engineer on many of Les Paul and Mary Ford records, that's why all the greats were always on the house
Thanks for mentioning the organ. I looked it up. Joachim Young on Hammond B3. His finger speed and pressure of attack on the keys would produce different tonal effects as he played. Those are mechanical strictures (stops on the console above the keys) being applied on the flow of air across the reeds in a chamber that looks something like a wooden kitchen cabinet. It's funny to describe how these musical instruments worked before they were all sampled and digitally reproduced and repurposed.
"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, There's a solution."
NICE!! Fly Like An Eagle 🦅 was my first concert in 1976. I want to say it was $8.50 and Norton Buffalo opened. Just turned 14! Whew! Doesn't sound that long ago but it feels like it! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
The keyboard flitting in and out of the song makes this easily one of the trippiest songs of all time. My first time consuming acid in high school, this song mesmerized me as badly as Comfortably Numb did. That keyboard is like a magic carpet that swept me up and showed me around 😂
Steve Miller band had 2 monter Albums in the mid 70's, This one and Book of Dreams. Crazy good Rock and Roll. Dance Dance Dance Wild Mountain Honey True Fine Love The Stake Take The Money and Run
The first time I smoked weed at 15, my older brother gave me a set of headphones and put this album on, and it begins with the space intro right into Fly Like An Eagle. To say that it blew my mind is an understatement. Especially the end of the song where you feel like you’re flying, and then the series of beeps made you feel like you were in the cockpit of a jet flying fast. I live in Germany and it’s also a perfect song for driving on the autobahn, which has no speed limit.
@@Mike-rk8px I have an older brother too, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Music was everything back then, and "altered states of consciousness". we obviously made it through, somehow.
Another brilliant album from 1976. His godfather was electric guitar pioneer Les Paul. There’s a great version of this song on the Les Paul tribute album American Made World Played.
I saw him in '66 in the Steve Miller Blues Band and in '74 in the Steve Miller Band with Boz Scaggs as the supporting act where they sat in on each other's sets...you really got your money's worth back then and then some...
I totally dig when you two are JAMMING to a track. Funny story. I've only worked one show my whole life. It was Steve Miller. It was his last show of the tour here in Corpus Christi TX. And we told his road manager that John Denver and Sam Kinnison had both had their last shows here.... And well they're both dead. His manager got all bug eyed. "Fookin Bloody 'ell" was his response. LOL
If you're interested in Steve Miller's roots, check out the song In My First Mind from his debut 1968 album, Children of the Future. It has a mix of Psychedelic and Blues. ✌️
Literally no one cared about this song until it was sampled for Vanilla Ice's "Rollin' in My 5.0" in 1991. Now it is considered a classic. Thanks Ice Man. *Disclaimer: certain elements of this post may have been exaggerated for dramatic effect.
I love watching you guys enjoying the music of my youth. First time I heard this on the radio, I was at the store buying this album! Brings back those days!
Multi track recording had been around for several years by 76, but not a lot of bands were utilizing synthesizers, and Doppler effects in the mix. Pink Floyd used them extensively.
A group you may not have done, featuring Paul Rogers,(Bad Company )vocals and Jimmy Page, (Led Zeppelin)guitar, ...The Firm -"Satisfaction Guaranteed" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I really like watching your videos and getting a new appreciation for some of this music. I've been hearing it for decades and a lot of the songs, this one included, are staples of classic rock radio. But in a lot of cases I've stopped really hearing these songs and I'm reminded to appreciate the details when I see you hear it for the first time. So, thanks. 🖖🏽
Growing up I lived in a very rural area. My nearest neighbor was half mile away. His dad had a shop with a small room in the back with a pool table, bar and an 8-track stereo system that rocked. My friend and I literally listened to the Steve Miller Greatest Hits 8-track THOUSANDS of times. I could hear 1 second of any of those songs and be able to identify which it is.
His pedigree is amazing. In addition to Les Paul being his (actual) godfather - T-Bone Walker helped him learn to play guitar. Many well-known musicians came to his house to record (his father was a sound engineer). He was in bands with Boz Scaggs and worked with many famous blues musicians. He's the real deal.
He taught Boz Scaggs to play guitar, and Les Paul taught him. And that is why we called him Stevie "Guitar" Miller. Try more music by Steve Miller, you won't be disappointed. Like Tupelo Honey.
Think of being like 10 yrs old when this music was coming out!! Blew our minds. Well, many of us had listened to our parents' Beatles albums, so we'd heard Strawberry Fields, I Am the Walrus, Yellow Submarine etc, so we were comfortable with 'different', but this stuff was still awesome & just carried you away every time you heard it.
I was listening to Stevie "Guitar" Miller before The Joker before everything blew up. And yes, the production is amazing on this album, second to none, done by John Palladino, and he continues that sound on the next album Book of Dreams, taking it even a bit further. Joachim Young is comping and power chording on the B3 Organ, while Miller is making all those swelling sounds with a synthesizer. People forget that Miller not only plays guitar but also organ, synthesizer, sitar, harmonica, among other instruments. To me, this album is the pinacol of Miller's career. I played the hell out of it back in the day. Great stuff.
I bought this album when it came out in 1976 and loved the whole thing, especially the 2 songs you mention. The funny thing about Mercury Blues is that I listened to it and the rest of the album so many times I got used to it by heart. So when I bought David Lindley’s solo album (he used to play with Jackson Browne) about 4 years later I was SHOCKED to hear his take on the same song! It became a massive hit for him and although I think I like Steve Miller’s version better, there’s room for both in my world. Lindley’s kicks ass too, albeit at a much different tempo!
Stevie "Guitar" Miller... He and Boz Scaggs were classmates at St. Mark's in our hometown of Dallas, TX... Steve's godfather was Les Paul... Great player and recording artist. Very innovative in the studio.
Another great San Francisco band! They'll be playing here (AT&T Park) with fellow San Franciscan band, Journey, as well as Def Leppard in late August....
Saw him this summer. He was just shy of 80 years old, played for 2 hours straight. People singing along to all the songs. And there were fans of all ages there. It was great to see.
Saw him back in '92 in Dallas....it was the same thing. People of all ages just love Steve and his band. Great performance and everybody has a great time.
Super talented man
Yeah he plays everything in catalog
I saw him too, with Dave Mason. Bridgeport, CT
@@jonathansmith3742 that’s where I saw the show. Great night. And Dave sounded amazing too.
That's a Vibe ...47 years later .
Timeless brilliance .
Man, I love this song. 5 years old with an AM radio tucked under my pillow as I fell asleep. This was my favorite one to listen to at night. Triptastic.
I did the same!!!
listened to this on the radio at midnight new years eve 1980. took me on a ride....
This is one of those albums that needs a full review. An absolute gem - no filler. Thanks guys. Cheers ✌
I really like Wild Mountain Honey!
Yep
Has no one else mentioned Steve Miller's track My Dark Hour? The source of Fly Like An Eagle's introductory riff, with drums, bass, extra guitar and backing vox by Paul McCartney.
The power of keyboards on this era of Rock is undeniable! So good.
REAL keyboards, as far as I'm aware of. I love the organ music in these old songs ❤
WOOOHOOO!!! Another band I've seen 3 times! LOVE STEVE MILLER BAND!! SUPER AWESOME!!
You guys should definitely check out “Wild Mountain Honey” by them. It is my favorite song by SMB. It has a super mystical/psychedelic vibe.
I forgot about that song🎵
❤❤
You don't even know about wild mountain honey ;)
This song has been sampled so, so many times - Tupac, Biggie, Cube, Lil Wayne, Heavy D and many more. The sound elements are amazing. ❤
First to use it was EPMD for ‘You’re A Customer’ back in 1987.
@@monolithic87 Ooh, good one! After I watched this I look it up and it’s been used in 150+songs. I had no idea it was that many! 🔥
Steve Miller Band is a Treasure !!!!!
That 'video game sound' really does resemble the map screen from Ghosts n Gobllins, which hit the arcades almost ten years after this song.
Steve Miller Band are certified hit makers. Good portion of their catalogue is still regularly played on the radio.
Must hear classics,, The Steve Miller Band "Mercury Blues"",, "The Window" & "Winter Time"..Trust me on these my music lovin' brothers. 🔥
Serenade n the window are must listens
One of those songs that needs headphones to fully appreciate the sounds laid down by all the instruments. Nice one guys
Love Steve Miller, give Serenade, Jungle love, in the winter time, Jet Airliner, abracadabra a go …………. I could go on 😊
Loved Steve Miller since 1968, Living in the USA...its a banger! "Somebody give me a cheeseburger..." 🍔👍🏻
Steve Miller's godfather was THE Les Paul. Jazz greats such as Charles Mingus visited his parents' house regularly. He apparently absorbed much greatness from that atmosphere. I somehow had 2 copies of this album. You can skip Abracadabra in future tracks from him, though. Lol.
His godmother was Mary Ford, Steve's father, who was a dentist by trade, was an engineer on many of Les Paul and Mary Ford records, that's why all the greats were always on the house
hey i liked that song :)
Steve had a rock band when he was 12 back in the late 50s. Played fraternities around Dallas area. Biz Scaggs was the guitar player in this band.
Thanks for mentioning the organ. I looked it up. Joachim Young on Hammond B3. His finger speed and pressure of attack on the keys would produce different tonal effects as he played. Those are mechanical strictures (stops on the console above the keys) being applied on the flow of air across the reeds in a chamber that looks something like a wooden kitchen cabinet. It's funny to describe how these musical instruments worked before they were all sampled and digitally reproduced and repurposed.
Hammond B3, my favorite instrument ❤
So powerful, such encompassing sound!
🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🔥💫
Right on, from a fellow traveler. Still an analog kid in a digital world, all these yrs later. 🤘😎
When released,, This MUST HEAR Classic track hit BIG & DIFFERENT,, Billy Thorpe "Children Of The Sun" (Exclusive Video)
Had this 8-track back in high school in the seventies.
"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, There's a solution."
NICE!! Fly Like An Eagle 🦅 was my first concert in 1976. I want to say it was $8.50 and Norton Buffalo opened. Just turned 14! Whew! Doesn't sound that long ago but it feels like it! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
Awesomeness
So good on so many levels
Great album Jungle Love my favorite
A song that us that grew up with them played this lloud as possible and just went for a grooves ride.
The keyboard flitting in and out of the song makes this easily one of the trippiest songs of all time. My first time consuming acid in high school, this song mesmerized me as badly as Comfortably Numb did. That keyboard is like a magic carpet that swept me up and showed me around 😂
Way too much good music from the 70's to even have listened to it all when it was happening🇨🇦🇨🇦
i managed to tho 24/7
Great song and reaction. So much more reaction! It will take a life time to listen (;🤘😎
Steve Miller band had 2 monter Albums in the mid 70's, This one and Book of Dreams.
Crazy good Rock and Roll.
Dance Dance Dance
Wild Mountain Honey
True Fine Love
The Stake
Take The Money and Run
One of my favorites…….
the groove of those drums is insane
Gary Mallaber. One of the greatest.
Probably my favorite song by them is "Swing Town". It takes me way back and might be the first Steve Miller Band song I heard. Enjoy!
There's a whole Space Intro to this song too. Definitely a go to when you get high. "House the people livin in the street, oh oh there's a solution"
The first time I smoked weed at 15, my older brother gave me a set of headphones and put this album on, and it begins with the space intro right into Fly Like An Eagle. To say that it blew my mind is an understatement. Especially the end of the song where you feel like you’re flying, and then the series of beeps made you feel like you were in the cockpit of a jet flying fast.
I live in Germany and it’s also a perfect song for driving on the autobahn, which has no speed limit.
@@Mike-rk8px I have an older brother too, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Music was everything back then, and "altered states of consciousness". we obviously made it through, somehow.
Great lp. Great song. Book Of Dreams, too.
He has been an innovator since the mid 1960's. He gets spacey a lot.
Another brilliant album from 1976. His godfather was electric guitar pioneer Les Paul. There’s a great version of this song on the Les Paul tribute album American Made World Played.
I saw him in '66 in the Steve Miller Blues Band and in '74 in the Steve Miller Band with Boz Scaggs as the supporting act where they sat in on each other's sets...you really got your money's worth back then and then some...
This song is just soooo dam smooth.
One of the best albums ever made. The WHOLE album.
It's got a funky groove.
"Wild Mountain Honey" is my favorite Steve Miller Band song.
The keyboard adds some real funk to this rock song. This is the same era as Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, ELP, and many more.
I totally dig when you two are JAMMING to a track. Funny story. I've only worked one show my whole life. It was Steve Miller. It was his last show of the tour here in Corpus Christi TX. And we told his road manager that John Denver and Sam Kinnison had both had their last shows here.... And well they're both dead. His manager got all bug eyed. "Fookin Bloody 'ell" was his response. LOL
Ya peace n love
Man when this came out I was hooked....Steve Miller band was awesome I have the original album I bought when it came out
This album and The Joker album are perfect albums to review.
Absolutely awesome organ playing on this song, which gets overlooked so often.
If you're interested in Steve Miller's roots, check out the song In My First Mind from his debut 1968 album, Children of the Future.
It has a mix of Psychedelic and Blues. ✌️
Literally no one cared about this song until it was sampled for Vanilla Ice's "Rollin' in My 5.0" in 1991. Now it is considered a classic. Thanks Ice Man. *Disclaimer: certain elements of this post may have been exaggerated for dramatic effect.
Mega hit-maker. The words are timeless...
I love watching you guys enjoying the music of my youth. First time I heard this on the radio, I was at the store buying this album! Brings back those days!
Jet Airliner. One of the best rhythm guitar intros ever.
Check this out this is my ringtone on my phone you gotta see the looks I get all the time people love it❤
AND IT GOES RIGHT INTO ( WILD MOUNTAIN HONEY ) 👍😊
I was a junior in high school when this came out. We were obsessed with it. It's a great partying song! Thanks for the reaction!
Roller by April Wine 🍷
RIP Miles...
Mike and the mechanics "Can you hear me running"
Man you cats rock . Love tuning in for your show. Welcome to your new music journey. I'm definitely hooked . #ROCKON
I remember my older brother buying this album from when I was a kid I was in third grade and loved this song
A classic
Awesome job guys as always…still waiting for Dialogue Pts 1 and 2 from Chicago
The sounds at the end is Stevie "Guitar" Miller doing his thing.
Multi track recording had been around for several years by 76, but not a lot of bands were utilizing synthesizers, and Doppler effects in the mix. Pink Floyd used them extensively.
ABRACADABRA 👍😎
Without a doubt my favorite Steve Miller song. The organ is killing it!
Takes me back to cruising around town, Steve Miller blaring on the car stereo,😁 back when...
A group you may not have done, featuring Paul Rogers,(Bad Company )vocals and Jimmy Page, (Led Zeppelin)guitar, ...The Firm -"Satisfaction Guaranteed"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great band!!!!❤❤❤
The drummer and organ player on this track are just awesome.
Good to see Patrick Stewart in the ads...
This album imo is Miller's finest...out of many fine ones.
Light up and float along...
I really like watching your videos and getting a new appreciation for some of this music. I've been hearing it for decades and a lot of the songs, this one included, are staples of classic rock radio. But in a lot of cases I've stopped really hearing these songs and I'm reminded to appreciate the details when I see you hear it for the first time. So, thanks. 🖖🏽
You must play the next tune “Wild Mountain Honey.” As with a lot of 70’s material, the songs often just flow in to each other. This is one of those.
Oh yes, Wild Mountain Honey. My favorite SMB song!
But mostly the mini track before, 'Space Intro' should be played with FLAE.
"Wild Mountain Honey" from this record is one of the mellowest tunes ever recorded, true bliss.
Laa and Chee! Keep rolling out these great songs!
One of the best!
Layers upon layers up on layers in this song. So good.
crowd went nuts when he played this at Thunder Valley couple momths ago classic
Growing up I lived in a very rural area. My nearest neighbor was half mile away. His dad had a shop with a small room in the back with a pool table, bar and an 8-track stereo system that rocked. My friend and I literally listened to the Steve Miller Greatest Hits 8-track THOUSANDS of times. I could hear 1 second of any of those songs and be able to identify which it is.
Another great one, guys!
His pedigree is amazing. In addition to Les Paul being his (actual) godfather - T-Bone Walker helped him learn to play guitar. Many well-known musicians came to his house to record (his father was a sound engineer). He was in bands with Boz Scaggs and worked with many famous blues musicians. He's the real deal.
He taught Boz Scaggs to play guitar, and Les Paul taught him. And that is why we called him Stevie "Guitar" Miller.
Try more music by Steve Miller, you won't be disappointed. Like Tupelo Honey.
Love this song so much. Love to see so many people hearing it for the first time.
I love the way this song ends, like a transmission from Earth, received in deep space.
My pops played this often. I remember buying the EPMD Strictly Business album and immediately recognizing the sample of Fly Like an Eagle…🖖🏼
How I loved (and still do) EPMD; “You gots to Chill”, “Strictly Business” “So Whatcha Sayin’🔥
Heard this song a million times, never noticed how funky it is...
Press play on any part of that song and you are guaranteed to hear the bassist and keys going ham.
Think of being like 10 yrs old when this music was coming out!! Blew our minds. Well, many of us had listened to our parents' Beatles albums, so we'd heard Strawberry Fields, I Am the Walrus, Yellow Submarine etc, so we were comfortable with 'different', but this stuff was still awesome & just carried you away every time you heard it.
Great band saw them in the seventies opening for The Eagles!
Smoothe, weed smokin' greatness, right here. Screams summers at the pool and park to me. Carry me back. ❤
Steve is the best
I was listening to Stevie "Guitar" Miller before The Joker before everything blew up. And yes, the production is amazing on this album, second to none, done by John Palladino, and he continues that sound on the next album Book of Dreams, taking it even a bit further. Joachim Young is comping and power chording on the B3 Organ, while Miller is making all those swelling sounds with a synthesizer. People forget that Miller not only plays guitar but also organ, synthesizer, sitar, harmonica, among other instruments. To me, this album is the pinacol of Miller's career. I played the hell out of it back in the day. Great stuff.
He's so fun in concert, have seen him many times and is always a great, fun show. 😊
The entire album is a good listen. Mercury Blues, Wild Mountain Honey, oh yeah!
I bought this album when it came out in 1976 and loved the whole thing, especially the 2 songs you mention. The funny thing about Mercury Blues is that I listened to it and the rest of the album so many times I got used to it by heart. So when I bought David Lindley’s solo album (he used to play with Jackson Browne) about 4 years later I was SHOCKED to hear his take on the same song! It became a massive hit for him and although I think I like Steve Miller’s version better, there’s room for both in my world. Lindley’s kicks ass too, albeit at a much different tempo!
Stevie "Guitar" Miller... He and Boz Scaggs were classmates at St. Mark's in our hometown of Dallas, TX... Steve's godfather was Les Paul... Great player and recording artist. Very innovative in the studio.
When La gets the head shaking back and forth, you know its good!!
Another great San Francisco band! They'll be playing here (AT&T Park) with fellow San Franciscan band, Journey, as well as Def Leppard in late August....
When I travelled around Europe I always listen to this song!
That keyboard is killin’ it!❤