Steve Miller

1967-01-27 The Matrix, San Francisco, California

complete show, soundboard

01 Worried About My Baby Too Much
02 Mercury Blues
03 Just In Case We Both Are Wrong
04 Junior Saw It Happen
05 Superbird
06 Instrumental
07 Instrumental
08 Your Old Lady
09 Goin' Down To Mexico (early Version)
10 Lovin' Wheel
11 Instrumental Jam

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1983-03-08 Loreley, Rockpalast

TV Brodcast source

01 Abracadabra
02 The Joker
03 You You You
04 Out Of The Night
05 Living In The U.S.A.
06 Somebody Done Hoo Doo To The Hoodoo Man
07 Little Bit
08 Fly Like An Eagle
09 Keeps Me Wond'ring Why
10 Rock'n'me
11 Jungle Love
12 Jet Airliner
13 Macho City
14 Honey
15 She's My Baby
16
17 Space Cowboy

Musicians:

Steve Miller - guit/voc
Gerald Johnson - bass
Norton Buffalo - harm/voc
Kenny Lee Lewis - guit/voc
Garry Mallaber - drums
Byron Allred - keyb

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The Steve Miller Band concert will end the Rockpalast-Loreley Festival. Steve Miller is one of the few rock musicians of the first generation who still makes interesting music, tries out new things and gives new impulses to rock'n'roll.

Steve Miller was born in 1943. He and his parents were friends of T-Bone Walker; through this connection, Miller was almost forced to discover rhythm and blues and the electric guitar. First bands were founded in school. They sounded so good that Miller decided to become a professional.

From 1966 on, he played at all well-known places on the American west coast and he was one of the few who didn't say yes to the first offer a record label sent them. He demanded several things and was one of the first to achieve better working conditions for rock musicians, which are standard today. This included the total control over the content of his records as well as the possibility to choose studio and producer himself and a rather big advance for the financing of his productions.

Between 1968 and 1972, the Steve Miller Band published different records which established their reputation as one of the most advanced and influential groups. At that time, the term 'progressive' was still being used. Miller impressed with his perfect arrangements, and songs that mirrored his varied influences (from rhythm and blues to country to folksongs) and the full use of the studio's possibilities.

The Steve Miller Band live concerts were always musical highlights. Miller himself once made this comment: "There was already a difference when we performed in San Francisco in 1967. All the bands that are very famous today, back then still used to play hours-long jam sessions about Johnny B. Good etc., but they couldn't really master their instruments because they had just begun to learn. We already had the experience of some years of touring as a band for people like Muddy Waters, for example. No one could tell us what to do."

In the 1970s, Miller took long breaks, partly due to illness. But each time he came back, it was with a big bang. In 1973, it was 'The Joker', in 1976 'Fly like an Eagle', with 'Rockin' Me' and other hit singles. Nowadays, Miller is very relaxed and only does things that are fun for him. In recent years, he was in Europe again for the first time after many years and gave concerts which
lasted over two hours, encompassing his whole repertoire, from 'Livin' in the USA' to 'Abracadabra'.

On-stage, the Steve Miller Band is simply one of the best. Miller himself is an experienced guitar player who knows that the quality and the tension of a solo often depend on which notes are left out. Alongside of him is Norton Buffalo, who can do unbelievable things with his harmonica. The Steve Miller Band
concert at the Rockpalast-Loreley Festival will offer rock'n'roll at it's best, with everything that goes with it.

"American show biz and Las Vegas at the Loreley. Stever Miller had decided to give his only concert in Europe in 1983 at the Loreley: "That's got to be a spectacular event!", was his evaluation. He wanted to turn into a tiger with 'Abracadabra'. Two tigers with a trainer appeared at the Loreley. The tiger cage found no favor with the Stagemaster, Thilo Schernau. A newer, safer cage had to be built. It had to be worked on day and night. In London, a complete stage set had to be designed, just for this concert. On top of that, a magician came from America. All of this - and don't forget, a computer - saw to it that some of the team members got very little sleep during the production week."

From: 10 Years Of Rockpalast.

2012 AVO Session Basel

TV Brodcast source

01 Take the Money and Run
02 The Stake
03 Abracadabra
04 Further On Up The Road
05 Texas
06 Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
07 Kow Kow Calqulator
08 Serenade
09 Wild Mountain Honey
10 Gangster of Love
11 Fly Like an Eagle
12 Keep On Rockin Me Baby
13 Space Cowboy
14 The Joker

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Beatclub - 1972-03-25 No 77 'Workshop'

DVD Rip - Tracks never played uncut on TV
instead the "progressive" show runners labeled that part
"workshop" and Steve Miller had to face a "tribunal" on how he dares (!) making money as independant producer with his music.
curious times

01 Jackson Kent Blues
02 Steve Miller Band - Nothing Lasts (Acoustic)
03 Living In The USA
04 Space Cowboy (unreleased then)

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