Steve Miller - C/D?

What's your opinion of this zygote?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7FBcyyUqw

Still think this song secretly invented the Stone Roses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcTJZLxhFU

dude likes to shout out his previously recorded tunes

/when you unthinkingly reflexively bookmark a thread, just out of habit

Don’t know if this has been posted already on another thread: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/young-musician-growing-up-with-steve-miller/

The hand claps can’t come fast enough in Take the Money

such a weird song.

The lyrics don't rhyme. The handclaps don't happen on specific bars, just when he ever makes a Texas reference. Just a mess, but worth it just for that opening drum roll.

The handclaps don't happen on specific bars, just when he ever makes a Texas reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ5Di_7ZpW0

Still think this song secretly invented the Stone Roses

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, May 5, 2018 3:50 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Nah, it probably invented Smash Mouth tho

That opening bass line and tone does have that thing Smash Mouth kinda captured in their big hit. Could be a bit of both bands though as Steve Miller band was a SF psych blues/pop band, first gen.

I know fuck all about Steve Miller beyond what I know from classic rock radio, and that my first exposure to him was the song "Abracadabra," which sucks, but he's Monday's guest on WTF so I'm brushing up on the real early stuff and...it's good?? Okay then.

Yeah! First five albums are all sick!

I'm not the biggest Steve Miller fan, but those first two albums are excellent, the only two I listen to from start-to-finish. Beyond that, Anthology (covering the early stuff except, strangely enough, the debut, possibly because it's tough to break up into individual tracks) and the mega-selling Greatest Hits 1974-1978 are all the Steve Miller I'd ever need and then some.

Recently came across his Wikipedia page...had no idea about any of this:

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miller received his first exposure to music from his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as "Sonny" who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and an accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. The Millers were best man and matron of honor at the December 1949 Paul/Ford wedding. Paul became Steve's godfather.[4] Les Paul heard Steve, who was six, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, "banging away" on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury.[5] Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar... and "perhaps he will be something one day."

In 1950, the family relocated to Dallas, Texas. Many distinguished musicians came to the house to record, and Steve absorbed much from "greats" such as T-Bone Walker, Charles Mingus, and Tal Farlow.

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Upon his return to the United States, Miller moved to Chicago where he immersed himself in the city's blues scene. During his time there, he worked with harmonica player Paul Butterfield and jammed with blues greats Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Buddy Guy, all of whom encouraged the young guitarist to pursue music.

Oh yeah, they ended up talking about a lot of that on WTF today.

The production really is outstanding on all his stuff.

Still think this song secretly invented the Stone Roses

― Elvis Telecom,

well.

i think this brilliant 10+ minute edit by soundhog totally underlines this theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSo0BMLLpI