Variations of Name | The Steve Miller Blues Band | The Miller Band |
Relationships | Members: Steve Miller - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards Kenny Lee Lewis - guitar, bass, vocals Gordy Knudtson - drums Joseph Wooten - keyboards, backing vocals Jacob Petersen - guitar
Past Members: Lonnie Turner, Bobby Winkelman - bass, guitar, vocals Boz Scaggs, Greg Douglas, David Denny, John Massaro, Keith Allen - guitar, vocals Jim Peterman - keyboards, vocals Tim Davis - drums, vocals James "Curley" Cooke, Les Dudek, Paul Peterson - guitar Ben Sidran, Nicky Hopkins, Dick Thompson, Byron Allred, Ricky Peterson - keyboards Ross Valory, Gerald Johnson, Billy Peterson - bass, vocals Roger Allen Clark, Jack King, John King, Doug Clifford - drums Gary Mallaber - drums, keyboards, vocals Norton Buffalo - harmonica, guitar, vocals Bob Mallach - saxophone Sonny Charles - vocals |
Biography | The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California.The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals.
The group is best known for a string of (mainly) mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock radio, as well as several earlier psychedelic rock albums. Miller left his first band to move to San Francisco and form the Steve Miller Blues Band. Shortly after Harvey Kornspan negotiated the bands contract with Capitol Records in 1967, the band shortened its name to the Steve Miller Band. In February 1968, the band recorded its debut album, Children of the Future. It went on to produce the albums Sailor, Brave New World, Your Saving Grace, Number 5, Rock Love, Fly Like an Eagle, Book of Dreams, and more. The band's Greatest Hits 197478, released in 1978, sold over 13 million copies. |