SPACE JAM?!| FIRST TIME HEARING Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle REACTION
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- SPACE JAM?!| FIRST TIME HEARING Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle REACTION
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"Wild Mountain Honey" "Livin' In The USA" "Winter Time" are all great tunes by Steve Miller Band that I never see anyone suggest.
Livin In The USA is one of the last ones recorded when Boz Scaggs was in Steve’s band. My personal favorite. Also dig My Dark Hour from 69 with Paul McCartney on drums, bass, and backing vocals.m
After five reactions to The Steve Miller Band, you've got a good sense of what they're all about. Most of their biggest hits came in the 70s, while "Abracadabra" came in the 80s, at the onset of the MTV era (which explains why Jay loves it so much!). You can still react to "Jet Airliner", "Jungle Love", "Swingtown", or, if you want another 80s song of theirs, "I Want to Make the World Turn Around". FYI - "Fly Like an Eagle", "Rock'n Me", and "Take the Money and Run" were all on the same album, which was a banger from beginning to end. And yes, the version of this song covered by Seal ("Kiss From a Rose") was the one used in Space Jam. Amber you are so very right. "The Joker" was their first big hit, and "Abracadabra" was pretty much their last one.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time! “I want to fly like an eagle! Don’t we all!
Had hits with “Livin’ in the USA” “Space Cowboy” “MyDark Hour” “Going to the Country” years before “The Joker” was released which was his 8th album and had a greatest hits album “Anthology” before “The Joker” release.
I would argue Space Cowboy was the earliest hit, but Joker is way more well-known.
And that album is from the middle of Amber's favorite decade, 1976. I think J. will really like "Jet Airliner" and "Jungle Love" from 1977, since they're really upbeat rockers. I also like some of their early psychedelic-ish stuff like "Space Cowboy" from 1969.
I always felt like Abracadabra was kind of a fluke for them as far as a hit pop song, and though I liked it, I never felt like it was an accurate representation of their true sound.
Steve was Les Paul's godson. Yes, the Les Paul. Every year on his birthday, he was given a tour of the guitar plant. He was told to pick out one guitar . No wonder he turned into one of the greatest guitar players.
Cool trivia!!
do they really know who LES PAUL is? just sayin'. 👍😃❣️
@@teresajarrell452 it's up to us to educate them if not, huh? Their music education can't not include Les Paul.
@@gfaithowens1790 you are so right, we will educate them! on LES PAUL and other important subjects! 👍😃❣️😃👍
From waukesha Wisconsin. I'm going to see him at summerfest next friday!!! Free stage!!
Soooo glad you got to hear "Fly Like an Eagle" . They did use this song in Space Jam but they had Seal do the remake.
I'm a little disappointed that you got the edited version that doesn't include the Space Intro at the beginning... Also this version fades out the song early. There was a lot more of the "Nintendo sounds" as you called them in the outro of the full song. If you are curious to hear the full album version... th-cam.com/video/q3-PFDt65sY/w-d-xo.html The spacey sounds always made me relax. Having the extra spacey sounds at the beginning and end always made the experience more pronounced for me. 😃
I agree. The extended version is much more of a banger
@@KathySandru Thank you, Kathy. I edited that a couple times trying to figure out what I wanted to say. 😊
At least it wasn't a cover
For sure... that was what we would have called the AM version of songs, everyone hated the chopped off AM version of songs back in the day. That's why FM stations were such a vibe (no static at all)
@@kevinvernon5851 💛😊
“Rockin Me” “Jet Airliner” “Jungle Love” “Take the Money and Run” other Steve Miller hits to consider!
"Jungle Love" is your next Steve Miller song--unless you prefer "Dance, Dance, Dance"--which is a cute little number that has a country twang to it. Of course, "True Fine Love" is another gem.
Space cowboy is a other great selection
All great suggestions.
Winter Time and Swingtown.
"Dance, Dance, Dance" has been my favorite of their tunes forever!!!
Dance, Dance, Dance should be your next one, to get their Country side.
SPACE JAM? Yes, this song was featured in that movie too, but it was performed by the singer 'Seal'. This version you reacted to is the original song released in 1976! Great reaction you two! ☮💕👍👏
And this is a great opportunity to encourage them to listen to Seal's first hits, "Crazy" and "Kiss From a Rose."
Oh yes hopefully they'll start reacting to seal. Because he had so many great hits. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I am one person who almost ALWAYS hate covers of great songs - it’s a rare thing that I really like a remake.
[ ie: Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow “. No one has matched her, except Izzy❗️
His version is phenomenal]
SO I listened to the “ Space Jam “ version . Well done. Different, a bit more of a beat, and excellent voice. I liked it.
[ and I grew up on Steve Miller Band]. SO……
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@@jeffking4176 Eva Cassidy?
Steve Miller Band has such an amazing discography. Some you haven't listened to yet, Jungle Love, Swingtown, Dance Dance Dance -- just to name a few. :)
+ Jet Airliner
@@davewilliams9092 Yes!! I can't believe I forgot to add that one.
They have such a wide range of sounds. This is so mello but then you listen to Jungle Love and it just bangs
Jungle Love is a great rocker.
You're both right.... The song is from the first Space Jam movie, but SEAL sang the Remake of "Fly Like An Eagle" for the soundtrack, it wasn't this version by Steve Miller Band. There were at least 2 versions of the Steve Miller version. One had more sound effects and was a bit longer.
"Jet Airliner" and "Jungle Love" should be next.
Also, CLIMAX BLUES BAND's song "Couldn't Get It Right".
Yes to all 3 suggestions!
Susan, have you heard the Climax Blues Band song 'Gotta Have More Love?' Probably their best song.
*JET AIRLINER* Nuff Said.
@@tmr626 no, I haven’t. Will try to look that up.
I always see comments about people being transported to when they first heard a song and I marveled at their ability to do that. Even though I lived through the 60's, 70's, 80's oldies you react to, THIS ONE finally did it for me and I thank you. 😊
"Wild Mountain honey" and "In the Winter Time" are my personal favorites. "Fly Like an Eagle" got me into him in the late 70's.
Yes! I wanted to see if someone would suggest Wild Mountain Honey! Possibly the most beautiful song Miller ever recorded! And sounds SO perfect in headphones!
🎧 🎧 🎧
Right on, my 3 favorite songs
Chad Benton....love Wild Mountain Honey. I think the two of them will really dig that tune.
Steve Miller, a blues man at heart who knew their was not a lot of money playing the blues, makes millions selling rock records in the 70's and moderate success in the 80's.
You still need to listen to “big jet airliner “ and the song “rock in‘ me…. “
They are the Classics of the Steve Miller Band beyond what you’ve heard
My uncle turned me onto Steve Miller Band back in the 70's. I remember listening to Jungle Love and so many more of their songs in his datsun station wagon.
I was in elementary school when this came out. It was such huge hit with everyone that one kid brought a radio to school and turned it up when this came on. The teacher didn't mind, and stopped class so everyone could listen! Oh the 70's nothing like them. Seal does a great remake of it featured in the movie Space Jam, well worth a listen.
Me too. Third grade. America's bicentennial year. My teacher would have made us recite the pledge of allegiance three times a day if she could have gotten away with it.
I was in the 6th or 7th grade but I know it got consistent airplay. They were still playing it when I got to the 8th grade. Our local FM disco, R&B, funk station used to play it.
that is one cool teacher. but back then, cool-ness was ... well ... cool 😎
Think this was released in 1976, America's Bicentennial year. To me, Miller is singing about the ideal American spirit, with the eagle representing America.
Steve Miller Band has such a diverse catalog. So many different sounds, but they're still unmistakably themselves. Only other band I can think of that does this as well as them is Queen.
Also Tom Petty. He was totally original and eclectic, too.
The whole album is killer.
They have SO many great party and dance songs. I love them!
@@petercourtien4581 I had a friend I used to ride to school with in his van,he would play this tape everyday, & ELO it was great .
@@vvnavarrewolfvv4218 My best friend in HS had a old VW van. Those were the days! Love ELO too!!
She's right! You won the prize! Space Cowboy- 1969, Fly Like an Eagle- 1976, Abracadabra- 1982.
Woo, this one takes me back. Sitting in my room, big ol' headphones on, lights turned off except for the black light that lit up all the posters designed to glow under ultraviolet. The "spacey" sounds and constant panning back and forth between sides were almost made with headphones in mind. It was a great time to be alive! Glad you're getting a taste of it now and super happy you're enjoying and appreciating it! Great reaction, friends!
I saw in the comments somewhere that someone said "This song with the Space Intro (and Space Outro) makes ALL the difference!"
I agree 💯 percent. Great reaction, I just feel like they kinda got cheated that this one was without the SPACE Intro/Outro. ☹️
Finally someone mention that they got cheated out of the full album version I just got through telling them that I'm like that is not the way fly like an eagle starts off it starts off with the space intro and ends with the space intro that's the full entire album version LOL just got through telling them that
Rock n Me is another great song by the Steve Miller Band. You will not be disappointed.
"Abracadabra" was different than his earlier work, in part because he had pretty much been under the radar for about five years before that came out in 1982.
Space Cowboy 🤠 Great song. Such a great band. Steve Miller Band had lots of hits. Easy to listen to. 🎶 Great reaction.
Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Fly Like an Eagle was their most iconic/ revolutionary song.
"Serenade" is another good tune by Steve Miller Band
The cover you are asking about I believe is the "Seal version." That brutha with the scar on his face. Great singer.
My favorite Steve Miller is " wild mountain honey". Mellow with tons of unique sounds
Two of Steve Miller's songs that I like to play guitar to are Rock'n Me and Jet Airliner. They are straight up rockers. 🎸🎵😎
Steve Miller is one of those bands with a long list of hit songs and every song is completely different, this is top shelf musical talent.
Y’all need to check out “Jungle Love” by Steve Miller Band! You will definitely LOVE it!
The first few Steve Miller Band albums were more blues / psychedelic influenced - Boz Scaggs was a member of the band on the first two albums and sang lead on a few songs, as did other members of the band. The most popular songs from that era are "Living In The U.S.A." from the second album "Sailor" and "Space Cowboy " from the third album "Brave New World"
Love Steve Miller! Love that synth effects. GROOVIE!!
The artist Seal covered this song for the Space Jam soundtrack, even sampling Steve Miller's original "Space Intro" parts in the song's chorus. This version peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number 2 on the Canadian RPM 100 Chart.
The moment y'all recognize the song is pure golden. The way y'all look at each other and she said space jam and you said took the words right out of your mouth chef's kiss
Great pick. "In The Wintertime" is my favorite of theirs but they had a slew of goodies.
Have a great day!
You are absolutely right about the timetable when Steve and his band recorded those tunes.
This was one of the first songs I remember hearing on my personal stereo in my room. Late at night with the glow of light from the deck. This was magic.
the blue light from my Sony receiver shining in an almost pitch black bedroom as I lay back on my bed or sprawled on the floor, Bose headphones on ... listening to one amazing album after another [ sometimes the same album again ] on my turntable with its cartridge .
Steve Miller = what rock should be. You should see his 2016 RROHF speech, legendary.
Instant flashback guys to 1976. This was one of three songs our 6th grade class chose for our graduation from elementary school. “Fly Like An Eagle,” along with “Gonna Fly Now” (theme from “Rocky”) and “Making Our Dreams Come True” (theme from “Laverne & Shirley”). Remember it like it was yesterday. 🔥🤙
You are correct on the evolving sounds of the Steve Miller Band, Amber. The Joker was released in 1973, Fly Like an Eagle in 1976, and Abracadabra in 1982.
Way before Space Jam..so many great songs by this band. They rocked the 70’s. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
"The Stake", "Jungle Love", "Swingtown" and "Sweet Mountain Honey".....!
A real treat for your ears would be "Serenade", by Steve Miller Band! Whenever you get around to it!
You two should go all the way back to 1968 to Steve Miller Band's first (minor) hit, "Living in the U.S.A.", which scraped into the *Billboard* Hot 100 at #94. It found a new life in later years as an oldie that got a lot of FM radio airplay after Miller became a hitmaker in the mid-'70s. "Living in the U.S.A." is a great song with a lot of bluesy energy, and it gives you an understanding of where he and his band came from, musically speaking. It also features Boz Scaggs (I think you've reacted to his hit "Lowdown"), as he was in the Steve Miller Band at the time as rhythim gutiarist and second vocalist.
It would be great if they could react to it on or slightly before the 4th of July.
In 1968, The Steve Miller Band had a modest hit with their song, "Livin' In The USA", which was released to promote their second album, "Sailor". Both of you will want to react to that song. Look for the one that has a 1991 remaster. It sounds very good.
Winter Time is my all-time favorite song by the Steve Miller Band. It's really a departure from the upbeat catalog of their songs. There's a solemness to it and it's so good. I think you'd both love it.
Steve Miller owns a gorgeous house in Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands overlooking the harbor. That neck of the world is beyond gorgeous. I took mom on a whale watching excursion that stopped in Friday Harbor for a 2 hour port-of-call/lunch and on the way back to the boat one of the tour guides overheard me talking about a rumour I had heard about Steve Miller have a home somewhere in the area.
Your next song from the Steve Miller Band should be from deep within their inner hippie pipeline, "Wikd Mountain Honey"...
BizMarkie’s single, “Nobody Beats the Biz”, was written by Big Daddy Kane and made from this classic. Epic masterpiece of a performance, RSR Family!!
Again... from the soundtrack of my youth. I LOVE Steve Miller Band. It started, for me, with The Joker and then I bought this album. It reminds me of right after we got married in our first apartment. I was 16, he was 18 (and yes, we are still together.. I am 62, he is about to turn 65) and we were, as you said in the previous video.. broker than broke.. he was at work and I would put the record on and crank it up.. this album and Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson (great music there too). Steve Miller and Willie Nelson are Texas treasures!
The spacey instrumental break is played on an ARP Odyssey Mk II analog synthesizer. ARP got bought out by Korg in 2015. They brought the Odyssey into the 21st century with a smaller reissue including several updates such as MIDI and USB connectivity. The Odyssey and the mini Moog gave '70s synth rock and disco it's iconic sound.
A whole nother rabbit hole with this band. Cry Baby Cry , Abracadabra, Jet Airline, just to name a few.
Steve Miller is fantastic in concert. Highly recommend.
Saw a laser for the first time at the concert for this album, probably 77 or 78! We loved Steve Miller...he was from Dallas!
Steve Miller "Come On And Dance" good song.
there's something very 70's futuristic about this song that i've always loved.
Seal did a cover of this that I believe was used in Space Jam and was played on the radio all the time for a few years. Cool cover too.
You brought back a great memory of a great day. Labor Day Weekend, Sunday Break II outdoor music festival on the shores of Lake Austin, Austin, Texas 1976. We parked about a mile away on a gravel road and started following everyone towards the event. Trails through the woods were leading us there when suddenly this song began with its intro. The trees ended into a clearing but the sound seemed to be coming out of the ground in front of us. As we neared we saw why. We were looking across a valley and had not yet reached the point where it decended downward into a crowd soon to reach 60,000 plus people. Wow what a scene and the first time to ever hear Steve Miller. A long day followed with the following acts. The Band final appearance in Texas, Firefall, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Fleetwood Mac first appearance in Texas and finally Chicago with guitar great Terry Kath. Very little film footage exists of that event or the one preceding it Memorial Day Weekend and although the music was great it was a financial disaster. Lessons learned and in 1983 the US Festival in San Bernadino, California would show us the right way to put on an outdoor music event highlighted by rock band Triumph performing in front of 350,000 people. Lots of good stuff out there ya'll keep it up. Your a great couple.
This was my first taste of Steve Miller. I used to sing this song as a kid so my mom actually bought me the album, back then. It was great!
This beautiful, amazing song captures the spirit of an era.
The artist that sang this song on "Space Jam" was Seal(no last name). His best know song was "Kiss From a Rose" if you haven't done that one yet yet, it's worth checking out.
Great reaction!, ❤love the Steve Miller band. This song was the coolest tune on the radio in those days. Great memories, 🥰 you two love high falsetto voices, I highly recommend Earth, Wind & Fire "Head to the sky" It's a eargasm of falsetto! Thank you Peace! ☮
This is the original. Steve Miller Band " Fly Like an Eagle came out on May 1976 , space jam came out in 1996 20 yrs later.
Take the Money and Run should be one of the next Miller songs. ✌
Love Steve Miller! Always have.✌❤🎶
The riff from this is recovered from My Dark Hour which he did with Paul McCartney on bass, drums, and background vocals.
Hi jay and amber ! Great song..trippy, great lyrics..Steve has many more great songs and was always an underated band.Check out "living in the USA"...Its fun..Or anything off of his greatest hits album..You'll like em..Thanks for listening with me..Have a great day !
Jungle Love is the Banger from Steve Miller! Gotta do it!
I love this song Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band and yes this is the original song and the cover song was performed by Seal for the film Space Jam😎👍👍👍👍
Yeah, they faded that out a little early - and on the album (also named Fly Like An Eagle)it feeds right into WILD MOUNTAIN HONEY, which is very cool and laidback, but most never hear it, But You'll LOVE IT!
I had this album on cassette in my late twenties. I used to get my bathing suit on and lay out in a lawn chair in the driveway and listen to the whole album as a way to unwind and relax from being a mom to three rowdy sons. Now when I hear this song I cry because nothing's changed socially. They're still starving people, homeless people, and suffering children and it doesn't seem like enough people care so that the problem could be solved permanently.
Not related to Steve Miller but is to spacey type sound/music, I wanna suggest a song called "Children of the Sun" by Billy Thorpe, it's got a little of everything I think, it may be different to most songs you've done so far but is still a classic, I know it has components that you both will love! BUT PLEASE FIND AND REACT TO THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO VERSION in order to get the full effect and complete version of the song from beginning, middle, to end, some others are either different versions or radio edits etc, & have shortened the song or have made changed it somewhat.
Good luck have suggested " children of the sun " for ages.
And again I'm stating, this is a true classic. I sat in many a smoke filled rooms listening to this song. 😊
So glad y'all chose this song. This is my favorite Steve Miller Band song - I love the "light funk" spacey vibe & the message. The version you heard in Space Jam was Seal's cover of this song.
The riff is an iconic McCartney composition with a cool story behind it. Paul stayed behind after the other three Beatles walked out on him over a business argument regarding management problems and Steve was in the building doing some work. Paul had nothing better to do because of the walkout so he put the drum, guitar, bass and backing vocal tracks on My Dark Hour in 1969. He's credited under the pseudonym Paul Ramon so it could be released without being credited to a member of the Beatles due to contractual obligations. When Paul and his wife Linda scored their first #1 hit with their band Wings, Steve took the riff Paul recorded and put his spin on it for Fly Like an Eagle in honor of the accomplishment.
John Lennon did likewise with the Rolling Stones and other musicians on film, credited as Dr. Winston O'Boogie, although he shook hands with Mick Jagger in a little comedy chat between songs and introduced himself as Winston Leg-thigh with a bowl of ramen with a pair of chopsticks sticking out of it in his left hand. Mick uses a funny fake American accent that cracked me up the first time I saw it. When the conversation ends, John hands Mick the half eaten bowl of noodles and walks off camera leaving Mick sitting there to finish eating John's meal as an inside joke about the Stones latest album called Beggar's Banquet. His band was the Dirty Mac, featuring himself on rhythm guitar, Eric Clapton on lead guitar just after Cream broke up, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Mitch Mitchell from Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums, Yoko Ono on vocals. In the film they're on stage in a big top circus tent performing a cover of the Beatles tune Yer Blues and violinist Ivry Gitlis joined them on an improvised jam with an Ono lead vocal called, "Whole Lotta Yoko."
They got the funk. Miller always!
“Space Jam” was probably only one of many uses of this song in media. And it’s been covered by many other artists. Make no mistake, this is the OG version. Steve Miller WROTE this song.
Gotta check out “Swingtown”. A stone cold classic.
Guys,
Steve Miller is the original artist for Fly Like An Eagle. Seal did a version of the song for the movie and soundtrack of Space Jam. Therefore the soundtrack and movie are a lighter version of the original providing Seal having consent and permission from the original artist to perform the remake of the song for the movie soundtrack.
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Steve Miller has a little gem of a song called, I WANNA BE LOVED ( BUT BY ONLY YOU ). It's a catchy song with a blues rock feel. One of his last hits from the album, LIVING IN THE 2oth CENTURY. Enjoy.
Jungle Love is a great upbeat song that I think you both would like!
"Jet Airliner", "Swingtown" and "Jungle Love" are still calling your name!
This is the original Fly Like an Eagle. Space Jam was a cover. I believe by Seal. Enjoy Steve’s always great listening
Love Steve. He and Boz are so amazing musicians.
If you want some more space music from this general era, try the Alan Parsons Project "Sirius / Eye in the Sky." Don't worry, it was a radio hit, and you may have heard a portion of it before.
Yes Sirius has been heard by millions of people that have no idea lol. Alan Parsons was also one of the producers on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and was the one that had previously recorded all of the clicks heard at the beginning of “Time”
Also was one of the engineers that worked on the Beatles “Let it Be” album.
Yes, APP had a string of great songs/albums, such as I, Robot, Breakdown, Games People Play, a BEAUTIFUL song called "Time", Don't Answer Me, Prime Time, plus a few more tracks that I'm drawing a blank on, LOL!
If they react to Eye in the Sky, it MUST include the "Sirius" intro, to get the full effect!
Steve Miller is great. Very unassuming yet has written some great songs. Seeing "Wild Mountain Honey" live was such a treat.
Love Steve Miller band, love this song. And if you’ve heard this song before whoever you heard do it was covering the original by Steve Miller Band.
This song was covered by Seal for Space Jam.
Awesome pick, love it all. My personal Steve Miller favorites from a little farther back, Sailor album. Living In The USA and Song For Our Ancestors.
Oh yeah!! Takes me back..eyes closed, music loud, smoking pot (don’t judge me), dancing…good times!! Came out loonnng before that movie!
The whole "fly like an eagle" album, is a masterpiece. SMB's own unique concoction of Rock, pop, and spacey kind of blues. It's a marquee in 70's musical landscape and music in general, and within it there are incredible tonal shifts between genres and ambiance, from the spacey(yes, again) of the 1-2 combination that includes this song, to the psychedelic "wild mountain honey", to straight forward pop-rock(albeit tremendous) "serenade, and so on and so forth...A must listen from start to finish.
Yes! Another song from the greatest compilation of songs ever put on a single album. Keep going, there's still many more.
I didn't recreate much when I was younger but with that heavy bottom and rambling synth, one almost HAD to recreate to this one. Steve Miller is part of the soundtrack of my life.
The Joker alludes to previous Steve Miller Band songs. "Space Cowboy", "Enter Maurice", etc. The Joker was several albums into his career.
Seal sang Fly Like an Eagle on the Space Jams soundtrack. Speaking of Seal we need more, please. Kiss From a Rose is not his best. He really used to rock out! Trust me, Crazy & Future Love Paradise are just two of the Seal videos you need to react to, the visuals are amazing and so are the songs. Ugh! Monday is here. Have a good week family. :-)
*Prayer For the Dying*
Steve has been doing this since 1968/69 so he has quite the extensive catologe , thanks guys🎙✌️😎
In this song, Steve Miller's outstanding guitar is (in my opinion) overshadowed by the brilliantly sparse, but driving, percussion. I was lucky enough to see the Steve Miller Band in the mid-90s & they were still wonderful (it was essentially a 'greatest hits' show, including this track).
I never actually thought of the "spacey" synthesiser as "old Nintendo/Mario" sounds, nice one guys! I don't hate the fact now I can't un-hear it!! 😂
And yes, Amber, you would be absolutely correct on the SMB song timeline (6:38): "The Joker" 1973, "Fly Like An Eagle" 1976 and "Abracadabra" 1982. But you still have HEAPS to get through! They even have songs going back to the 60's, but they weren't as popular as their mainstream hits throughout the 70's and 80's.
The Steve Miller Band's start was in the blues (originally, the band was "The Steve Miller Blues Band" - as the band grew, they were influenced by the psychedelic rock of the late 60s (with some definite hints of Pink Floyd :-) ) - the two albums "Sailor" and "Children of the Future" were their psychedelic peak, with some great music that is frequently overlooked due to a lack of radio play.
Some song suggestions from this era:
"In My First Mind" (Children of the Future)
"The Beauty Of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.)" (Children of the Future, audio collage!)
"Song for Our Ancestors" (Sailor, instrumental)
"Gangster of Love" (Sailor, campy fun!)