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tripsy in uk    uk tour was in 82  saw at hammersmith odeon  excellent  need to go to us to see him he is never going to come to uk again even though has a huge following   is there a definitive gingerman cd out there  have different bits of show on tape and cd  anyone heard the soundcheck of livin in the usa when he asks for the drums to be turned down awesome  j dawg what is this dime site you speak of with steve miller show  you guys over the pond are so lucky to have stevie playing every year  i collect anything related to him  seriousely thinking of coming over to take in as many shows as possible  anybody out there to converse with regarding stevie guitar miller    thanks  keep flying like an eagle

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neil born 2 b blue wrote:

tripsy in uk    uk tour was in 82  saw at hammersmith odeon  excellent  need to go to us to see him he is never going to come to uk again even though has a huge following   is there a definitive gingerman cd out there  have different bits of show on tape and cd  anyone heard the soundcheck of livin in the usa when he asks for the drums to be turned down awesome  j dawg what is this dime site you speak of with steve miller show  you guys over the pond are so lucky to have stevie playing every year  i collect anything related to him  seriousely thinking of coming over to take in as many shows as possible  anybody out there to converse with regarding stevie guitar miller    thanks  keep flying like an eagle

Neil,
Dime is a bit torrent site where you can pick up audience recordings of shows,also soundboard recordings.Google bit torrent to find more information.

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I've seen Steve Miller more times than anyother artist except for Joe. From The Joker tour '73 or '74 to last summer when he toured with Buddy Guy. There is a King Biscuit Flower Hour release of his that has two early 70's shows you need to get.

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I think the earliest I caught a Steve Miller show was late '69, early '70 when Boz Scaggs was still with him. Even though my friends and I felt he went too top 40 from the Joker on we couldn't resist since he had Gary Mallaber, Greg Douglas, Byron Allred, and Dave Denny in his band who were all local guys we knew from Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, and Concord, Ca. where we all went to high school. Greg wrote Jungle Love and Dave wrote The Stake. Steve tweaked Dave's original version because they thought it sounded too much like Rocky Mtn. Way by Joe Walsh. My favorite Steve show was over in San Rafael when he gigged with John Lee Hooker in support of Endless Boogie that they recorded together. That show at The Fillmore Wed. night is a very close second, and we were holding our breath towards the end hopin' that Boz would show, but we got a Beach Boy instead.

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Neil, Steve's 2008 tour with Joe Cocker kicks off May 24th and has dates through Aug. 17th. All shows are U.S. dates, so far. Did you know Steve turns 65 this year?

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Steve Miller is playing at Summerfest in Milwaukee - opening act is Joe Cocker.
Also of interest - Tom Petty, Rush, Stevie Wonder, Trucks/Tudeschi, Steve
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Jaci, did you know Steve is a native cheesehead? He was born in Milwaukee Oct. 5, 1943 and he also formed his second band The Ardells while he was attending UW-Madison which he enrolled in at the age of 16. He grew up in Dallas from the age of 7. His father was a jazz enthusiast and was good friends with Les Paul who is Steve's godfather. In all the years I've been watching Steve I've never seen him play a Les Paul, go figure.

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He'll be close to us in early June, BUT, I was CRUSHED to see, without Joe Cocker.  Why Joe?  Why? 

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I knew Steve was from Wisconsin - didn't know he attended UW-MADISON - that's cool -
best university we have here.  I can't say I'm really a fan of his music tho. 
Saw Joe Cocker open for Tina Turner a few years back and he was awesome.
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I caught the Steve Miller/Joe Cocker show last night. I don't even know how many times I have seen Steve. I was a fan before The Joker, Fly Like and Eagle, and Book of Dreams.

I don't go to the show to see the hits performed like the radio. If I did I would just put on the album. Or tune to our local classic rock station.

I go to see the reworked versions of the older stuff and the biggest reason is his blues set. Over the years that has constantly changed and evolved but was alway new to that tour and Steve grew up on the blues. He is another of the many classic artists that stays in touch with the blues.

Last night was my first dissapointment. Steve added a new band member for this tour. I forgot his name but he was introduced as the newest member of the band. He dethroned his keyboard player of that distinction after 15 years with the band as the newest member.

The guy sang backing vocals through the hits. Then came the blues set. He sang the entire blues set. The guy can sing. My problem is it wasn't Steve singing.

Most of the audience suffers through the obligatory blues set begrudgeingly anyway. They are there for the hits. I can see them not liking the blues portion anymore with somebody else singing. They tolerate it because of Steve. Just wondering what was Steve thinking. Didn't get a chance to ask him.

This was the second time to see Cocker. I thought he was great. Great band great set. I would see him again in a heatbeat.

Steve comes through again. I might not make it this time and that is dissapointing.

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jim m wrote:

I caught the Steve Miller/Joe Cocker show last night. I don't even know how many times I have seen Steve. I was a fan before The Joker, Fly Like and Eagle, and Book of Dreams.

I don't go to the show to see the hits performed like the radio. If I did I would just put on the album. Or tune to our local classic rock station.

I go to see the reworked versions of the older stuff and the biggest reason is his blues set. Over the years that has constantly changed and evolved but was alway new to that tour and Steve grew up on the blues. He is another of the many classic artists that stays in touch with the blues.

Last night was my first dissapointment. Steve added a new band member for this tour. I forgot his name but he was introduced as the newest member of the band. He dethroned his keyboard player of that distinction after 15 years with the band as the newest member.

The guy sang backing vocals through the hits. Then came the blues set. He sang the entire blues set. The guy can sing. My problem is it wasn't Steve singing.

Most of the audience suffers through the obligatory blues set begrudgeingly anyway. They are there for the hits. I can see them not liking the blues portion anymore with somebody else singing. They tolerate it because of Steve. Just wondering what was Steve thinking. Didn't get a chance to ask him.

This was the second time to see Cocker. I thought he was great. Great band great set. I would see him again in a heatbeat.

Steve comes through again. I might not make it this time and that is dissapointing.

Hmm.....well we got our tix for August 17th....were not real crazy about someone other than Steve doing that blues set....oh well...guess we'll show up anyways....havent seen Cocker in ages, glad to hear he can still sing

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This was the second time to see Cocker. I thought he was great. Great band great set. I would see him again in a heatbeat.

Steve comes through again. I might not make it this time and that is dissapointing.

Aw Jim, I'm sorry Steve disappointed you.  Jeez - I wonder what HE thinks - if he can feel the vibe from the audience.  I wonder what happened with his long term keyboard player?

On the other hand, I'm really GLAD to hear such a HAPPY review of Joe Cocker.  I'm still SO upset that HE won't be at the ONE SMB show near us.  I'll just have to wait for another opportunity.  We have NEVER seen him - he's on THE list of MUST-SEE's and YOU just bumped him up on the charts - I do trust your opinion, after all.

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Libby sorry for the confusion. His keyboard player, one of the Wooten brothers is still with him. He just is no longer the newest member of the band.

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This afternoon I bought the newest release from Steve  -Live from Chicago-

- DVD 1 -Concert
- DVD-2- Bonus features ;Documentary , photo gallery and Joel Selvin radio program
- Audio CD.


Since the late sixties I 'm  a fan already and this box got good critics in Holland. gonna listen tonight. Anybody has it already and what's your opinion??

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doesnt SM name all of his guitars???? and uses like a different guitar for every song?

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Nick, I don't think so. He played the same one throughout the Blues set.

Andre, I have the 30th anniversary DVD of Fly Like and Eagle. It has a live performance from 2006 and Steve explains the circumstances to how Fly Like and Eagle came about. Also talks a little about his groundbreaking record contract at the time with Capitol records.

He shows a nick that his guitar received by a flying beer bottle at an Oklahoma City show I was at. He has been playing an outdoor shed for the last 15 or so years here and the crowds have been quite rowdy. Not this last time. I don't know if the drunks just didn't buy a ticket or if the drunks have sobered up.

It was kind of a sparse crowd. Probably 60% of the usual size crowd. It was a Thursday but the weekend starts on Thursdays for some people.

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I would love to see him live once. He never comes to Holland or Germany!

I love live shows and saw about 80% from the artists I have music from live.
Albert Cummings, Steve Miller are on top of the list I want to see.

Thanks for the information. Last night I watched the Live from Chicago DVD and it's great. The secong guitarist does a great solo in the first song Fly like an Eagle, even some rap in it!!!!!!!!
Watched it till the end and must say: Worth the money!!

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neil born 2 b blue wrote:

tripsy in uk    uk tour was in 82  saw at hammersmith odeon  excellent  need to go to us to see him he is never going to come to uk again even though has a huge following   is there a definitive gingerman cd out there  have different bits of show on tape and cd  anyone heard the soundcheck of livin in the usa when he asks for the drums to be turned down awesome  j dawg what is this dime site you speak of with steve miller show  you guys over the pond are so lucky to have stevie playing every year  i collect anything related to him  seriousely thinking of coming over to take in as many shows as possible  anybody out there to converse with regarding stevie guitar miller    thanks  keep flying like an eagle

Hi Neil,

It would be brilliant if he came to the UK again. I'd really love to hear his blues set. Maybe one day I'll go to the US and just soak up as much great music as possible. At least Joe's good to us and gives us plenty of his time. Five weeks to go til Liverpool!!

By the way Neil welcome to the forum. You could tell us about yourself on the introductions page so everyone will know you're here. Don't be shy we're a very friendly bunch!

Regards Tripsy  smile

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jim m wrote:

I caught the Steve Miller/Joe Cocker show last night. I don't even know how many times I have seen Steve. I was a fan before The Joker, Fly Like and Eagle, and Book of Dreams.

I don't go to the show to see the hits performed like the radio. If I did I would just put on the album. Or tune to our local classic rock station.

I go to see the reworked versions of the older stuff and the biggest reason is his blues set. Over the years that has constantly changed and evolved but was alway new to that tour and Steve grew up on the blues. He is another of the many classic artists that stays in touch with the blues.

Last night was my first dissapointment. Steve added a new band member for this tour. I forgot his name but he was introduced as the newest member of the band. He dethroned his keyboard player of that distinction after 15 years with the band as the newest member.

The guy sang backing vocals through the hits. Then came the blues set. He sang the entire blues set. The guy can sing. My problem is it wasn't Steve singing.

Most of the audience suffers through the obligatory blues set begrudgeingly anyway. They are there for the hits. I can see them not liking the blues portion anymore with somebody else singing. They tolerate it because of Steve. Just wondering what was Steve thinking. Didn't get a chance to ask him.

Jim, I can't believe you were disappointed with Sonny Charles singing with Steve. He sang about half the songs in the 90 min. blues set at the Fillmore back in March, it was the highlight of the evening and Steve focused on his guitar slingin' ripping out the tastiest licks he played all night. I found out later one of my neighbors was there with his girlfriend who was put off by the whole blues portion of the show as she only wanted the top 40 hits, which I found more tolerable that night as the band along with the guest musicians stretched them in new and definitely more entertaining directions. Shred, don't worry amigo, if they play half as good as those Fillmore shows it'll knock you right outta' your seat. Matt grabbed 4 tix for the Concord show so I'll give you a heads up before Sun. @ Ironstone. No doubt Joe Cocker will be a tasty appetizer, I haven't seen Joe since '69 at the Fillmore West just after he played Woodstock. He was an opening act and we had never heard of him and his stage antics totally blew our minds watching him twitching and writhing as if he was having a seizure. Now that I think of it I also saw him in the early 70's with Leon Russell and the Maddogs and Englishman, but about all Joe did that night was puke his guts out on the side of the stage as Leon carried the show.

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This was the second time to see Cocker. I thought he was great. Great band great set. I would see him again in a heatbeat.

Steve comes through again. I might not make it this time and that is dissapointing.

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