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Steve Miller has traversed varied terrain during his 5 decade music career. He first exploded onto the sceneas one of the top San Francisco blues-rockers during the late '60s and early '70s. The Steve Miller Band then became one of the top-selling pop acts of the mid- to late '70s and early '80s with hits like "The Joker," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Rock'n Me," and "Abracadabra."

Steve Miller was turned on to music by his father, who worked as a pathologist but knew stars like Charles Mingus and Les Paul, whom he brought home as guests; Paul taught the young Miller some guitar chords and let him sit in on a session.

The first incarnation of the Steve Miller Blues Band featured guitarist James "Curly" Cooke, bassist Lonnie Turner, and drummer Tim Davis. The band built a local following through a series of free concerts and backed Chuck Berry in 1967 at a Fillmore date later released as a live album. Boz Scaggs moved to San Francisco later that year and replaced Cooke in time to play the Monterey Pop Festival; it was the first of many personnel changes.

The Steve Miller Band flew to London to record, which was praised by critics and received some airplay on FM radio Children of the Future. The follow-up, Sailor, reached number 24 on the Billboard album. A series of high-quality albums followed with radio-ready tracks like "Space Cowboy" and "Brave New World".

In 1973, Steve Miller released The Joker. It was an instant success, going platinum, with the title track hitting number one on the pop charts.

Fly Like an Eagle was released in 1976 and went 4 times platinum. "Rock'n Me" became Miller's his second number one hit single. Book of Dreams was almost as successful, selling over three million copies and producing several hits as well. All of the hits from Miller's first three pop-oriented albums were collected on Greatest Hits 1974-1978, which to date has sold over six million copies.

Steve Miller released Abracadabra in 1981 and the title track gave him his third number one. A box set covering most of Miller's career was released 1994. Steve Miller would later collaborate with Paul McCartney on the former Beatle's 1997 Grammy-nominated album, Flaming Pie.

The Steve Miller Band continues to tour and play private dates.