Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 943 Location: Terra Firma, Ether Sea
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Steve Miller at the Fillmore
patocaster wrote:
I admit to being a little confused about Steve Miller's upcoming dates at the Fillmore in San Francisco on March 24 - 26.
On RobbenFord.com it says:
March 24-26 - The Fillmore (support for Steve Miller) - San Francisco, Ca
Does that mean the Robben Ford and his band will be opening for the Steve Miller Band? or is Robben playing in the SMB?
Pat,
Check out my comments in the "Robben With Steve Miller" thread for an explanation of the term, 'Support'.
I would be very surprised, Steve being such a huge fan of Robben's, if he does not ask Robben to sit in on some blues tunes with him, as he did before in Detroit.
If you like Steve and you like Robben, I would encourage you not to miss seeing at least one of these Filmore dates.
patocaster wrote:
...My first Fillmore West concert was the Steve Miller Band, James Cotton Blues Band and Keef Hartley back in the day.
The Filmore (West), the Carousel Ballroom, the Avalon, Longshoreman's Hall, Winterland... those really were the daze, weren't they Pat? Saw many great acts in those venues myself back then.
Intimately amazing performances, with amazing lineups, at amazing venues. They really do not do that kind of thing anymore, anywhere.
Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 69 Location: San Jose, CA
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: Thanks Daved!
Daved,
Thanks for the clarification.
And you're right, those were the dazed, er days...That particular show on 9/13/1969 was between the releases of "Brave New World" and "Saving Grace" when Steve Miller was just ripping on guitar in a power trio with Lonnie Turner on bass and the powerful drumming of Tim Davis. I was 16 years old, I had a Kalamazoo electric guitar and I was just absorbing all the great music that was in the Bay Area at that time.
I was fortunate to see Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Michael Bloomfield, John Cippolina, Jerry Garcia, Terry Haggerty, Elvin Bishop, Jeff Beck, Terry Kath, John McFee, Roy Buchanan, Bola Sete, among others and in 1972 a young guitarist named Robben Ford.
When Steve Miller's "The Joker" came out in '73, I remember thinking - "This will never sell. What is he doing!" Ha! In my mind that LP still pales in comparison to his first five, but what do I know?
Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 401 Location: College Station, TX
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:51 am Post subject:
Steve Miller, the later years... yeah, they pale in comparison to the early stuff, but you have to admit he is one hell of a pop songwriter. What he accomplished with Fly Like and Eagle, etc, was pretty amazing. I don't turn the dial when these tunes come on but enjoy them for what they are - well crafted, and played, slices of pop music that take me back to the mid-late 70s. Compared to some of the other crapola that came out at the same time they are magnificent musical gems.
If you want to hear him really get after it, check out the 2 CD King Biscuit live set. The first CD is from the period between the Joker and Fly and it is killer - great guitar work, great backing band, lots of blues and reworked versions of some of his early tunes. Good liner notes about what he was going through as he was evolving as an artist.
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