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Guitarist-song writer Steve Miller left college for a career on the road just six credits short of his degree in literature. Starting out in Chicago, the cash-poor Miller made his way to San Francisco where he put together the Steve Miller Blues Band in January, 1967. Playing the Fillmore by April and booked for the Monterey Pop Festival in June, Miller quickly made music industry history by demanding, and signing, the most lucrative contract to date on Capitol Records' books. Miller added high school friend Boz Scaggs to the band, dropped "Blues" from the name and released "Children of the Future" to immense acclaim in May, 1968. The Band changed line-ups frequently over the years and the stress of managing, writing and recording led Miller to take a hiatus or two since 1982, but the band is still going strong with studio and live releases. Trading the ivory tower for the tour bus was a very good decision.“more

  • Deer Tick

    by Michael MillerJune 24, 2009Comments (0)

    "McCauley aspires to seriousness with his lofty ramblings on loneliness and depression, but what Deer Tick lacks is conviction." (read more)

  • Happy One-Year Anniversary: A Time to Celebrate and Look Back

    by The EditorsMay 14, 2008Comments (17)

    Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales. (read more)

  • The Rock, the Roll, and the Catfish

    by Denise SullivanMay 7, 2008Comments (6)

    And yet rock would hardly be rock as we know it without the big daddy of the roll: "Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters, the song that launched at least one rock band (read more)

  • Like a Circle in a Spiral, Like a Song Within a Song

    by Denise SullivanApril 9, 2008Comments (3)

    You're listening to a brand new song, and yet, you feel like you've heard those words somewhere before. Or maybe you recognize familiar song titles popping out in an otherwise original song. Or, you're simply listening, you like what you hear, and you don't even realize (read more)

  • Meet the Smithereens... Again!

    by Steve MatteoMarch 5, 2008Comments (7)

    New Jersey is famous for being the spawning ground of two musical icons: Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen. Also hailing from New Jersey is the Smithereens, a group that, while not having achieved as much notoriety or hit records as the aforementioned legends (read more)

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