The band is managed by Steve Miller, who is on guitar and lead vocals.
In 1965, Steve Miller and keyboardist Barry Goldberg founded the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band along with bassist Shawn Yoder, rhythm guitarist Craymore Stevens, and drummer Lance Haas after moving to Chicago to play the blues. The band was contracted to Epic Records after playing many Chicago clubs. With Miller, the band's only release was the ten-track album Blowing My Mind in 1966.
Miller left the group to go to San Francisco where the psychedelic scene was flourishing. He then formed the Steve Miller Blues Band which, when they contracted with Capitol Records in 1967.
In May 1968 while in England, they recorded their debut album Children Of The Future. The album didn't have any successes and didn't score among the Top 100 album chart.
In 1971, Miller suffered a broken neck after a car accident and Capitol Records released the album Rock Love, The album featured unreleased live performances and studio material and is one of two of Steve Miller Band albums not to be released on CD.
The Joker (#2, 1973) showed audiences a new style of the band. The title track became a #1 single and was certified platinum for reaching over 1 million sales.
Three years later, the Steve Miller Band returned with the album Fly Like An Eagle, which charted at #3. Three singles were released from the album: "Take The Money and Run" , "Fly Like an Eagle" and their second Number One success, "Rock 'N Me".
Miller credits the guitar intro to "Rock 'N Me" as a tribute to the classic song by Free, "All Right Now".
Released in 1978, The Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits 1974-1978 has sold over 13 million copies.
Book Of Dreams (#2, 1977) also included three successes: "Jet Airliner" (#8), "Jungle Love" (#23), and "Swingtown" (#17). 1982's Abracadabra album gave Steve Miller his third
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