King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents [Live]

Steve Miller Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: King Biscuit
• ASIN: B000069JKG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,350 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Space Cowboy

2. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma

3. Mary Lou

4. your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash

5. Gangster Of Love

6. Jackson-Kent Blues

7. Living In The USA

8. Fly Like An Eagle

9. My Dark Hour

10. Evil

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The joker

2. Baby's Callin' Me Home

3. Going To Mexico

4. Nothing Lasts

5. Mercury Blues

6. Going To The Country

7. Kitchen Blues

8. The Window

9. Fly Like An Eagle

10. Wild Mountain Honey

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look into this Window of Steve Miller's Peak Days, September 21, 2002

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Bluematter "Bluematter" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents (Audio CD)

Two Cds of concert material from 1973 and 1976 showcasing Steve Miller at his best. The first CD showcases the Joker CD, while disc two covers the Fly like an Eagle Period. Any fan of Miller will tell you that this was a period of Miller at his best, both in songwriting and muscianship. King Biscuit does a great job remastering these shows as they sound excellent. Heavy blues influences and sounds abound while playing some of Millers best tunes. Lately, Steve Miller has seemed bored on stage while going through the motions, that is not the case here. There is genuine passion coming through the shows. This is a worthy addition to anyones CD collection to show off a tight band with great songs to play. High recommendation.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget what you've od'd on on the radio..., July 19, 2002

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baby moon pie (Lancaster, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents (Audio CD)

...these two discs, especially the first, are The Steve Miller Band as they were meant to be heard. Live and raw. Funky and tight. The "hits" that were played to death on the radio were great songs, but mygawd, were they beaten into our musical psyche or what? Here is a band (the first disc, from DeeCee in 1973) that personified the term "jam band", but not in the put-ya-to-sleep way that some "jam bands" do. And check out the early, not-yet-fully-developed version of FLY LIKE AN EAGLE...awesome! With an expanded roster, including Norton Buffalo, on the second disc (NYC in '76), they were becoming more polished, but no less spacey and mighty, mighty interesting. ... I sat there and listened to this and just marveled. Yeah, this band was REALLY that good thirty years ago. Wow.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good! Most songs "Fly Like An Eagle," others don't., December 7, 2003

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This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents (Audio CD)

I found this most interesting! Some songs fall flat while others are excellent, and surprisingly, songs that I would have bet would sizzle when played live (example- "Space Cowboy") aren't necessarily the best.

CD1: While I'm picking on "Space Cowboy," I'll just say that this version isn't bad, it just doesn't measure up to the original. On the other hand, "Gangster of Love" is turned from a short, unfinished little ditty into the song it was destined to be- a jamming, rocking, and cool song. My favorites on CD1 have to be the one-two punch of "Living in the USA" followed by the fascinating early take on "Fly Like an Eagle"- 20 MINUTES OF PURE BLISS! The band accompanying Steve really shows their worth on these two extended jams! There are a few other treats such as "Evil" (nicely sung blues song) that make up for some of the duller moments on CD1, which is worthwhile if nothing else for the cool version of "Fly Like An Eagle" -you've got to hear this one!

CD2: The sound is more polished, which is good but sometimes not necessarily better than the rougher, bluesier sounding Steve Miller Band demonstrated in CD1 (recorded 1973). Here on CD2, 1976, he is sounding professional, but for songs like "Going to Mexico" he seems to have substituted his hard-rocking band for a more relaxed and somehow dull sound. I thought CD2 was going to be inferior to CD1 throughout, but then things (luckily) change, starting with "Mercury Blues." The band begins to rock a little harder (thankfully!) and goes into fine form with songs like "The Window." I prefer the weirdness of the version of "Fly Like An Eagle" on CD1 to the well-rounded version on CD2, but I was more than happy when I got to hear the final three songs which more than make up for the slow beginnings. These three are in my opinion THE BEST on anything on CD1 AND CD2. I am glad to say that Steve and the band still "had it" in 1976 by playing a wonderful version of "Wild Mountain Honey" (one of my favorite Steve Miller songs) followed by my absolute two favorites of his long career. First the exciting "Song For Our Ancestors." Maybe not as great as the version from GREATEST HITS 1967-1973, but still stunning! "Seasons" is beautifully performed and couldn't be a nicer final song- THANK YOU STEVE!