Hitman: Steve Miller Reflects on 50 Years of Crafting Killer Hooks & Crazy-Cool Guitar Riffs

Guitar Player: As one of the hardest working guitarists/vocalists in rock ’n’ roll history, Steve Miller has created a vast amount of music that is represented by his numerous commercial hits—particularly the songs recorded during a fertile decade that began in 1973 with the release The Joker, and followed by Fly Like an Eagle, Book of Dreams, Circle of Love, and Abracadabra—as well as by the lesser-known (or even unknown) tunes he has written over the last five decades. By his own measure, we’re talking around 150 songs—which is a far deeper trove than one would realize if the only reference is the solid-gold Steve Miller Band playlist heard ’round the clock on every classic-rock outlet. More here