US 103.1 Classic Rock Radio » Steve Miller Band http://us103.com Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Phish Covers Black Sabbath and Steve Miller Band at New Year's Eve Concert http://us103.com/phish-covers-black-sabbath/ http://us103.com/phish-covers-black-sabbath/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:18:28 +0000 Jeff Giles http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=105656 Phish has earned a reputation for peppering its set lists with left-field covers over the years, and the band held true to form during its 2012 New Year's Eve show on Dec. 31, treating the audience to Phish-ified versions of hits by Black Sabbath and the Steve Miller Band.

]]> http://us103.com/phish-covers-black-sabbath/feed/ 0 Michael Loccisano / Jason Merritt / Kevin Winter, Getty Images Happy Birthday To The Gangster Of Love http://us103.com/happy-birthday-to-the-gangster-of-love/ http://us103.com/happy-birthday-to-the-gangster-of-love/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:25:40 +0000 Carl Coffey http://us103.com/?p=100088 Steve Miller was born today October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Steve learned to love music from his mother,  a non-professional singer, and his dad, a pathologist, who enjoyed jazz  and was an amateur recording engineer. Family friend Les Paul (the guitar great) heard a five year old Steve playing a guitar given to him by his uncle. Les encouraged the young boy to practice ... and "perhaps you'll be something one day".

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EXPANDED TO THREE DAYS WITH ROBERT PLANT & BAND OF JOY, WIDESPREAD PANIC AND STEVE MILLER BAND

Fans of rock music icons the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND are getting ready for their annual pilgrimage to New York City’s Beacon Theatre, where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will again take up residency for 13 shows (March 10-26).　 　The group will also headline their own WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL in Live Oak, FL

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