Steve Miller Band box set coming; on tour now

photo: courtesy Universal Music Enterprises

Steve Miller has opened up his archives for a new 3CD + DVD box set, due Oct. 11 Sailor/Capitol/UMe.

WELCOME TO THE VAULT covers Miller’s six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, with hits and favorites and 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and five newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. The accompanying DVD collects 21 live performances, among them rare TV appearances and concert videos.

The box set (also available as a 52-track digital collection), has a 100-page hardbound book of photos, memorabilia and artifacts from Miller’s personal collection, as well as an essay by rock journalist David Fricke.

LISTEN TO “ROCK’N ME” (ALTERNATE VERSION 1) AND PRE-ORDER WELCOME TO THE VAULT: https://UMe.lnk.to/WelcomeToTheVaultPR

WATCH TRAILER/INTRO VIDEO: https://UMe.lnk.to/WTTVtrailerPR

As for performances, the DVD features 21 of them including rare footage from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, a Dutch TV filmed performance of the Fillmore West from 1970, a 43-minute September 1973 concert at New York’s Palace Theater broadcast on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (unseen since the ’70s), an ABC In Concert performance with James Cotton (1974), a performance of “Abracadabra” from Michigan’s Pine Knob from that album tour in 1982, and selections from Austin City Limits (2011), as well as Miller’s intimate 1990 performance with Les Paul at New York City’s Fat Tuesday’s.

This week, Steve Miller Band are teaming up with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 36-city U.S. tour. Miller calls it “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music - Classic Rock Meets Classic Country.”

In addition, Miller will continue his exploration of the blues at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center with “Cannonball Adderley and The Blues,” a spirited celebration of saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. Set for Saturday, December 14 at JALC’s Rose Theater, the event will see Miller joined by vocalist Brianna Thomas and the Patrick Bartley Sextet, led by one of NYC’s most acclaimed young saxophonists. Tickets and additional information can be found HERE.

Track listing:

CD 1

1. Blues with a Feeling (Live) (1969) *
2. Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around - Alternate Version (1969) *
3. Super Shuffle (Live) (1967) **
4. It Hurts Me Too (Feat. Steve Miller Band) (Live) (1967)
5. Industrial Military Complex Hex - Alternate Version (1970) *
6. Living in the USA (1968)
7. Kow Kow Calculator - Alternate Version (1973) *
8. Going to Mexico - Alternate Version (1966) *
9. Quicksilver Girl - Alternate Version (1968) *
10. Jackson-Kent Blues - Alternate Version (1970) *
11. Crossroads (Live) (1973) *
12. Hesitation Blues (1972) **
13. Seasons - Alternate Version (1973) *
14. Say Wow! (1973) **
15. Never Kill Another Man - Alternate Version (Live) (1971) *

CD 2

1. The Gangster is Back (Live) (1971)
2. Space Cowboy - Instrumental Version (1969) *
3. Space Cowboy - Alternate Version (Live) (1973) *
4. The Joker (1973)
5. The Lovin’ Cup (1973)
6. Killing Floor (1975) *
7. Evil (Live) (1973)
8. Echoplex Blues (1973) **
9. Rock’n Me - Alternate Version 1 (1976) *
10. Rock’n Me - Alternate Version 2 (1976) *
11. Tain’t it the Truth (1976) *
12. Freight Train Blues (1976) *
13. True Fine Love - Alternate Version (1975) *
14. The Stake - Alternate Version (1976) *
15. My Babe - Alternate Version (1982) *
16. That’s the Way It’s Got to Be (1974) **
17. Double Trouble (1992) *
18. Love is Strange (1974) *
19. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Alternate Version (1992) *

CD 3

1. I Wanna Be Loved (Live) (1990) *

2. Fly Like an Eagle - Alternate Version (1974) *
3. Space Intro (1976)
4. Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
5. The Window - Alternate Version (1974) *
6. Mercury Blues - Alternate Version (1975) *
7. Jet Airliner - Alternate Version (1976) *
8. Take the Money and Run (1976)
9. Dance, Dance, Dance (1976)
10. Swingtown - Alternate Version (1976) *
11. Winter Time (1977)
12. Who Do You Love? (1984)
13. Abracadabra (1982)
14. Macho City - Short Version (1981)
15. Take the Money and Run - Alternate Version (Live) (2016) *
16. Bizzy’s Blue Tango* (2004)
17. Lollie Lou (T-Bone Walker) (Live) (1951) *
18. Lollie Lou (Steve Miller) (Live) (2016) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG

DVD

Monterey International Pop Festival – 1967
- Mercury Blues
- Super Shuffle
The Fillmore West - Dutch TV Show El Dorado (Pik-In) - 1970
- Kow Kow Calculator
- Space Cowboy
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert – 1973
- Star Spangled Banner
- Living in the USA
- Space Cowboy
- Mary Lou
- Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
- The Gangster is Back
- The Joker
- Come on in My Kitchen
- Seasons
- Fly Like an Eagle
- Living in the USA (Reprise)
ABC In Concert with James Cotton – 1974
- Just a Little Bit
Pine Knob, Michigan – 1982
- Abracadabra
Steve Miller and Les Paul at Fat Tuesday’s – 1990
- I Wanna be Loved
- CC Rider
Live from Austin City Limits - 2011
- Fly Like an Eagle
- Living in the USA

Tour dates:

JUNE

15 - Tulsa OK - River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove Margaritaville

16 - Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP
21 - Alton, IL - Liberty Bank Amphitheater Summer Concert Series
22 - Dubuque, IA - America’s River Festival
24 - Grand Rapids, MI - Meijer Gardens
25 - Interlochen, MI - Kresge Auditorium
28 - Rochester, NY - Rochester International Jazz Festival
30 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
JULY
1 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival*
12 - Prior Lake, MN - Lakefront Music Festival
14 - Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park
16 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavilion
18 - Baltimore, MD - MECU Pavilion
20 - Lynchburg, VA - Riverfront Park Concert Series
21 - Bensalem PA - Xcite Center at Parx Casino*
24 - New York, NY - Pier 17
25 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
27 - Rangeley, ME - Rangeley Health & Wellness Pavilion
28 - Kingston, NY - Hutton Brickyards
30 - Selbyville, DE - The Freeman Stage at Bayside
31 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
AUGUST
2 - Mashantucket, CT - The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
3 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest
11 - Albuquerque, NM - Sandia Resort and Casino
13 - Denver, CO - The Mission Ballroom
14 - Vail, CO - Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre
16 - Billings, MT - Cove Creek Outdoor Pavilion
17 - Missoula, MT - Big Sky Brewery
19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden
21 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
22 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre
24 - Stateline, NV - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
27 - Salem, OR - Oregon State Fair
28 - Airway Heights, WA - Northern Quest Resort & Casino
30 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle
31 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle
* Steve Miller Band only