“For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you mix it together, and that's my basic makeup.”

American musician

Steve Miller is an American musician, born in 1943, best known as the founder and only continuous member of the Steve Miller Band. He has been the band’s frontman, principal songwriter, lead singer, and lead guitarist. He began in blues and blues rock, then moved toward a more pop-oriented arena rock sound in the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. Over that period, he released a run of popular singles and albums. In 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.