“Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar behind my head and do the splits in 1951 when I was nine.”

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.