HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records/ EMI) - The Steve Miller Band's show at Chicago's Ravinia Festival sold out in less than 24 hours last year, so this summer the band was asked to play two consecutive nights, July 13th and 14th. The band will shoot its first official live DVD during the two-night stand at the 17,000-capacity park. It will mark a first for the festival as well: Miller will be the first rock artist to shoot a live DVD at Ravinia, which is North America's oldest outdoor music festival. The DVD will be shot by Coming Home Productions in 5.1 Surround Sound and state-of-the-art high definition.
Playing Chicago is always special for Miller. As a young guitarist, he fell in love with the city and its vibrant mid-1960's blues scene during a brief visit - and promptly dropped out of the University of Wisconsin to move there. Soon Miller was recording with blues legends Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He also formed a band with keyboardist Barry Goldberg while residing there. After the band's breakup, Miller moved to San Francisco and formed the Steve Miller Blues Band (later shortened to the Steve Miller Band), which emerged as one of the seminal bands of the "Summer of Love."
With its unique, improvisational blend of rock, blues, jazz and pop, the Steve Miller Band was one of the original jam bands. The band commands a massive, multi-generational following and its hits - including "Take the Money and Run," Rockin' Me," "The Joker," "Abracadabra," "Jungle Love" and "Fly Like An Eagle," to name but a few - are still staples at classic rock radio. The Steve Miller Band has sold 23.5 million records total since its 1968 Capitol debut, Children of the Future. Its Greatest Hits 1974-1978 has been certified 13-times Platinum while 1976's Fly Like An Eagle (four-times Platinum) spent nearly two years on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's biggest-selling studio album. (The 30th Anniversary Edition Fly Like An Eagle was released last year.) The band's songs have been recorded by a diverse group of artists that includes Smashing Pumpkins, deftones, Seal, Run-D.M.C. and k.d. lang.
The Steve Miller Band launched an extensive North American tour in Milwaukee, WI on May 21st. Remaining dates are as follows:
Steve Miller Band - 2007 North American Summer Tour Dates:
7/7 Bushkill Falls, PA Mountain Laurel Center
7/8 Rutland, VT Summer Extravaganza
7/11 Ottawa, ONT, Canada Ottawa Bluesfest
7/13 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
7/14 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
7/26 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap/The Filene Center
7/27 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/28 Wantagh, NY The Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
7/29 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook
8/3 Big Flats, NY Summerfest
8/4 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/5 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/17 Hinckley, MN Grand Casino Hinckley
8/18 La Crosse, WI Fort McCoy Army Base-Constitution Park
8/23 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
8/25 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
8/28 Albuquerque, NM Sandia Casino
8/31 Baltimore, MD Pier 6 Pavillion
9/1 Virginia Beach, VA American Music Festival
9/2 Atlantic City, NJ Caesars
9/20 Puyallup, WA Western Washington Fair
9/22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
10/5 Pala, CA Pala Casino
10/6 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
11/3 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair
11/13 Friant, CA Table Mountain Casino
