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Steve Miller

Front man (guitarist and singer-songwriter) of the Steve Miller Band (40 million net  worth from his near to 50 years of musical career), Wisconsin native Steve Miller is a busy man even at the age of 71 as of 2015. Nowadays the 1996 formed band, which is regarded as one of the top classic rock band of all time, can be seen getting engaged in tours and shows all over the country.

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For instance, the band recently performed at the Chevy court in New York on the occasion of the New York State Fair, which is New York's largest annual multiplatform event. Amazingly, the band overtook previous record setter Bruno Mars by drawing a crowd of 36,900 out of the fair's 101,695 individuals. Previously, the highest concert attendance record was 35000 crowds and it was set by Bruno in 2011's NYS Fair when he performed at the fair's free concert venue.

Born on October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States to a Jazz enthusiast couple, Steve Miller as a young kid regularly observed the legendary duo Mary Ford and Les Paul, who were good friends of his Jazz influenced amateur singer mother "Bertha" and his pathologist/ recording engineer father George, in his house.  

Not only Les and Mary, young Steve Miller witnessed many famous musicians in his house.

However, it was Les who formally encouraged Steve to dedicate time on improving his guitar skills. Les was impressed by a wire recording made by his best man George featuring five year old Steve

Impressively, Steve formed his first band "The Marksmen" at the age of 12 when he was attending Dallas' St Mark's School. And, by the completion of his university days, the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Famer had already formed yet another band named" The Ardelles" at the University of Winconsin-Madisom.

Call it a fate or will, he decided quit the literature degree that he was pursuing at the University of Copenhagen despite being only 6 credit hours short to graduate.  

After forfeiting his studies, he then moved to Chicago to sharpen his guitar skills. In Chicago, he collaborated and worked with Harmonica player Paul Butterfield.  Moreover, Chicago was also the place where he trained with blues pioneers such as Muddy Waters,Howlin' WolfandBuddy Guy.

Later, he formed yet another band namely Goldberg-Miller Blues Band including Keyboardist Barry Goldburg in the year 1965. Playing on the Chicago Club scene proved to be the right decision for the band as they got signed by Epic Records and released their first single "The Mother song".

Upon gaining playing experiences on club scenes of New York and Chicago, he then decided to go to Texas to complete his remaining studies at the University of Texas. Yet again he dropped out of the university, but this time being unimpressed with its academics politics.

After Texas, he decided to visit San Francisco with his father given Volskwagen bus and limited money as psychedelic scene was flourishing there. After reaching San Fransisco, Music-crazy Steve used his last 5$ to see performances of theButterfield Blues BandandJefferson Airplaneatthe FillmoreAuditorium. Shortly, San Francisco evolving music scene convinced him to stay.

Now fast forwarding to 2015 (because his musical journey is rich and vivid), the band are considered pioneers in many forte, especially in blues rock, psychedelic rock and pop rock. The band are one of the best selling acts of 70's and 80's, thanks to their greatest hit albums such as "The Joker (US: Platinum),” "Book of Dreams (US: 3x Multi-Platinum, Canada: Platinum and UK: Silver)", "Fly Like an Eagle (US: 4x Multi-Platinum, Canada: 2x Multi-Platinum and UK: Gold)", and "Abracadabra (UK: Platinum, Canada: Platinum and UK: Silver)".

Now moving on to his physical configuration, he is an average tall man with the speculated height that lies in the range if 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet and 11 inches. Unfortunately, his ethnicity is not known. Nevertheless, the old man has a good body even at this age. Personality wise, both on stage and off stage, Steve is always praised for his vibrant character.

Talking about his relationship status, he is a married man. As far as we know, Kim and Steve have been married since a long time now. Since we haven't got any verifiable girlfriend, divorce, gay or children rumors on him, we can close this paragraph now.

Some people may call him the Space Cowboy or some may call him the Gangsta of love, but we will call him "The greatest front-man". Not only he has dedicated his life as the front man of the band, he has also assisted various musicians coming in and going out of the band in their musical journey.

Of course, he had childhood surrounded with stars and it is for sure many musicians can only dream of the childhood he had. But, it was Steve's hard work and dedication that brought him fame and knowledge. 18 studio albums, numerous singles and 60 million record sales itself speaks Steve's band caliber.

Fans can follow the band's Twitter and Instagram accounts. And to explore the Steve Miller Band's world, one can go to www.stevemillerband.com. Nevertheless, one can also visit the Steve's biography page to get more wiki on him.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 5 Oct, 1943
Age: 76 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Milwaukee
Education: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gender: Male
Description: American guitarist and singer-songwriter
Net Worth 2021: 60 million
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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