Monday 5/10/21 1am ET: Feature LP: Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by American rock group Steve Miller Band. The album was released May 20, 1976 by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and Mercury Records in Europe.

The album was a success, spawning three singles: the title track, “Take the Money and Run” and “Rock’n Me”, and eventually receiving quadruple platinum certification from the RIAA.

It was voted number 400 in the third edition of Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). In 2012, the album was ranked number 445 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

  1. “Space Intro” 1:15
  2. “Fly Like An Eagle” 4:42
  3. “Wild Mountain Honey” 4:51
  4. “Serenade” 3:13
  5. “Dance, Dance, Dance” 2:18
  6. “Mercury Blues” 3:30
  7. “Take the Money and Run” 2:50
  8. “Rock’n Me” 3:05
  9. “You Send Me” 2:42
  10. “Blue Odyssey” 1:00
  11. “Sweet Maree” 4:16
  12. “The Window” 4:19
  13. “Fly Like An Eagle ’73”
  14. “Take The Joker and Run”
  15. “Rock’n Me ’76 Slow”

Steve Miller – vocals, guitar, keyboards, sitar, ARP Odyssey (1, 2), producer
Lonnie Turner – bass guitar (all but 12)
Gary Mallaber – drums (all but 12), percussion
James Cotton – harmonica (11)
Curley Cooke – guitar (12)
Les Dudek – guitar (12)
Charles Calamise – bass guitar (12)
Kenny Johnson – drums (12)
John McFee – dobro (5)
Joachim Young – B3 organ (2, 12)