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The Steve Miller Band found its groove as a hitmaking machine in the mid-'70s, churning out a series of amiable rockers that were tailor-made for radio consumption. "Jet Airliner," which soared into the Top 10 in 1977, fit so well into the continuum that you might be surprised to learn that Miller didn't write it himself, but rather did a bit of editing on someone else's original. What is "Jet Airliner" about? Who wrote and performed it first? And how did Mille...

In a candid interview, the classic rock hero discusses the strange journeys of some of his biggest hits, opening for Pink Floyd, and injecting blues into the San Francisco scene in the midst of the Su

In 1968 — an extraordinary year of radical theater in Madison — one provocative director’s use of gender cross-casting made waves that ripple still.

An impromptu jam of "Compared to What" gave McCann a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival.

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Some people call Steve Miller the "Space Cowboy," and it's because he recorded a song of the same name a few years before “The Joker.”

By Donna Frye / Special to the OB Rag When I read the campaign mailer for Measure C that proposes to eliminate the 30-foot height limit in the Midway-Pacific Highway area of the Coastal Zone, I kept hearing the words from Ben Sidran’s “Brand New Music, Same Old Song.” Even though the ballot measure may…

From house giveaways to treasure hunters trashing the Arboretum — plus an emphasis on local musicians and homegrown personalities — according to the old-school DJs, life on the airwaves in

Diana Ross, Ben Sidran, North Avenue Market celebrates a year, the return of The Rhythm Club, music of India, TosaFest, Brian Lynch and a tribute to Howie Epstein and more—This Week in Milwaukee!