Sampling Steve Miller Band: A Listener's Guide

Given their entrenched position as a classic-rock-radio staple, the Steve Miller Band don't immediately register as a trailblazing band. But in addition to their creative use of synthesizers, which propelled classic tunes such as "Jet Airliner," "The Joker," "Take the Money and Run," "Abracadabra" and "Jungle Love," they were also one of the very first rock bands to incorporate samples into their sound.