Steve Miller Band

Representing the transformation from the trippy blues of Miller's first two albums to the funky rock he ruled the '70s with, Your Saving Grace glides by nice and easy, with that lazy summer day quality of his best stuff. The high-octane soul of the opener "Little Girl" and "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" point to the bigger things to come, while a doleful cover of "Motherless Children" effectively stamps Miller's true roots on the proceedings. "Just a Passin' Fancy in a Midnite Dream" is another one perfect for sitting on the hood of your car and drinking beer from a can.

Somehow it doesn't matter that these two bands have gone through enough internal and
external hassles to cover the New York Metropolitan Opera for the next ten years. They
just keep producing wave after wave of fine music. The Byrds, of course -- under the aegis
of McGuinn the Survivor -- are renowned for a rich, thickly-textured instrumental sound
and equally distinctive vocal harmony. Every new Byrds album seems a continua... More >