Steve Miller Band

KSAN aired Steve Miller Band live from the Record Plant on July 1, 1973, three months before Capitol released "The Joker" as a single, and the song was already in the set. The fifteen-song broadcast opens with a tease of "Fly Like an Eagle" tucked inside "My Dark Hour," three years before that title became a hit record in its own right. The set catches Miller mid-transition, moving from the blues-rock of his earlier albums toward the more radio-friendly sound that would define the rest of the decade, with two of his signature songs caught taking shape before either had been formally released.