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Steven Haworth "Steve" Miller (born October 5, 1943)〔Justin Kern. "'Wizard of Waukesha' still casts a spell here: Les Paul has 'changed the world for the better'," ''Waukesha Freeman'' (WI), May 9, 2007: "... Paul's godson, Milwaukee-born Steve Miller ... ."〕〔Lynn Van Matre. "Steve Miller gets on with making music," ''Sun-Sentinel'' (reprinted from ''Chicago Tribune''), January 2, 1987, p. 36〕 is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound which, from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of highly popular singles and albums. In 2015, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time. ==Early years== Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miller received his first exposure to music from his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable non-professional jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as "Sonny" who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. Dr. and Mrs. Miller were best man and maid of honor at the December 1949 wedding of Les Paul and Mary Ford.〔Steve Miller, 1972 Beat Club interview – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9iBh3tZfg〕 Les Paul heard Steve, who was about five, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, as the youngster was "banging away" on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury.〔Steve Miller interview, CBS Sunday Morning News – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFg3c7dXp9I〕 Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar ... and "perhaps he will be something one day." In 1950 the family relocated to Texas and Steve, who was nearly seven, began attending Dallas' St. Mark's School, an Episcopalian preparatory day school for boys where, about eight years later, he formed his first band, "The Marksmen". He taught older brother Buddy, the only child in the family with a driver's license, to play the bass and also instructed classmate and future musical star, Boz Scaggs, a few guitar chords so that he could join the band. After leaving St. Mark's—"I got kicked out", he recalled with a laugh in a 2004 interview〔Michael Granberry. "Steve Miller: Dallas set him on his path to stardom", ''Dallas Morning News'', November 28, 2004, Texas Living section, page 2E.〕—he then attended a school in the Lakewood area of Dallas, Woodrow Wilson High School, from which he graduated in 1961. He was inducted into Woodrow's Hall of Fame in 2009. Another member is Dusty Hill of ZZ Top. In 1962,〔Tom Alesia. "'Gangster of Love' still drawing the college crowd," ''Wisconsin State Journal'' (Madison, WI), April 11, 1996, Rhythm section, page 6: "A UW student in 1962–65, Miller also played in Madison blues-rock bands the Ardells (with Boz Scaggs, Ben Sidran and the Night Trains)."〕 Miller returned to Wisconsin, and entered the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he formed The Ardells. Scaggs joined the Ardells the next year, and Ben Sidran became the band's keyboardist in the following year. After attending the University of Copenhagen in Denmark for a semester in his senior year to study comparative literature,〔 he dropped out six credit hours shy of a literature degree, opting to pursue a music career with his mother's encouragement and his father's misgivings: () ''When you look back over the span of your career, what are the lasting moments, the sweetest highs?'' Upon his return to the United States, Miller moved to Chicago where he immersed himself in the city's blues scene. During his time there, he worked with harmonica player Paul Butterfield and jammed with blues greats Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy, all of whom offered the young guitarist encouragement to pursue a musical career.〔 In 1965, Miller and keyboardist Barry Goldberg formed the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band and began playing on the Chicago club scene.〔 They signed with Epic Records and released a single, "The Mother Song", and soon began a residency at a New York City blues club.〔 When Miller returned from New York, he was disappointed by the state of the Chicago blues scene, so he moved to Texas in hopes of finishing his education at the University of Texas at Austin. He was disenchanted with academic politics at the University, so he took a Volkswagen Bus his father had given him and headed to San Francisco. Upon arrival, he used his last $5 to see the Butterfield Blues Band and Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore Auditorium. Miller fell in love with the vibrant San Francisco music scene and decided to stay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Miller (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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