Steve Miller

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  • Year:
    2016
  • Inducted by:
    The Black Keys
  • Category:
    Performers
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Introduction

Admittedly, it’s not as dramatic as selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads, but having Les Paul teach you your first chords and learning how to play electric guitar from T-Bone Walker are perhaps even more certain means of attaining musical prowess.

Hall of Fame Essay

2016

Anthony DeCurtis

Admittedly, it’s not as dramatic as selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads, but having Les Paul teach you your first chords and learning how to play electric guitar from T-Bone Walker are perhaps even more certain means of attaining musical prowess.

That’s the route singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Miller took, starting with the good fortune of being born into an enthusiastically musical family.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program Cover 2016
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Steve Miller Onstage at the 2016 Induction Ceremony
If you’ve listened to the radio, you’ve listened to Steve Miller.
The Black Keys

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