Steve Miller / Steve Miller Band Steve Miller started his first band, The Marksmen, at age 12.  The Marksmen (a.k.a. Marksmen Combo) (1956 - 1961) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals - b. October 5, 1943, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Boz Scaggs - guitar/vocals - b. William Royce Scaggs on June 8, 1944, Ohio. The Ardells / The Fabulous Knight Trains ( ? - ? ) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Boz Scaggs - guitar/vocals Ben Sidran - keyboards Ken Adamany -  The Goldberg-Miller Blues Band ( ? - ? ) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Barry Goldberg - keyboards Roy Ruby - bass Maurice McKinley - drums Barry Goldberg forms The Electric Flag with guitarist Michael Bloomfield. The Steve Miller Band I (a.k.a. The Steve Miller Blues Band) (1966 - 1967) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals James "Curly" Cooke - guitar/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass/vocals - b. February 24, 1947, Berkeley, California. Tim Davis - drums/vocals Album: "Live At The Fillmore Auditorium" (1967) - Chuck Berry with The Steve Miller Blues Band  [Ref: Pedja] James "Curly" Cooke later became member of Seattle-area band Double Cookin'. The Steve Miller Band II(1967 - 1968) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Boz Scaggs - guitar/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass/vocals Tim Davis - drums/vocals Jim Peterman - keyboards/vocals Albums: "Children of the Future" (1968) "Sailor" (1968) Boz Scaggs leaves to pursue solo career. The Steve Miller Band III(1968 - 1969) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass/vocals Glyn Johns - guitar/percussion/vocals Tim Davis - drums/vocals Ben Sidran - keyboards Album: "Brave New World" (1969) The Steve Miller Band IV(1969) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass/vocals Tim Davis - drums/vocals Nicky Hopkins - keyboards Ben Sidran - keyboards Album: "Your Saving Grace" (1969) The Steve Miller Band V(1969 - 1971) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Nicky Hopkins - keyboards Tim Davis - drums/vocals Ben Sidran - keyboards Bobby Winkelman - bass/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass Album: "Number 5" (1970) Lonnie Turner later joins Dave Mason's band. The Steve Miller Band VI(1971 - 1972) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Ross Valory - bass - b. 1950, San Francisco, California. Jack King - drums Album: "Rock Love" (1971) Ross Valory later joins Frumious Bandersnatch, Journey, and Herbie Herbert's Sy Klopps Blues Band. The Steve Miller Band VII(1972) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Jesse Davis - guitar Jack King - drums Dicky Thompson - keyboards Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Jim Keltner - drums Ben Sidran - keyboards Gary Mallaber - drums - b. October 11, 1946, Buffalo, New York - formerly with The Vibratos, Stan Szelest and The Ravens, Raven, and Van Morrison's band. Roger Allen Clark - drums Album: "Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden" (1972) The Steve Miller Band VIII(1972 - 1973) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Jack King - drums Dicky Thompson - keyboards Ben Sidran - keyboards Roger Allen Clark - drums The Steve Miller Band IX(1973) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Dicky Thompson - keyboards John King - drums Albums: "The Joker" (1973) The Steve Miller Band X(1973 - 1976) Steve Miller - guitar/harmonica/vocals Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Dicky Thompson - keyboards John King - drums Lonnie Turner - bass The Steve Miller Band XI(1976 - 1977) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass Gary Mallaber - drums Album: "Fly Like an Eagle" (1976) The Steve Miller Band XII(1977 - 1981) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Lonnie Turner - bass Gary Mallaber - drums Byron Allred - keyboards David Denny - guitar Greg Douglass - guitar Album: "Book of Dreams" (1977) David Denny later became a member of Herbie Herbert's Sy Klopps Blues Band. The Steve Miller Band XIII(1981) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Byron Allred - keyboards Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Gary Mallaber - drums Album: "Circle of Love" (1981) The Steve Miller Band XIV(1981 - 1983) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Byron Allred - keyboards Gerald Johnson - bass/vocals Gary Mallaber - drums Norton Buffalo - harmonica/vocals Kenny Lee Lewis - guitar/vocals John Massaro - guitar Albums: "Abracadabra" (1982) "Live!" (1983) Gerald Johnson later joined The Jones Boys R&B Band and toured with Crosby, Stills and Nash. The Steve Miller Band XV(1983 - 1987) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Byron Allred - keyboards Norton Buffalo - harmonica Kenny Lee Lewis - bass/guitar Gary Mallaber - drums Albums: "Italian X Rays" (1984) "Living in the 20th Century" (1987) The Steve Miller Band XVI(1987 - 1990) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Ben Sidran - keyboards Ricky Peterson - keyboards Billy Peterson - bass Gordy Knudtson - drums Bob Malach - tenor saxophone Album: "Born 2B Blue" (1988) The Steve Miller Band XVII(1990 - 1994) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals David Denny - guitar Norton Buffalo - harmonica Billy Peterson - bass/keyboards Ben Sidran - keyboards Leo Sidran - keyboards/guitar Gordy Knudtson - drums Bob Malach - tenor saxophone Album: "Wide River" (1993) The Steve Miller Band XVIII(1994 - 1998) Steve Miller - guitar/vocals Kenny Lee Lewis - guitar Billy Peterson - bass/keyboards Joseph Wooten - keyboards/vocals Norton Buffalo - harmonica Gordy Knudtson - drums Compilations: "Anthology" (1972) "Greatest Hits" (1978) "Best of Steve Miller" (1980) "Greatest Hits 1974-1978" (1987) "The Best of Steve Miller (1968-1973)" (1990) "Steve Miller Band Box Set" (3-CDs) (1994) "The Very Best of Steve Miller" (1996) "Greatest Hits" (1998) Links: The Unofficial Steve Miller Band Page Gary Mallaber's Official Web Site Take me back to the Index... Last Revised:  March 21, 2001 Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 by Gary S. Hartman.  All rights reserved.