Steve Miller Band in Concert at Wente Vineyards
Wente Vineyards (5050 Arroyo Road Livermore, CA 94550)
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The last date listed for Steve Miller Band was Wednesday July 29, 2009 / Various Times.
1 Goldstar Member Review
Sylvia Boggs
Great show! Terrace chairs are too close together making it somewhat uncomfortable.Written on Aug 03 2009
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Description
Initially serving as a fixture in San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” scene as leader of the Steve Miller Band, the Texas-bred singer, songwriter and guitarist used his blues/rock roots to transcend the psychedelic trend and develop his own enduring sound.
After the success of 1973’s The Joker, the Steve Miller Band’s first Platinum album, Miller took some time off and retreated to a home he had purchased on a remote hilltop in Marin County, where he built a recording studio. It was there that he spent months scrupulously overdubbing Fly Like An Eagle and its successor, Book of Dreams. Originally released in May of 1976 against the backdrop of America’s bicentennial celebration, Fly Like An Eagle proved to be a career-defining album for the Steve Miller Band. With over four million albums sold to date, it is one of Steve Miller Band’s biggest-selling studio albums and one of the seminal rock albums of the 1970’s. Spending nearly two years on the Billboard 200 and yielding the Top 40 singles “Rock ’N Me,” “Fly Like An Eagle,” and “Take the Money and Run,” the ground-breaking album’s hits are still staples at classic rock radio.
Perhaps it is because Miller is not an artist content to merely replicate his hits – through the decades, he and his band have continually experimented with the material, taking the songs to new heights. In the ensuing decades, Miller has toured consistently and seen his songs covered by artists as diverse as Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Seal, Run-DMC, and k.d. lang.
About the Ticket Supplier: Wente Vineyards
After learning about winemaking from Charles Krug, C. H. Wente, a first-generation immigrant from Germany, founded his own winery in 1883. Recognizing that the warm days, cool nights and gravelly soils of the Livermore Valley were ideal for growing grapes, he purchased 48 acres and planted vineyards. In 1918, C. H. Wente's sons Ernest and Herman joined the business, with Ernest managing the vineyards and Herman acting as winemaker. The company was later passed on to Ernest's only son Karl, and in 1977, Karl's young son Eric took the helm. Continuing the 125 year legacy, the winery is managed today by the Fourth Generation of the Wente family, Eric, Philip, Carolyn, and the Fifth Generation, Christine and Karl. The winery has grown to include over 2,000 acres of vineyards in the Livermore Valley, San Francisco Bay and 800 acres in Arroyo Seco, Monterey.