The Steve Miller Band - Going To The Country

[bobilly1492]

Obscure Steve Miller tune but fantastic . love it .

[2whitesmoke]

Yeah!!! Memories of Gunnison and C.B. and 1970. Great song.

[ThePorkified]

get a head capt'n.

SM rocks the mind if you let it. wtf. space and time and grooves and rushes and wtfaId? cool

[ThePorkified]

far out!

[DAUROIS1]

French version by Claude François.

[johnh23]

'People in the city, going out of there minds' . 1970....... we've come a long way

[ThePorkified]

Hey captn. Some herb, some sm5 up country. rush here.

Go Steelers. Hey captn. don't get any better.

[ThePorkified]

its cookin captn. righteous tune.

GO STEELERS!

STEELERS RULE!!!

[TheBitterWeed]

Whoot !!

[ThePorkified]

Steelers rule.

SM5 is the baddest head vibes.

Don't bogart Capt'n.

[ThePorkified]

Still here Capt'n. Old heads know good... :)

[ThePorkified]

Hey Capt'n :)

[CaptainJimKirk]

@ThePorkified Hey Porkified - still here then? :)

[mswinelight]

They do NOT make them like this anymore.

Mike

[ThePorkified]

i keep coming back to the head candy.

[mswinelight]

When Miller was at his best!!

Mike C.

[ThePorkified]

steve miller and my buddy 'erb.

Thanks capt'n.

[NBalderson]

Oh I love IT

[ThePorkified]

reefer rock at its BEST.

The Steve Miller Band.

[buellosaurusrex]

The solo at 2:15 is mind bending! Miller gets his due credit for his songwriting abilities, but not nearly enough accolade for his guitar prowess.......

[walt7500]

Steve Miller is underrated. fantastic album!

[ThePorkified]

Paul, SM rules. Party on.

OF. smokeem.

[PaulCPHhhh]

Maybe the best LP ever from Steve Miller!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats my opinion!! Correction!! Not maybe,it is the best!!

[ThePorkified]

once a head...always brother. rock on steve.

[ThePorkified]

Steve Miller will be in Pittsburgh for a Pirates' game.

I'll be to my first game in the 'new' ballpark.

[RapIsDeadly]

Steve Miller "Anthology" is the best double album ever made peroid.

[eagle6n97]

Ditto

[tronester]

As a teenager I grew up on this music & it's the best stuff the Steve Miller Band even did plus ir's time less. Songs like the "the joker, what joke

[captaindecency]

Thank you for posting this, CaptainJimKirk.

[ojfeooigtihbg]

steve miller band is excellent, it´s a shame that they will never come to Mexico :(

[openroad88]

I always thought this song was cool. Especially the opening riff. But I never saw it in Guitar Magazine. SMB doesn't get much credit.

[porkified]

thank you Captain.

[Entertainmentwriter]

Beginning at 2:05, this is what tons of bands copied for years to come...to get that sound.

[TheBitterWeed]

Good spot; it what takes it from being good to great - right there.

[guglielmo64]

You're right. It goes from countryish to psychedelic blues. What a segue!

[Entertainmentwriter]

Yes. It was very special. Listening to it with headphones back then was quite a treat...especially after several tokes.

[porkified]

SM5 is known to us.

this cut is my rush.

pass it capt'n.

[cincinnatisaxman]

This album is one of my all time fav's.....I can't explain why it isn't more well known........

[porkified]

don't bogart that...

[CaptainJimKirk]

...pass it over to me...  :)

[porkified]

righteous herb!

[CaptainJimKirk]

:-)

[porkified]

Still works today. An old head is a good person to know.

[TheBitterWeed]

Hell yes. X

[porkified]

headphones and herb

[CaptainJimKirk]

:)  Definitely!

[TheBitterWeed]

hmm yah !!! %-)

[porkified]

SM is still nice head music.

Has been so many years.

[TheBitterWeed]

Yes. Great isnt it ? ;-)

[porkified]

I still, after all these years ,enjoy good vibes and good herb. SM5 is so right for the mind.

[Rich915]

Used to prop my parents JBL's outside on the terrace at 1 or 2 in the morning when it was dead calm out...crank it , & let this one fly. Listening to 'Stevie Guitar Miller' echoing up & down the canyon was something else. Those were the days!

[diggitynugs]

Dude thats a kick ass memory. Some of the best things in life are free!!!

[TheBitterWeed]

nice image !!!

[Rich915]

Smoke 'em, if you've got 'em! :>)

[TheBitterWeed]

Hell yes !

[TheBitterWeed]

Oh hell yes...

[juggalo1325]

love this song

[dsteding]

I blew out a set of speakers with this song in 1975... This has so many memories and is of a quality that can't be found in today's garbage.

[mojoade]

I remember buying this in early 1970 on US imort.. One of the best days came 3 years later interviewing the Man in the London Hilton for the legendary Trailing Clouds of Glory fanzine I still have copy or two you might persuade me to part with!

All the best Phil Vellender

[BloomdidoBandigrass]

Speaking of The SF Earthquake Benefit 1989 - I'm dying to see or hear that again. Does anyone have that to upload...you would be a hero in my eyes if you did!!

[BloomdidoBandigrass]

I also got into Steve Miller when I was 16. It was 1989 & I always pictured him as a typically mediocre 70's soft rock act & nothing more. Then I saw The SF Earthquake Benefit on live TV & I was absolutely blown away. What I saw Steve play on guitar was absolutely mind blowing especially since it was all jamming on old blues numbers with Neil Young & Taj Mahal. Amazing! Immediately went out & got Anthology. The solo at the fade out of this track always gives me chills.

[livefromRaleighWorld]

dedrick92-I am in total agreement! I was 16yo when Number 5 came out and I thought that it was one of the best albums of the year, yet it was mostly ignored. His later stuff got him noticed & sold many more units. But like you, I think his best , most adventurous stuff came early on! Rave on Stevie!

[Rich915]

Killer Strat tone!!!

[porkified]

the rush of the cords and revirbe was and is intense.

[porkified]

Capt'nJim, thank you. I skyed with this so many times.

[CaptainJimKirk]

Me too. 1970. Anyone fancy a cheese and pickle sandwich? :)

[porkified]

Peanut butter and cheese. Velvetta cheese to be precise.

[juggalo1325]

somebody give me a cheese burger

[kentucy9999]

Great song from a great album. Thanks.

[wasserdagger]

The sweet, sweet sound of The Steve Miller Band - Goin' to the Country.

[loosiree]

Nothing picks me up like that harmonica and the closing guitar. Thanks a million for posting this, my absolute favorite Steve Miller song!

[chrstphr8]

this song is a gem, and my favorite Steve Miller tune. let me ask you all this--is there anything at all out there from the early Steve Miller days that compares?

[CaptainJimKirk]

No, nothing, nowt, nada! :)

[carlannorma06]

there is a lot of great Steve Miller stuff....really its all great!! Number 5 was a culmination of 2 years of recording and playing to crowds everywhere......He did 5 great albums in 2 short years.....a feat not doen by ANY other rock n roll performer.

[dederick92]

i personally like his early work better. not a big fan of his later work....

[whirlspinner]

Yeah, that guitar solo is ripping - extremely underrated, IMHO...

Fantastic song, thank you!

[dosu2525]

Yeah! thanks

[AqualungsTull]

your the man Capt.....smoked a many joints listening to this one....thanks..nice to come back here...that guitar plays my soul...

[strongheartgirl]

Bless your sweet hippie soul

[SavageShootsSweet]

One of my favorite Steve Miller albums, especially with Charlie McCoy on harmonica.

[eddrousch]

Exquisite post! Killer audio, too! Thank you thank you for sharing the rarely heard!

[CaptainJimKirk]

Thanks! For me, it's all about the audio...

:)

[AqualungsTull]

Your a man of your word...I like that thanks so much.......Captain