Paul Pena - Jet Airliner

Super soulful performance, thanks for posting!

Paul Peena was fantastic!
Does anyone know, who's the other guitarist?

It's Jimmy Vivino.

very inspirational and sad at the same time! i never knew this man made this song until he died! Must have heard it hundreds of time in the 1970-1980s!@

I love Paul. What a great guy and a great musician.

This was Steve Miller's biggest hit, so I'm sure he's glad that Paul wrote this. :) Personally I think Paul's reading is superior to the sped up, less funk, more pop version that Miller did. For me, even this version on Conan is better than Miller's. But I'm glad he covered it, for Paul's sake; and he showed great taste by doing so.

Max Weinberg is the fuckin boss.

and paul pena's version is much better than the SMB version, sorry.

and this sounds like boring music, sorry bro.. miller pwns it up and down the street.

Re: do0rkn0b's observation: This performance isn't as lustrous as Miller's studio version but bear in mind, Mr. Pena is significantly hampered by acute pancreatitis and diabetes at this stage of his soon-to-be-cut-short life. He's struggling by this point. His studio version however has much more SOUL and more grit than Miller's more radio-friendly rendition.

Listen to the original studio version, his health has been failing for years and it's tough to get the same energy as he had 30 years prior. Steve Miller doesn't play it with nearly as much energy NOW either.