Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band

Fly Like an Eagle, the Steve Miller Band's ninth studio album, came out on Capitol in 1976, and it's the old San Francisco psychedelic outfit at its most radio-friendly without losing its spacey streak. Miller drifts blues licks and space-rock textures through a set as laid-back as a sunny afternoon, and the three hits it threw off, the title track, "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock'n Me", have hardly left classic rock radio since.

Check the cover: that black Fender Stratocaster in Miller's hands is a left-handed model Jimi Hendrix had ordered from Manny's Music. Hendrix died before it arrived, Miller bought it and restrung it to play right-handed, and somebody stole it after the album came out. The record went on to four times platinum, and in 2025 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.

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