With his first album in seventeen years, Steve Miller has returned to his roots. They are in the sixties, to be precise in the psychedelic blues scene of San Francisco. After spending a while around big bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he scored big pop hits like The Joker, Fly Like An Eagle and Abracadabra in the seventies. But his first love lies with the 'real'
… blues of BB King, Jimmy Reed and Otis Rush, men he lovingly interprets on Bingo !, an unpretentious shuffling blues rock record. Remarkable is the relatively large contribution to the repertoire (three songs) of Miller's white blues brother Jimmie Vaughan. In addition, there is a prominent contribution from super guitarist Joe Satriani. For the soulful vocals (for example in the Otis Redding cover Tramp), Sonny Charles, in the distant past lead singer of The Checkmates. (MS)more
