Rock Love

Rock Love
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	September 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	38:11
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Number 5 (1970) Rock Love (1971) Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972)

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Rock Love is the sixth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1971. It featured Ross Valory (a future member of Journey) on bass, and Jack King on drums. Bobby Winkelman was in the band (having moved back to rhythm guitar) during the live recordings on the album's first side, but is not credited on the album cover. David Denny, who later joined the band in 1976, is a guest guitarist (again, not credited) on "Blues Without Blame".

The album consists of three blues-rock tracks recorded live, including lengthy jam-style "Love Shock" which lasts nearly 12 minutes and includes an extensive drum solo, and four studio tracks. The first song starts with the words "I'm going to play you some blues 'cos I know you like that", but some critics disagreed, criticising the album's songs as "generic white-boy blueisms". Added to the recording's lack of production and poor overall sound quality, it is not surprising that, unlike Miller's previous five albums and the ones to follow, this album was a commercial failure.^[2]

Along with Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden it was one of the last two Steve Miller Band albums not to have been re-released on CD until 2008.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Miller.

Side 1 – Live

1. "The Gangster Is Back" – 2:28 (Concert Intro 0:17)
2. "Blues Without Blame" – 5:41
3. "Love Shock" – 11:43

Side 2 – Studio

1. "Let Me Serve You" – 2:26
2. "Rock Love" – 2:28
3. "Harbor Lights" – 4:06
4. "Deliverance" – 9:19

Personnel

• Steve Miller – lead guitar, vocals
• Ross Valory – bass guitar
• Jack King – drums
• Bobby Winkelman – rhythm guitar (1–3) (not credited)
• Tracks 1–2 were recorded live in Hollywood, Florida.
• Track 3 was recorded live in Pasadena, California.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References

Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Kenny Lee Lewis Gordy Knudtson Joseph Wooten Sonny Charles Jacob Peterson Norton Buffalo Tim Davis Boz Scaggs Lonnie Turner James Cooke Lance Haas Jim Peterman Glyn Johns Ben Sidran Nicky Hopkins Bobby Winkelman Charlie McCoy Jack King Ross Valory Gerald Johnson Dick Thompson Jim Keltner Roger Allen Clark Gary Mallaber Nick DeCaro John King David Denny Greg Douglass Byron Allred John Massaro Billy Peterson Ricky Peterson Bob Malach Leo Sidran Jay Bird Koder Joey Heinemann
Studio albums	Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Rock Love Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Abracadabra Italian X Rays Living in the 20th Century Born 2 B Blue (Steve Miller solo album) Wide River Bingo! Let Your Hair Down
Live albums	Live at the Fillmore Auditorium Steve Miller Band Live! Extended Versions King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents the Steve Miller Band Live in Chicago The Joker (Live) Live At the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, April 1968
Compilations	Anthology Living in the U.S.A. Greatest Hits 1974–78 The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band Box Set Young Hearts
Singles	"The Joker" "Take the Money and Run" "Rock'n Me" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Jet Airliner" "Jungle Love" "Swingtown" "Heart Like a Wheel" "Abracadabra" "I Want to Make the World Turn Around"
Songs	"Mercury Blues" "You Send Me" "Gangster of Love"
Related articles	Discography Pompatus Capitol Records Mercury Records Roadrunner Records
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