On January 25, 1974, Steve Miller made his second appearance on The Midnight Special, the long-running US music show that ran for more than 400 episodes between 1973 and 1981.
He'd first visited the studios the previous June, performing Loving On The U.S.A. and the enticingly titled Shu ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma with the Steve Miller Band. But the second visit was a bigger deal: Miller hosted the show, and the band got to play four songs. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma was reprised, and then there was Sugar Babe, a genuinely brilliant version of Fly Like an Eagle, and another of Miller's classics, The Joker.
