Steve Miller

Guitarist described the rapper as "one of those timeless originators building something new on a long musical legacy of original artists."

He steps in for ailing openers.

Fiftieth-anniversary box set arrives in September.

"I just wanted to, you know, not sing about all the negative s--t but try and do something positive."

Album's title track led the way, even though his record label hated it.

"I felt like it was really in a groove," frontman says of productive late-'70s period.

He calls late icon’s memorable moment at Monterey “pathetic.”

The home, located off the coast of Washington, comes with a recording studio, Zen gardens and private dock.

He recalls how plans for a 1975 Knebworth festival appearance came together just as he’d hoped.

Bandleader recalls starting out as blues sideman -- and moving on quickly.