Number 5

by Steve Miller Band, Steve Miller

Overview

Released in the summer of 1970, Number 5 was the fifth LP by the Steve Miller Band in just over two years. While it compares favorably to its immediate predecessor, Your Saving Grace, it is not quite up to the consistent excellence of the potent Brave New World from the previous summer. However, it does have a fair share of delights, especially the opening triumvirate of "Good Morning," "I Love You," and "Going to the Country." These selections, and all of side one, have a distinctly more rural feel than did previous recordings, due perhaps to the fact that the tracks were recorded in Nashville. Charlie McCoy contributes harmonica to several of these cuts, and Buddy Spicher plays fiddle on "Going to the Country," while Bobby Thompson adds banjo to "Tokin's." Side two is more uneven, with the lead-off mid-tempo rocker "Going to Mexico" serving as a conclusion to the first side's thematic coherence, and the closing "Never Kill Another Man" a string-laden ballad. Sandwiched between them are three experimental-sounding pieces, seasoned with sound effects, buried vocals, and semi-political themes. Although it couldn't have been predicted at the time, Number 5 represented the end of an era for Steve Miller and bandmates, and subsequent albums would sound nothing like this first batch of great recordings. ~ Jim Newsom

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2019
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0602567429784

Tracks

1. Good Morning
2. I Love You
3. Going to the Country
4. Hot Chili
5. Tokin's
6. Going to Mexico
7. Steve Miller's Midnight Tango
8. Industrial Military Complex Hex
9. Jackson-Kent Blues
10. Never Kill Another Man

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Steve Miller Band   Primary Artist
The Norman Keith Spicher String Heptad   Primary Artist
Steve Miller   Primary Artist,Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Echoplex,Harmonica,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Tillman   Drums
James Cooke   Guitar (Acoustic)
Jimmy Miller   Guitar
Tim Davis   Percussion,Vocals (Background),Vocals,Vocals (Background),Drums,Vocals,Drums
Charlie   Harp
Curley Cooke   Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic)
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle,Violin
Ben Sidran   Keyboards
Lee Michaels   Organ,Keyboards
Bud Billings   Trumpet
Bobby   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Jim Tillman   Drums
Jim Miller   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Bobby Winkelman   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Bobby Thompson   Bass,Banjo,Guitar,Vocals
James "Curly" Cooke   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic)
Wayne Moss   Bass,Guitar
Charlie McCoy   Harp,Harmonica
Lonnie Turner   Bass,Guitar,Fretless Bass
Nicky Hopkins   Piano,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Steve Miller Band   Audio Production,Performer
Wayne Moss   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Tim Davis   Composer,Composer
Steve Miller   Composer,Producer
Ben Sidran   Composer
Glyn Johns   Mixing
Bobby Winkelman   Composer
Boz Scaggs   Composer