"Steve Miller's career has encompassed two distinct stages: one of the top San Francisco blues-rockers during the late '60s, and one of the top-selling pop/rock acts of the mid- to late '70s. His first recordings established his early style as a blues-rocker influenced but not overpowered by psychedelia. Then, in 1973, Miller's reinvention as a blues-influenced pop/rocker who wrote compact, melodic, catchy songs, led to platinum success for The Joker and a number one hit for its title track. Three years later, Fly Like an Eagle eclipsed its predecessor in terms of quality and sales. In the early '80s he briefly took on a new wave tinge, and even topped the charts with the synthy "Abracadabra," before returning once more to his blues-rock roots.

As Steve Miller Band continued to tour regularly through the 2010s, Miller occasionally grabbed headlines. The most notable of these was his 2016 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion marked by Miller's strong disagreements with the institution. An Ultimate Hits compilation appeared in 2017, but for longtime fans, the archival release that was more noteworthy was the 2019 release of Welcome to the Vault, a three-CD/one-DVD box set filled with rarities. ~ Steve Huey & Al Campbell, Rovi" (Promo Copy)