The Career-Saving Song
When it came time to create the album The Joker, Miller switched it up, changing his style completely. The inspiration came to him while he was playing around with an idea for a song at a party in Novato, California.
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He started noodling around on his guitar and mashing up some old song lyrics. What he came up with was, of course, the song The Joker – a song that became a rock classic and one that basically saved his career. Ironically, though, Miller didn’t think it was a hit at the time.