Today (October 5th) is Steve Miller’s 75th birthday. He has written many songs we know and love. Abracadabra which came out in 1982 was written a few years earlier but Steve just didn’t like the lyrics so he shelved it. Then inspiration hit: Here’s Steve Miller:
“About three years later, I was out skiing and I saw Diana Ross on the ski slopes, which blew my mind, man. There’s Diana Ross sittin’ on her butt – had just fallen over. Then I go, ‘Wow, it’s Diana Ross.’ She had about nine bodyguards with her, so I just skied on by. And I went home and I started thinking about Diana Ross and The Supremes and I had done a gig with them once on Hullabaloo in 1965, so I had a pretty good image of them. And I wrote ‘Abracadabra’ in about 15 minutes.”
Photo: Photorazzi.com.