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Your Saving Grace
Studio album by
Steve Miller Band
ReleasedNovember 1969 (1969-11)
Recorded1969
StudioWally Heider, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length37:31
LabelCapitol
ProducerGlyn Johns
Steve Miller Band chronology
Brave New World
(1969) 		Your Saving Grace
(1969) 		Number 5
(1970)

Your Saving Grace is the fourth album by American rock group the Steve Miller Band, released in November 1969. It reached number 38 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Track listing

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Side One [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Girl"Steve Miller3:20
2."Just a Passin' Fancy in a Midnite Dream"Miller, Ben Sidran3:38
3."Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around"Miller2:27
4."Baby's House"Miller, Nicky Hopkins8:55
Side Two[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Motherless Children"traditional; arr. Miller5:52
6."The Last Wombat in Mecca"Lonnie Turner2:53
7."Feel So Glad"Miller5:22
8."Your Saving Grace"Tim Davis4:55

Personnel

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  • Steve Miller — lead vocals (tracks 1-5, 7), guitar (track 1-5, 7), guitar solo (tracks 3, 5), electronics (track 5)
  • Lonnie Turner — bass; co-lead vocals (track 3), slide guitar (track 6)
  • Tim Davis — drums; co-lead vocals (track 3), electronics (track 5), lead vocals (tracks 6, 8), percussion (track 8)
  • Glyn Johns — tambourine (track 1), co-lead vocals (track 3), guitar (tracks 5, 8), electronics (track 5), backing vocals (track 8)
  • Nicky Hopkins — piano (tracks 2, 4, 7), organ (tracks 4, 8), harpsichord (track 5)
  • Ben Sidran — organ (track 2)
  • "Ronnie"  — co-lead vocals (track 3)
  • Barnes Ensemble — vocal chorus (track 4)
  • Minor Wilson — guitar (track 6)
  • Curley Cooke — guitar (track 8)[6]

References

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  1. ^ "The Steve Miller Band Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Your Saving Grace at AllMusic
  3. ^ Leimbacher, Ed (27 December 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 49. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. pp. 58–60. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ a b Your Saving Grace (Album notes). Steve Miller Band. Capitol Records. 1969. SKAO-331.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/1255777-The-Steve-Miller-Band-Your-Saving-Grace/image/SW1hZ2U6MjQ5NTA5MDI=
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