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Steve, Stan and Maci

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Marc Myers
Dec 07, 2019
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The Wall Street Journal this week, my latest "Anatomy of a Song" column interview was with Steve Miller on his 1976 hit, "Fly Like an Eagle" (go here). The song was originally written in 1973 at a string of Holiday Inns on the road in response to the despair Steve observed at tour stops. In '73, American ground troops were returning home from Vietnam…

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