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* CoverVersion: "Key to the Highway" by Big Bill Broonzy, "Gangster of Love" by Johnny Watson, "You're So Fine" by Jimmy Reed, "Motherless Children" (a traditional song), "Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash" by Chuck Calhoun, "Come on in My Kitchen" by Woody Payne, "Mercury Blues" by K.C. Douglas, "You Send Me" by Music/SamCooke, "Jet Airliner" by Paul Pena, "Get on Home" (another traditional song), "I Wanna Be Loved (But Only By You)" by Jimmy Reed, "My Babe" by Willie Dixon, the entire ''Born 2 B Blue'' album, "Stranger Blues" by Elmore James.

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** His cover of Chuck Calhoun's "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" from ''The Joker'' also references "Space Cowboy" and "Gangster of Love" in its intro.
* CoverVersion: "Key to the Highway" by Big Bill Broonzy, "Gangster of Love" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson, "You're So Fine" by Jimmy Reed, "Motherless Children" (a traditional song), "Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash" by Chuck Calhoun, "Come on in My Kitchen" by Woody Payne, "Mercury Blues" by K.C. Douglas, "You Send Me" by Music/SamCooke, "Jet Airliner" by Paul Pena, "Get on Home" (another traditional song), "I Wanna Be Loved (But Only By You)" by Jimmy Reed, "My Babe" by Willie Dixon, the entire ''Born 2 B Blue'' album, "Stranger Blues" by Elmore James.
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"Castle" in this case is slang for "house", which is used to rhyme with the earlier lines ending in "(El) Paso" and "hassle".


* OutlawCouple: "Take the Money and Run" is about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two criminals on the run after Billy Joe shoots someone in his castle.

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* OutlawCouple: "Take the Money and Run" is about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two criminals on the run after Billy Joe shoots someone in his castle.house.
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* HayseedName: ''Take the Money and Run'' features the criminals Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, who are chased by a Texas detective named Billy Mack.
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!!The Steve Miller Band provide examples of the following tropes:
* AnimalMotifs: Horses and pegasi appear in a handful of their album art.

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!!The Steve Miller Band provide examples of the following tropes:
!!I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight troper:
* AnimalMotifs: Horses and pegasi appear in a handful of their album art.art, including their greatest hits compilation.



%%* ListingCities: "Rock'n Me"

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%%* * ListingCities: "Rock'n Me"Me" includes a list of the following cities: Phoenix, Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. and ends with the northern California area.



%%* OutlawCouple: "Take the Money and Run"

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%%* * OutlawCouple: "Take the Money and Run"Run" is about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two criminals on the run after Billy Joe shoots someone in his castle.



* SiameseTwinSongs: Threshold and Jet Airliner.

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* SiameseTwinSongs: Threshold and Jet Airliner.Airliner are frequently played on classic rock stations together.



%%* SongOfSongTitles: "The Joker"

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%%* * SongOfSongTitles: "The Joker"Joker" includes several lines from "Lovey Dovey" by the Clovers.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: "The Joker", "Space Cowboy", and "Gangster of Love" are all distinct songs. This can make Website/YouTube searches for one or the other very annoying.
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* GenreBusting[=/=]NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Blues, folk- and country-influenced rock with psychedelic production, ProgressiveRock-like jamming, up-to-date synth starting in TheSeventies and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]-influenced production in TheEighties, and that's just in general.

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* GenreBusting[=/=]NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: GenreBusting: Blues, folk- and country-influenced rock with psychedelic production, ProgressiveRock-like jamming, up-to-date synth starting in TheSeventies and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]-influenced production in TheEighties, and that's just in general.
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Mondegreen is no longer a trope; dewicking


* PerfectlyCromulentWord: What the hell's a "pompatus"? It's actually a Nonce Word and even a {{Mondegreen}}: Steve Miller heard the word "puppetutes" in a song[[note]]"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNGHMf15I4 The Letter]]", a 1954 doo-wop tune by Vernon Green and The Medallions[[/note]] and misinterpreted it.

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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: What the hell's a "pompatus"? It's actually a Nonce Word and even a {{Mondegreen}}: mondegreen: Steve Miller heard the word "puppetutes" in a song[[note]]"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNGHMf15I4 The Letter]]", a 1954 doo-wop tune by Vernon Green and The Medallions[[/note]] and misinterpreted it.

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