Before I share my latest two dozen manips, I’m going to talk a little bit about how two of my very favourite musical acts crossed paths in the early 1970s. I’m a huge fan of the Steve Miller Band, and Genesis is my favourite band of all time – especially their 1970s output. So I was delighted to see this fairly recent upload of a 1974 episode of the American variety show Midnight Special, which was hosted by Steve Miller and featured Genesis as one of the guests.
If you’re unfamiliar with the music of Genesis in 1973 (when the episode was filmed), let’s say it’s like aliens invading a boogie and blues rock jamboree. I encourage watching the whole episode, because it’s full of great performances from some popular bands and musicians of the time.
But here’s a small, minute-long clip I made of Steve Miller introducing Genesis, and Mike Rutherford’s recollection of that evening four decades later:
And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, here are my latest manips.