The key is focus, even on an album as stylishly, self-consciously trippy as this, since the focus brings about his strongest set of songs (both originals and covers), plus a detailed atmospheric production where everything fits. Let my spirit carry me. House the people. Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by American rock group Steve Miller Band. The Steve Miller Band's 1976 album `Fly like an Eagle' was a creative high-point for this rock trio, though their best-known song will always be `The Joker'. I want to fly like an eagle. I want to fly like an eagle. Feed the babies. Livin' in the street. Fly like an eagle. Shoe the children. For those of us old enough to remember, the original vinyl FlaE remains the defining sound of that long hot summer of 1976. Who don't have enough to eat. Steve Miller had started to essay his classic sound with The Joker, but 1976's Fly Like an Eagle is where he took flight, creating his definitive slice of space blues. With no shoes on their feet. I want to fly like an eagle. Oh, Lord, through the revolution. "Space Intro" Steve Miller 1:15 2. Oh, oh, there's a solution. The album was released in May 1976 1.