Quite an invasion of rock "n" roll gangsters, hillbillies, and cool leather boys this month. Pop a beer and have a listen—

That Gangster of Love Steve Miller, in the middle of his first U.S. tour in nearly two years, took his night off in Detroit to meet the press at a small house-and-garden bash. Steve, now living in northern California, put on one of the more interesting shows we've seen lately; featuring "The Joker" done in reggae style, with a vaudeville stage and rear projection vocals. The bash was Craig Lambert's first as a Capitol promo man; nice maiden voyage, Slats. Congrats to Bob Seger on his Ponmet sellout, and a fine evening of rock "n" roll. We do believe that we saw a tear in the eye of a few of the jaded rock press. Or was that from the liquid refreshment? The usual Motown Music Mafia was in attendance; need we list them alk from Rosalie to Dennis and Chris Frawley to Karen Saveliy to The Detroit News (Lowell Cauffiel), to Bryan "Tornado" Blatt, to most of the editors of CREEM, etc., etc., etc? We don't want to list them all, but suffice to say they were all pleased as Punch ...