Buddy Miller
Buddy Miller
Buddy Miller | |
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Born | September 06 1952 Fairborn, Ohio |
Genres | Country |
Occupations | Musician, Singer-songwriter, producer |
Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
Years active | 1983present |
Labels | HighTone New West |
Associated acts | Julie Miller, Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue, Buddy Miller Band, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris, Band of Joy, Steve Earle |
Website | Official Site |
Buddy Miller (born September 6, 1952 in Fairborn, Ohio) is a country singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
Miller formed the Buddy Miller Band, which included singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin on vocals and guitar.
In addition to releasing several solo albums over the years, Miller has toured as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Emmylou Harris's Spyboy band, Steve Earle on his El Corazon tour, Shawn Colvin, and Linda Ronstadt. He co-produced and performed on Jimmie Dale Gilmore's 2000 album Endless Night. He has also appeared on several albums by songwriter and singer Lucinda Williams.
In 2004, Miller toured with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings as the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue.
At the 4th Annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, the Ryman Auditorium September 2005, Miller received the Album of the Year Award for Universal United House of Prayer, and the opening cut of that album, "Worry Too Much" (penned by Mark Heard, and originally released on his Second Hand album), won the Song of the Year Award.
Buddy Miller has also produced albums for a number of artists. During 2006 Solomon Burke came over to Miller's house at Nashville to record his country album 'Nashville' on which Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and Dolly Parton appear as duet partners.
He has a signature acoustic guitar made by the Fender company, and frequently uses vintage Wandre electric guitars.
Buddy Miller toured as part of the band on Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand tour of the USA and Europe, and with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin on the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour. While on tour, Miller suffered a heart attack in Baltimore on February 19, 2009 following his performance as part of the MammoJam Music Festival and underwent triple bypass surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital on 20 February.[1]
At the annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards program at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 18, 2008, Miller received the "AMA Instrumentalist Of The Year" award, which was presented to him by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Miller was joined by Plant on a performance of a new song "Whatcha Gonna Do, Leroy" from his album Written in Chalk which was released in March 2009. He also was part of the band for John Fogerty's The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again in 2009. In 2010, Miller again joined Robert Plant and Patty Griffin with Robert Plant's Band of Joy, touring both the US and Europe.
Discography
Year | Album | Chart Positions | Label | |||
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US Country | US Christian | US | US Heat | |||
1995 | Man on the Moon (Buddy Miller and The Sacred Cows) | Coyote | ||||
Your Love and Other Lies | HighTone | |||||
1997 | Poison Love | |||||
1999 | Cruel Moon | |||||
2001 | Buddy & Julie Miller (with Julie Miller) | 45 | 41 | |||
2002 | Midnight and Lonesome | 50 | ||||
2004 | Love Snuck Up (with Julie Miller) | |||||
Universal United House of Prayer | 64 | 40 | New West | |||
2008 | The Best of the HighTone Years | Shout! Factory | ||||
2009 | Written in Chalk (with Julie Miller) | 159 | 3 | New West |
References
- Nashville music great Buddy Miller recovering after heart surgery
External links
- Official Site
Awards | ||
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New Title None recognized before |
AMA Album of the Year (artist) 2002 with Julie Miller |
Succeeded by: Johnny Cash |
Preceded by: Loretta Lynn |
AMA Album of the Year (artist) 2005 |
Succeeded by: James McMurtry |
Preceded by: Kenny Vaughan |
AMA Instrumentalist of the Year 2007 |
Succeeded by: Buddy Miller |
Preceded by: Buddy Miller |
AMA Instrumentalist of the Year 2008 |
Succeeded by: Gurf Morlix |
Preceded by: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant |
AMA Album of the Year (artist) 2009 with Julie Miller |
Not Yet Awarded |
Preceded by: Levon Helm |
AMA Artist of the Year 2009 |
Not Yet Awarded |
Preceded by: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant |
AMA Duo/Group of the Year 2009 with Julie Miller |
Not Yet Awarded |
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