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 Scott Miller & The Commonwealth's Profile |
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Rolling down the road at eight miles per gallon. |
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| Location: | KNOXVILLE, Tennessee |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Mar 14, 2008 (619 days back) |
About Me |
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| By Curtis JenkinsScott Miller blends folk and rock like there ain’t no words for. The power of storytelling with the power of a compressed electric guitar comes through this Virginian not heard since the likes of Wayne Newton (fellow Virginian) or The Statler Brothers (also of the Commonwealth.) Not even since Thomas Jefferson (Virginian) and Woodrow Wilson (another Virginian) formed their rock trio with drummer Stewart Copeland (northern Virginian) “League of Nations”.Unlike most of the faux-simplified-effete’-elite-Americana/ Alt-Country world, Miller was actually raised on a working farm. His parents were a WWII generation couple that carried on the Spartan lifestyle of their Scots-Irish forefathers. Miller has described the lifestyle as “Amish that drink.”In 1990, with a lucky-to-get blue blood education from the College of William and Mary, (“I at least learned how to spell ‘bourgeoisie’”), Miller moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he started scraping a living in local bars and clubs. The owner of a now defunct bar called “Hawkeye’s” quickly recognized Miller’s genius and gave him a regular night, where he built a loyal legion of fans and record bar tabs (despite the fact that Miller didn’t drink then…). The marquis outside said “Scott Miller: Every Damn Friday” for four long years, while Miller began touring regionally and building a following.The next phase found Miller in the roots rock band called the V-roys, the first band signed to Jack Emerson’s (R.I.P.) and Steve Earle’s E-Squared label. His songwriting became more mature. His understanding of the music “biz” (“It ain’t called ‘show-friends.”) became more astute, but his guitar playing remained the ham fisted flat-picking of his youth. He calls them “solos.”Sugar Hill picked Miller up for his next phase of musical life. Three studio records followed:
THUS ALWAYS TO TYRANTS produced by R.S. Field UPSIDE/DOWNSIDE produced by Eric Fritsch CITATION produced by Jim DickinsonBefore recording “Citation”, Miller and the Commonwealth landed a TV gig on the WB Network. “Hell, I got the job as band leader on Jeff Foxworthy’s “Blue Collar TV” show.” Miller recounts, “Suddenly the band and I didn’t have to load up and travel every night, we could walk across from the theatre where it was taped into a 5 star hotel bar, and make great money doing it. I hated it, of course.”Six years into the deal and now a live record is released: Reconstruction. The band’s live shows are always rocking, and “just as good as any Bay City Roller’s show ever was,” according to Miller. “We’ve been a hard touring band with a show worth the hard earned money of our fans and this was a way of documenting that, if ‘documenting’ is a verb…”So, why "Reconstruction" as a title? “Well, its not about the south rising again or anything like that.” says Miller, “Anybody that’s seen a city in the south deal with one inch of snow knows THAT ain’t gonna happen!”“I play solo half the time and I play with the band. I try to write good songs that have some brains to them, and write them well enough that I can go out and play them every night and not get sick of myself. I want what anybody else wants from a means to live: a means to live. And I mean it.” |
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Music:Member Since: 4/2/2006Band Website: thescottmiller.com Band Members: Scott Miller - vocals, guitar, harmonica Shawn McWilliams - drums, vocals Jeremy Pennebaker - guitar, keyboard, vocals Chris Autry - bass, vocals Live from the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX, 10/12/07 Live from the Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia, 2/9/07 Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Roots Music / Americana) |
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My Blog |
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Touring the Other Side of the Sandwich |
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| As many of you know, I was raised on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley. That is sort of near the Virginia/West Virginia border in case you aren't familiar. Virginia is on the East Coast of the United St... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:10:00 PST |
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Dear Texas, |
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| Texas, if we keep doing this, people are gonna start talking....With a guerrilla strike added into Oklahoma City, its that time of year for another Texas run!! This one is solo ( with my trusty ... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:54:00 PST |
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It's Fe- BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR_uary |
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| Wear your long handles and come out ( or send your friends!) as I see enough cities on here that I get complaints about: " how come you never come to _____________?"So show up or shut up. Pretty pleas... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:32:00 PST |
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BACK AT THE BCTV |
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| So I didn't know the "melting pot" here in Athens, GA was located in the hotel where me and the boys stayed for our Blue Collar TV gigs. Its kind of creepy; I haven't really processed how I feel/felt ... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:44:00 PST |
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Happy New Year! |
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| Happy New Year!Its been a rough new year so far, I gotta tell ya. I mean, this new year is still a baby and its kicking my ass! ( no wonder I hate babies...).But today I got it beat. So before... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:19:00 PST |
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Audiences say the darndest things |
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| Straight from the train to three nights at the Down Home.Straight from the Down home to the studio to mix the live record. Lets just say I'm VERY tired of hearing my own songs at this point, I c... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:08:00 PST |
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I talk too much |
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| Well,The producer R.S. Field and I have listened down to what we recorded, and first off let me state that I will not talk between songs ever again. In my own defense, something had to be done w... Posted by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:48:00 PST |
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