Buddy Miller
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![]() Miller at the SXSW festival in 2010, Austin, Texas.
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Background information | |
Born | Fairborn, Ohio |
September 6, 1952
Genres | Country, Americana |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, producer |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1983–present |
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 | buddyandjulie |
Steven P. "Buddy" Miller (born September 6, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.[1]
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Early life and musical career
While living in New York City in the late 1970s, Miller formed the Buddy Miller Band,[2] which included singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin on vocals and guitar.
Miller moved to Nashville in the 1990s where he worked on recording sessions as a guitar player and vocalist and began producing his own records in his living room studio.[3] His first solo recording, Your Love and Other Lies was released in 1995 followed by Poison Love in 1997 and Cruel Moon in 1999.[citation needed] In 2001, along with wife, Julie Miller, he released Buddy & Julie Miller that won the Americana Music Association Album of the Year Award.[4]
Touring and performance
Miller has toured as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Emmylou Harris's Spyboy band, Steve Earle on his El Corazon tour, Shawn Colvin, Linda Ronstadt, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Patty Griffin.[citation needed] In 2002, Miller toured as part of the Down from the Mountain Tour along with Alison Krauss and Union Station.[5] In 2004, Miller toured with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue.[6]
Buddy Miller toured as part of the band on Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand tour of the U.S. and Europe in 2008 then joined Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin on the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour.[citation needed] While on tour, Miller suffered a heart attack in Baltimore on February 19, 2009 following his performance with Three Girls and Their Buddy and underwent triple bypass surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital on February 20.[7]
In 2010, Miller again joined Robert Plant and Patty Griffin with Plant's Band of Joy, touring both the U.S. and Europe.[8] Miller toured with Jim Lauderdale on the Buddy and Jim Tour in 2012.[9]
Recording
Record producer
Miller has produced albums for artists including Richard Thompson,[10] Shawn Colvin,[11] The Devil Makes Three,[12] Allison Moorer,[13] The Wood Brothers,[14] The Carolina Chocolate Drops,[15] The McCrarys,[16] and Ralph Stanley.[17] He has co-produced records with Robert Plant, Jim Lauderdale and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
In 2006 Solomon Burke recorded his country album 'Nashville' with Miller. Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and Dolly Parton appear as duet partners.[18]
Miller produced Patty Griffin's Downtown Church[19] that was released in 2010 and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album on February 13, 2011.[20]
Miller has produced his own solo albums as well as recordings for and with his wife, singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
Session work
He co-produced and performed on Jimmie Dale Gilmore's 2000 album Endless Night.[21] He has also appeared on several albums by songwriter and singer Lucinda Williams.[citation needed]
Miller has worked as an instrumentalist or vocalist on records for Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Victoria Williams, Shawn Colvin, Bobby Bare, Chris Knight, John Fogerty, The Chieftains, Frank Black, Rodney Crowell, Dixie Chicks, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.[citation needed] He has also worked as a recording engineer, mixer or mastering engineer on records by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Jim Lauderdale, and Patty Griffin.[citation needed]
Songwriting
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Film and TV
Miller signed on as a producer for the ABC TV series Nashville in 2012. He was the executive music producer for the show in season two and three.[22] He also was music producer and musical director for Nashville: On The Record Live Specials.[23]
Along with Don Was, Miller was the musical director for The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris tribute concert.[24]
Miller was musical director and bandleader for the Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards shows broadcast on AXS TV and PBS.[25]
Tom T. Hall's song "That's How I Got To Memphis" featured in the final episode of HBO's The Newsroom in 2014 was recorded by Miller.[26]
Starz political drama Boss used the Plant-Miller produced "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" as its theme song.[27]
Miller produced the track "Beyond the Blue" featuring Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin for the 2000 film Where the Heart Is.[28]
In 2015 he appeared on Christina Aguilera's song "Shotgun", which was written for her appearance on Nashville.[citation needed]
Awards, accolades, and Other Activities
Between 2002 and 2013, Buddy has won twelve Americana Music Honors & Awards and was nominated for an additional seven.[29] Since 2005, he has also led the Americana All Star Band that performs along with artist nominees during the Americana Music Honors & Awards Ceremonies held annually at The Ryman Auditorium.[30]
Americana music awards and nominations
Year | Award | result |
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2002 | Artist of the Year | Nominated (with Julie) |
2002 | Album of the Year (Buddy & Julie Miller) | Won |
2003 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Nominated |
2003 | Album of the Year (Midnight & Lonesome) | Nominated |
2005 | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
2005 | Song of the Year (Worry Too Much Written by Mark Heard and performed by Buddy Miller) | Won |
2005 | Album of the Year (Universal United House of Prayer) | Won |
2007 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Won |
2008 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Won |
2009 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Nominated |
2009 | Album of the Year | Won (Written In Chalk by Buddy & Julie Miller) |
2009 | Song of the Year | Won (Chalk Written by Julie Miller and performed by Buddy and Julie Miller) |
2009 | Duo/Group of the Year (Buddy and Julie Miller) | Won |
2009 | Artist of the Year | Won |
2010 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Won |
2011 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Won |
2011 | Artist of the Year | Won |
2012 | Instrumentalist of the Year | Won |
2013 | Duo/Group of the Year (with Jim Lauderdale) | Nominated |
2013 | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
2013 | Album of the Year (Buddy & Jim - Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale) | Nominated |
No Depression magazine named him Artist of the Decade in 2008.[31]
He has a signature acoustic guitar made by the Fender company,[32] and frequently uses vintage Wandré electric guitars.[citation needed]
Radio
Miller and long-time friend and collaborator Jim Lauderdale teamed up in 2012 to produce The Buddy & Jim Radio Show, which is broadcast on Outlaw Country (Sirius XM).[33][not in citation given]
Discography
Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Label | ||||
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US Country | US Christian | US | US Heat | US Indie | |||
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 | |||
2011 | The Majestic Silver Strings | 37 | 8 | 41 | |||
2012 | Buddy & Jim (with Jim Lauderdale) | 67 | 20 |
References
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- American country singer-songwriters
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Nashville, Tennessee
- People from Fairborn, Ohio
- New West Records artists