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After the gig ....
You missed a fantastic gig. In the blurb
leading up, we said Miller was a top-drawer
guitarist and so it proved. Many people after
the gig said "Why are they not hanging off the
rafters? Anyone missing this must be daft".
Another said "I came along tonight solely on
your recommendation and you were right, he's an
amazing guitarist and what a cracking band, I'll
put the word out." Miller has a new album out
called Chameleon, go out and buy it.
Before the gig blurb ....
Many
of you may not have heard of
Miller Anderson,
but we have come across him many, many times
over the years in different bands. We rate him
as one of the best musicians we have ever seen.
He's not flamboyant, he's doesn't play the
guitar behind his head, you won't find him
wearing crazy clothes on stage, no gimmicks -
just a fabulous musician. As you will see below,
his main love is blues and R&B and that is what
this band will give us, but it will be of the
highest quality. The ticket price is held to a
very reasonable level to give you no excuse to
see this guy and his band. Miller's biography is
extremely long, so we have just listed the
highlights. Remember, you only get to play with
bands like this if you are premier league
guitarist and singer. Read on ........
Miller Anderson Edited Biography
Miller was born near
Glasgow in Scotland. Here is a list of the
bands that he has been involved with...
The Royal Crests (circa 1964)
Karl Stuart & The Profiles (1965)
The Voice (1965)
The Scenery
(1966)
Miller had been working in a duo with Dave
Dufort on drums and he soon got Ian
Hunter in on bass and Dante Smith on
keyboards to form this band. Ian Hunter
and Miller recorded the song Queue Jumping
as a demo and it later turned up on a Japanese
EP.
Freddie Fingers Lee Band (1967)
Paper Blitz Tissue
(1968)
The full line-ups are unknown, but the guitarand&
drums certainly were! Orginally it was Miller
Anderson (guitar) + Dave Dufort (drums) who left
and was replaced by Bill Bruford (later
to join YES
At Last the 1958
Rock'n'Roll Show (1968)
Managed by Colin Johnson (Status Quo manager)
Keef Hartley Band
(1968 - 1971)
In November 1968 Miller joined Keef Hartley to
record the Halfbreed album. This line-up played
at Woodstock on the second day, although
unfortunately they don't appear on the movie or
soundtrack.
Miller Anderson Band
(1971 - 1973)
After releasing his solo album, Bright City,
Miller assembled a band to play some gigs.
Hemlock (1973)
Savoy Brown
(1974)
There were three superb guitarists at the same
time: Kim Simmonds, Stan Webb and
Miller Anderson. They released an album
Boogie Brothers and many of the songs were
written by Miller. They toured the USA
extensively but they only stayed together till
December 1974.
Blood Sweat and Tears
(1975)
The band had lost their singer, David Clayton
Thomas so Miller was called to join the band,
but for some reason, it didn't work, so he
really didn't spend much time with them
Dog Soldier
(1975)
After the Dog Soldier separation, Miller and
Mick Taylor met again. Mick had assembled a
powerful band with ex-members from Stone The
Crows and they were looking for a lead
singer – Miller. The line-up was Miller
Anderson (vocals, guitar), Mick Taylor
(guitar, vocals), Steven Thompson (bass),
Ronnie Leahy (keyboards) and Colin
Allen (drums)
T.Rex (1976-
1977)
Miller joined Marc Bolan's T Rex. Which
was Marc Bolan (guitar, vocals),
Miller Anderson (guitar), Herbie Flowers
(bass), Dino Dines (keyboards), Tony
Newman (drums) They only released one album,
Dandy In The Underworld. Miller
left the band to join Donovan for a tour.
When he was thinking of coming back to T.Rex,
Marc Bolan's sad death happened in a car
accident, on September, 16, 1977.
Donovan
(1977 - 1978)
This was Donovan’s live touring band.
The Dukes
(1979)
Miller and Ronnie Leahy in 1979 and were
soon joined by the young Jimmy McCulloch.
Stan Webb's Speedway
(1982)
Some years after they had shared the stage in
Savoy Brown, Stan Webb called Miller again, to
join his band.
Chicken Shack
(1984)
Stan called his band Chicken Shack again.
Mountain
(1985)
This started as a collaboration between Ian
Hunter and Corky Laing, who was the
drummer in Mountain. They wrote several
songs together and Ian called Miller to sing and
play guitar. The next step was to call in
Leslie West, so the project was called
Mountain again. Miller then had to switch to
bass without much notice!
Spencer Davis Group
(1985 to now)
A reunion of veteran musicians, under the name
of the historical group. They usually reunite
every year under the command of Spencer Davis
and Pete York, both original members of
the band.
Jon Lord Band
After having played in Jon Lord's Pictured
within album , Jon assemble a live band for
touring Europe to promote it.
Deep Purple
They decided to record their concerto with
orchestra after 30 years. It was followed by a
long tour where the band tried to enjoy a wide
celebration with friends. Apart from the
concerto itself, every member of the band played
some of his solo material, backed with assorted
friends and colleagues. Miller Anderson went
with them in order to sing some of the Jon Lord
material, thus appearing in the live double CD.
Roger Chapman &
The Shortlist
(2000)
Miller joined Chappo when his usual guitarist,
Steve Simpson was busy and not available
for touring.
British Blues Quintet
(2006 to now)
Miller is back from his last stint with Deep
Purple and is doing gigs with Maggie Bell and
Zoot Money as well as many solo gigs.
He is till doing plenty of
Spencer Davis Group gigs in Germany as well.
Now buy your ticket .....
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