Dave Miller

David Fletcher Miller (born October 12, 1952) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, singer, and songwriter.

Dave Miller has been playing music, performing, and writing songs for 5 decades (1964– present).

He has played in taverns, dance halls, concert venues, festivals, showcases, and

coffee houses from coast to coast across the United States and in British Columbia.

Notably, Dave and some of his friends formed a bluegrass trio that played around his hometown

of Little Rock, Arkansas, and subsequently moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1976.

The

influences of the swing and two-stepping dance crowds and the great bands of the area that

packed the dance floors, left a lasting impression on him.

By 1977, keeping their homespun

bluegrass and hillbilly roots, but adding swing, country rock, and western flavored ballads to their sound, they had named the band Gumbo because of the spicy mixture of so many types of music and instrumental combinations that the band had come to offer.

Throughout their tenure (1977–1982), Gumbo was a popular circuit band in Arkansas, Colorado,

New Mexico, and Texas, but played venues from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, and all points in between, drawing big, enthusiastic crowds wherever they

performed—even as the opening act for such performers as Brenda Lee, Jerry Jeff Walker, and

Michael Martin Murphey.

In late 1978, the members of Gumbo moved to Alamosa, Colorado, and became a foundational

piece of the vibrant and unique music scene that is still playing, creating, and recording a unique

brand of Americana music in Colorado and Northern New Mexico.

It was there that Dave

Miller met Don Richmond, a fellow picker, writer, and performer who is now the Owner and

Producer for Howlin' Dog Records, where Dave has recorded much of his original music.

Since 1989, Dave Miller has resided in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2013, after taking a long break from the road, enjoying family life, and having a successful

career designing and developing medical products, Dave returned to his roots in performing,

songwriting, and entered the world of recording.

In late 2016, Dave and his cousin Frank Cox decided to form Rocktown Revival as a way to deliver Dave's original music as well as songs from some of the greatest American artists to folks who, like themselves, love the revival of roots-based music.

In addition to Dave Miller,

Rocktown Revival includes veterans Frank Cox on guitar, Leslie McBryde on vocals, Bill

Thurman on fiddle, Bill McCumber on bass, and B.J. Davis on drums.

Their 40+ year careers,

much of it playing together, have included forays into the roots of country and folk rock,

foundational Americana, driving banjo-fueled bluegrass, as well as blues and rockabilly—with

some jazz even thrown in for good measure.

Dave Miller began playing music at age 13 when his mother bought him a five-string banjo for

Christmas the year his father passed away.

He would tune it up and play along with the country

and bluegrass stars who performed on the Saturday afternoon music shows.

He sometimes jokes

that it was the great Earl Scruggs himself who taught Dave to play the banjo—Dave sitting on his sofa in Little Rock, Earl in the television studio in Nashville.

Dave joined his first band,