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BLP sources|date=May 2012citation style|date=May 2012 Jim Miller (born 1954) is a rock and roll guitarist, singer, teacher, recording artist and band leader in the “ jam band ” genre’. He has performed with Oroboros and his present group, JiMiller Band. He has also founded and organized several events, including co-founding the Rock & Reggae Festival and founding Lazy Daisy and DeadFall at Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park|Nelson Ledges State Park in central Ohio. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio .
Personal history
Miller was born July 2nd, 1954 at the historic St. Ann's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a wife, Beth, a son named Michael who plays guitar in the JiMiller Band, and two stepchildren, Reid and Sarah Street.
Oroboros
Miller co-founded Oroboros in 1980 as a Grateful Dead tribute band, which soon generated original music in the jam band genre. It was named for the ouroboros , an ancient symbol for infinity , depicting a Serpent (symbolism)|serpent or dragon eating its own tail. Among the bands they have opened for are Go Ahead (with members of the Grateful Dead and Santana (band)|Santana ), The Radiators (American band)|The Radiators , Black Uhuru , Santana and Rusted Root . http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm? bandID=164128 Soundclick article: JiMiller Band They co-founded the Rock & Reggae Festival in 1984 with First Light at Meadowoods Farm, originally as a benefit for the Cleveland Free Clinic . Rock ‘n Roll and the Cleveland Connection: Music of the Great Lakes by Deanna R. Adams They performed until 1998, produced five albums, and played a reunion concert in 2003.
The JiMiller Band was founded in 1998 by Jim Miller, continuing to play the style of jam band music Miller played with Oroboros. They’ve performed since their founding, sharing the stage with such notable bands and artists as String Cheese Incident , Galactic , Bruce Hornsby , Little Feat , Rusted Root and the Rhythm Devils , and produced four CDs.
Earlybird Gathering Simply Groovy by Malcolm X Abram, April 23, 2010, The 330 http://the330.com/music/earlybird-gathering-simply-groovy-5/
Grateful Dead at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Poet Mark Kuhar and Rocker Jim Miller Pay Homage by Michael Norman, March 22, 2012, The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/rockhall/index.ssf/2012/03/grateful_dead_poet_mark_kuhar.html
‘In trance it,’ latest JiMiller Band CD, debuts in Lakewood by Charles Cassady in West Life News http://www.westlifenews.com/2006/12-13/insights.html
''Jam Bands: North America's Hottest Live Groups Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows by Dean Budnick - ECW Press , 1998 ISBN1550223534, 9781550223538
''Jammin' Again: The Midwest's First Jam Band Reunites at the Grog Shop by D.X. Ferris, October 06, 2004, The Cleveland Scene http://m.clevescene.com/cleveland/jammin-again/Content? oid=1488230
JiMiller Band – Soundclick http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm? bandID=164128
''JiMiller Band 'Grateful' to be Playing Outpost by Allan Lamb, Feb. 17th, 2005, KentWired http://kentwired.com/jimiller-band-grateful-to-be-playing-outpost/
''JiMiller Band's Final Live CD Recording at Park Street Tavern on April 28 by Margaret Marten - Short North Gazette, Mar/Apr 2012 Issue
Oroboros - The Kipple Archives Volume #17, Issue #2, April 1990 http://www.kippel.com/archives/journalism/files/17-2-oroboros.html
Rock ‘n Roll and the Cleveland Connection: Music of the Great Lakes by Deanna R. Adams - Kent State University Press , 2002 ISBN0873386914, 9780873386913
Rockers Play Tribute to Grateful Dead by Kenny Miles, September 30, 2005, Grateful Dead News http://deadnews.blogspot.com/2005/09/rockers-play-tribute-to-grateful-dead.html
A Slippery Band to Define by Neil Malhatra, February 6, 1998, UWO Gazette
External Link
JiMiller Band Website – http://www.jimiller.com
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