Dean Miller joins Bart this week on Thinkin’ & Drinkin’. Dean shares how he forged his way in the music business without the help of his dad, Roger Miller, a Country Music Icon.
Meet Dean Miller: Dean Miller has a lifetime of experience in the music industry. Born into a musical family, Dean is the son of the late Roger Miller, best known for the song "King of the Road" and the Tony Award-winning Broadway play "Big River."
Dean has spent years as an artist signed to Capitol Records, MCA, Universal South and Koch. He is an award-winning songwriter who has produced multiple albums and toured the world with his music. He has been signed as a songwriter to Sony, Universal and various other music publishers. He has appeared and performed with some of the biggest names in the music business.
Dean's songs have been recorded by an array of artists including George Jones, Trace Adkins, Trisha Yearwood, Jamey Johnson, Terri Clark, Joe Nichols, Mark Chesnutt, Steve Holy, Hank Williams III and many more.
He has produced the projects of many successful artists and songwriters, some of whom have gone on to world-renowned careers in entertainment. He is deeply ingrained in the Nashville music community with a stellar history and reputation.
He has worked as a record producer, music publisher, television producer, director, songwriter and performing artist.
What Bart has to say: Dean and I used to write together all the time. We lost touch over the years and it was like no time had gone by. He can easily make me laugh. He’s working on his own podcast, Dean’s List, so I thought it would be a fun time for us both.
In this episode, you’ll hear
Bart learns about how much acting that Dean Miller did in Los Angeles before he moved to Nashville
Dean wasn’t trying to be an artist when he came to Nashville, he was coming to be a songwriter and his dad (Country Music Icon Roger Miller) out of love said he wasn’t going to help and he’d have to make it on his own.
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