How do you describe Scottie Miller sound and songbook? What characterize “Bones” music philosophy? The one that’s inside you and inside all people.' The blues is not just a traditional American culture or music style, it’s a “feeling”. Mostly about being respectful towards others, and playing with everything you’ve got, and to do it with heart. 'I’ve learned many things from legendary blues musicians such as Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Townsend and Johnnie Johnson. What do you learn about yourself from the blues people and culture? What does the blues mean to you? He works with other recovering addicts and alcoholics, and shares his experience, strength and hope through his music, poetry and live performance. Scottie is an active, passionate member of the Twin Cities recovery community. He conveys his spoken and sung word with jazz beat, folk and blues composition while lush, classically tinged string quintet arrangements surround his shining piano and vocals. The result is contained on the triumphant album version of Carnival Cocoon, which features 23 poems from this book set to his original music. Scottie was inspired to improvise on the piano while he recited these poems, allowing the words to shape the music organically. Scottie chose these selections himself, and this collection reveals a lifetime of imagery through his ownkaleidoscopic view. His poetry ability was nurtured by his literature teacher during his time attending Berklee College of Music in 1986 and has been hidden like buried diamonds beneath his song lyrics over the years. He penned the song “I Was Called” (cowritten with Foster) on the album Almost Home, by six-time Grammy Award–winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama. They have appeared at iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall and Austin City Limits. He leads the Scottie Miller Band and tours with four-time Grammy-nominated singer Ruthie Foster. Scottie has toured with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend Bo Diddley, has been published by Hal Leonard, has been inducted three times into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame and has released 11 self-produced albums. “If you can tell me how you do it, maybe I can find a better way to cope.” Minneapolis, MNįrom a lifetime spent on the road, on the stage and in the recording studio, his lyrics convey a cathartic approach to writing. “His playing is swampy and soulful, and his voice boasts grit and firewater.”

He’s always had a natural affinity for New Orleans music. He is best known in the blues and roots realm, though he marches bravely through everything from jazz to rock, classical to Americana, gospel to funk. He is first and foremost a pianist and songwriter. WWOZ New Orleansīorn in Minneapolis, Scottie Miller began piano lessons at age six, the start of a long and vibrant career in music and the arts. And oh those magic fingers! That joyful spirit of Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen in one man?! Hallelujah baby!” “A deeply soulful musician with a fearless mind and the heart of a hopeless romantic.

His songs have been recorded by Foster and The Blind Boys of Alabama. In addition to his solo career, he tours with four-time Grammy nominated singer Ruthie Foster, performing at venues from Carnegie Hall to Austin City Limits. He has released 11 self-produced albums and most recently a Poetry Collection, Carnival Cocoon. Singer-songwriter-pianist Scottie Miller has toured with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend Bo Diddley, has been published by Hal Leonard and inducted three times into The Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame.

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