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The following Downloadable Media Resources are now available to download as Compressed (zipped) files:  

 

GARY MILLER PRESSKIT - to download click here

Contains:

2010 Press Release (Full version) as pdf file

2010 Press Release (Short version) as pdf fle

11 High Resolution Images (6 studio + 5 live)  - for publishing purposes please credit photographer as listed per image

Poster Design

'Reflections on War' High Resolution CD Cover Image

 

GARY MILLER & KEITH ARMSTRONG PRESSKIT - to download click here

Contains:

Press Release as pdf file

5 High Resolution Images (3 x Gary & Keith, 1 x Gary, 1 x Keith) - for publishing purposes please credit photographer as listed per image

Poster Design

'Bleeding Sketches' High Resolution CD Cover Image

Stage Plan & Technical Rider

 

GARY MILLER & THE VOLUNTEERS PRESSKIT - to download click here

Contains:

Press Release as pdf file

1 High Resolution Image (1 x Gary) - for publishing purposes please credit photographer as listed per image

'Reflections on War' High Resolution CD Cover Image

Please note: This Presskit is not yet complete.

Further Downloadable Media Resources for 'Gary Miller & The Volunteers' (including additional Images, Poster Design, Stage Plan & Tehcnical Rider) coming soon!

 

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GARY MILLER BIOGRAPHY

 

"As a song poet, there are few in the world today to match him" - Green Man Review, USA

 

Internationally acclaimed songwriter, performer and recording artist Gary Miller was born in Durham in the North East of England and raised in Sherburn Village, a small ex-mining community 3 miles east of Durham City.

 

He founded British folk-rock cult-legends The Whisky Priests (1985-2002) at the age of 19 with his accordionist twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer & Mick Jones of folk music” - rising to international prominence during the mid eighties and throughout the nineties as principle songwriter, lead singer, guitarist & mandolin player with The Whisky Priests.

 

He simultaneously and successfully co-managed the band’s entire business affairs with his twin brother Glenn and together they founded their own independent record label Whippet Records, in 1988, for releasing Whisky Priests and related recordings worldwide.

 

The Whisky Priests released a string of internationally acclaimed albums but were particularly renowned worldwide for their incredible live shows:

“A Whisky Priests show is the sort of stuff to make your hair curl; honest, earthy, loud, raucous and tremendously uplifting” (Folk Roots, UK)

 

When the twin brothers decided to end The Whisky Priests in 2002 for personal reasons, Gary retired from live performance and professional recording due to what became a long-term illness lasting six years but continued working in the music industry, for example, as an agent at Adastra; as a music industry tutor; on a variety of projects in collaboration with other artists; as a commissioned songwriter; and as a qualified and experienced community arts practitioner, developing and working on a wide variety of community projects through the UK as a musical director and workshop leader.

 

In 2010, following his self-imposed sabbatical from performing and recording due to long-term illness, this persevering and highly innovative artist stepped out of the shadows and returned from the wilderness with the release of ‘Reflections on War’, his highly anticipated and landmark ground-breaking debut solo album and first CD of all new material in 10 years.

 

Always wishing to move forward and explore new opportunities and ideas creatively and musically, in 2013 he embarked on his most ambitious project to date. 'Mad Martins' 

 

Also in 2013, he announced that The Whisky Priests would be reforming for a series of live shows and releasing a retrospective album encompassing their entire career.

 

In between all of this, he continues to be in demand as a community arts workshop leader and is continuously involved in a wide variety of songwriting, recording and performance projects internationally.

 

ALBUM RELEASES (all on Whippet Records):

Nee Gud Luck - The Whisky Priests - 1989 (reissued 1994)

The First Few Drops - The Whisky Priests - 1991 (re-issued 1994)

Timeless Street - The Whisky Priests - 1992 (re-issued 1994)

Bloody Well Live! - The Whisky Priests - 1993

The Power and The Glory - The Whisky Priests - 1994

Bleeding Sketches - The Whisky Priests - 1995

Life’s Tapestry - The Whisky Priests - 1996

Think Positive! - The Whisky Priests - 1998

Live on Radio Heemskerk - The Whisky Priests - 1998

A Few Drops More – The Whisky Priests - 1999

“Here Come The Ranting Lads!” Live! - The Whisky Priests - 1999

Going Down With Alice – Mad Dogs and Englishmen - 2000

Bloody Well Live! Special Edition! - The Whisky Priests - 2000

Stand Fast, Stand Steady - Gary Miller & Ralf Weihrauch - 2005

Reflections on War - Gary Miller - 2010

Mad Martins - Gary Miller with Keith Armstrong, Ann Sessoms and Friends - 2013

 

 

"Miller actually writes great songs with words that mean something and are usually substantially rooted. His ability as a songwriter who captures folk sentiment and communal memory must now be unquestioned" - Folk Roots, UK

 

“A writer of cleverly composed mini-epics. Gary Miller has managed to produce some excellent images of life in the past and the present day” - Rock ‘N’ Reel, UK

 

"Miller has the glorious knack of penning irresistible choruses with a lyrical depth beyond the norm and a strong commercial ear, his worth as a composer ought to be worth its weight in gold" - Folk on Tap, UK

 

"One of the most literate and insightful songwriters in the world of folk-rock; his writing has always been exemplary. He touches on every level of human emotion. And his melodies are equally as brilliant as his prose." - All Music Guide, USA

 

"One of the best lyricists of our time" – Backline, UK

 

"Miller has an enviable range" – Musician, UK

 

“Forceful biting lyrics. In years to come (his) songs will be documents of our social history” – Folktalk, UK

 

“Cracking songs which show a good eye for gritty and earthy reality. Images, sympathies and genuine true life are painted with such a vast range of colours – why hasn’t Gary brought out a book of poetry?” - The Modern Dance, UK

 

“A fine songwriter, offering skillfully drawn portraits of characters and life” – Outlook, UK

 

“The feel of Gary Miller’s lyrics carries traditional sensibilities. His original lyrics are as appealing as the melodies to which they’re set” - Dirty Linen, USA

 

“The songs of Gary Miller are modern folk music, no less” - Folk On Tap, UK

 

“Words with powerful imagery by a powerful wordsmith. He has the ability to draw on aspects of his own experience and adapt and develop these into strong story lines - these are songs to identify with. His eloquant and impassioned delivery speaks to the lost innocent in us all. I’d like to hear a range of singers tackling Gary’s great songs” - Folk Buzz, UK

 

 

 

 

“Songwriter poet Gary Miller magnificently continues the tradition of writing about life as exemplified by Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919). I’ve described Gary as a poet because that’s the way his lyrics are developing - words with powerful imagery by a powerful wordsmith. (He) has the ability to draw on aspects of his own experience and adapt and develop these into strong story lines - these are songs to identify with. His eloquent and impassioned delivery of his own powerful songs speaks to the lost innocent in us all. I’d like to hear a range of singers tackling Gary’s great songs.”
Jenny Coxon, Folk Buzz, UK.