In preparation for the upcoming Whisky Priests reunion, I am pleased to announce the launch of a brand new Whisky Priests T-Shirt design (with further new merchandise to follow in due course).
The new T-Shirt is available to buy direct from The Whisky Priests Bandcamp Merchandise Page.
The 'Out On The Town All Night With The Ranting Lads' T-shirt is available as a white print on black shirt, in a variety of sizes, and in a choice of Men's/Unisex ...
Following an 'unofficial' performance of The Whisky Priests at my 50th Birthday Party Celebration (with my twin brother Glenn), I am pleased to announce that a certain spark has been reunited and that the band will be reuniting for a series of offiicial live performances in 2017.
In the meantime, check out the following photos, each featuring a recent reunion between ex-band members...
Glenn Miller, Michael Stephenson, Gary Miller
Paul Carless, Mick Tyas
Gary Miller, Mick Tyas
Michael Stephenson, Michael 'Sticks' Stoker, Gary Miller
Mick Tyas, Gary Miller Pete French
Michael Stephenson, Michael 'Sticks' Stoker, Gary Miller
Nick Thompson, Mick Tyas, Glenn Miller, Michael 'Sticks' Stoker, Gary Miller, Michael Stephenson, Kevin Wilson
I am pleased to announce the launch of the new Whisky Priests YouTube Channel at here
This channel has been established to be the definitive online repository for all archival and future video footage of the band. Selections from the archives will be uploaded on a regular basis and any future footage featuring the band will be uploaded as and when it is available. So, please take the time to 'Watch', 'Like' and 'Comment' on each video,'; Subscribe' to the Channel; and 'Share' to your online social network - "Thank you!" and enjoy...
The following clips are currently available (listed in chronological order - watch this space for further additions): -
On Friday 9th September 2016, I took part in the 'Follow The Sun' Book Launch at Dial Cottage, Killingworth, Tyne and Wear, England, promoting a book commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Stephenson's Sundial at his home, which is now a local heritage museum.
Here I am outside Dial Cottage with the project's originators Pete Dixon and Dr. Keith Armstrong: -
I performed my song 'Hands And Mind', which was sepcially commissioned for the project, which I was honoured and delighted to be a part of...
HANDS AND MIND
The sun sent out its silent rays
To pierce the West Moor gloom
Where tireless hands worked round the clock
In a single lonely room
A mind sparked and a mighty shadow
Touched the Great Lime Road
To stretch along the eternal path
On which history’s dreamers strode
Spinning cogs and whirring gears
Turned that wondrous mind
To speed-filled dreams where water steams
Through the mighty hands of time
Those hands were soon put to the task
Of burying a wife and child
But if the cottage lacked a woman’s touch
That mind was not beguiled
With the pain of loss weighing heavy
The hands toiled harder still
The one-roomed house became a four-roomed home
While the mind refused to still
Spinning cogs and whirring gears
Turned that wondrous mind
To speed-filled dreams where water steams
Through the splintering cracks of time
He took his son’s hands in his own
To birth a new sundial
On a block of wood the gnomon stood
Beneath a sun’s bright smile
Over a plaque to remind the world
From the cottage’s stone wall
What those hands and mind achieved and gave
For the benefit of all
Spinning cogs and whirring gears
Turned that wondrous mind
To speed-filled dreams where water steams
Through the drifting sands of time
Ambitious goals stirred and reeled
And spurred that glorious mind
To steam-fuelled schemes where invention streams
Throughout all space and time
(Gary Miller)
All the project performers/contributors, including myself (standing in the middle of the group directly beneath the Sundial) outside Dial Cottage immediately after the event: -
For further information about this worthy project, you could do worse than check out the wonderful Rachel Cochrane's amazing blog here
Saturday 24th September 2016 marked the 50th Birthday of my twin brother Glenn and myself. To celebrate, we organised a celebratory party in the village where we were raised, at Sherburn Community Centre, Durham. As part of the celebrations, we reunited with several ex-members of our band The Whisky Priests, for the first time in many, many years, to perform a handful of songs from the band's extensive back catalogue, making this the first Whisky Priests live performance in 12 years. Here is a video compilation of performances on the night...
“The feel of Gary Miller’s lyrics carry traditional sensibilities. His original lyrics are as appealing as the melodies to which they’re set.”
Al Reiss, Dirty Linen, USA.