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18 tracks | 52 minutes
Released Jun 2004
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:22 Silken Dreams (Anne Hills) lyrics BUY MP3 03:22 Silken Dreams (Anne Hills) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:22 Silken Dreams (Anne Hills)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 Twisted Laurel (Tommy Thompson) lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 Twisted Laurel (Tommy Thompson) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 Twisted Laurel (Tommy Thompson)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:37 Springfield Mountain (Traditional) lyrics BUY MP3 01:37 Springfield Mountain (Traditional) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:37 Springfield Mountain (Traditional)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:54 Rattlesnake Mountain (Traditional) lyrics FREE 01:54 Rattlesnake Mountain (Traditional) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:54 Rattlesnake Mountain (Traditional)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 The Old Grey Squirrel (Alfred Noyes/Bob Zentz) lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 The Old Grey Squirrel (Alfred Noyes/Bob Zentz) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 The Old Grey Squirrel (Alfred Noyes/Bob Zentz)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Bony on St. Helena (Traditional) lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Bony on St. Helena (Traditional) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Bony on St. Helena (Traditional)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 This Old Mandolin (Michael Smith) lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 This Old Mandolin (Michael Smith) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 This Old Mandolin (Michael Smith)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 The Bum Song/Naw, I Don't Want to be Rich lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 The Bum Song/Naw, I Don't Want to be Rich lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 The Bum Song/Naw, I Don't Want to be Rich
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:03 Dixie Darling (Percy Wenrich) lyrics BUY MP3 02:03 Dixie Darling (Percy Wenrich) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:03 Dixie Darling (Percy Wenrich)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:53 Tiny Fish for Japan (Stan Rogers) lyrics BUY MP3 02:53 Tiny Fish for Japan (Stan Rogers) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:53 Tiny Fish for Japan (Stan Rogers)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:13 The Hobo's Last Ride (A.L. Kirby) lyrics BUY MP3 02:13 The Hobo's Last Ride (A.L. Kirby) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:13 The Hobo's Last Ride (A.L. Kirby)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:04 In Tall Buildings (John Hartford) lyrics BUY MP3 02:04 In Tall Buildings (John Hartford) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:04 In Tall Buildings (John Hartford)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 Orphan Train (Bruce Utah Phillips) lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 Orphan Train (Bruce Utah Phillips) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 Orphan Train (Bruce Utah Phillips)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Hell in Texas (Traditional) lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Hell in Texas (Traditional) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Hell in Texas (Traditional)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Ghost Train (Mary McCaslin) lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 Ghost Train (Mary McCaslin) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Ghost Train (Mary McCaslin)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 No More Fish, No Fishermen (Sheldon Posen) lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 No More Fish, No Fishermen (Sheldon Posen) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 No More Fish, No Fishermen (Sheldon Posen)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 Coming Around the Horn (Traditional) lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 Coming Around the Horn (Traditional) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 Coming Around the Horn (Traditional)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 I Still Can't Say Goodbye (R. Blinn/J. Moore) lyrics BUY MP3 03:08 I Still Can't Say Goodbye (R. Blinn/J. Moore) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:08 I Still Can't Say Goodbye (R. Blinn/J. Moore)
Traditional folksinger and autoharp virtuoso with a fresh and quaint country porch feeling. Renowned for his extensie repertoire of traditional and historical folk songs his musicality shines on this album.
Bio / Background
Folksinger Adam Miller is renowned for his extensive repertoire of traditional and historical folksongs. His performances at folk festivals, libraries, museums and schools have won him fans of all ages all along the west coast. Miller is a masterful entertainer who never fails to get his audience singing along, he is also one of the most respected autoharp players in North America.
His acclaimed "Singing Through History" Folk Music Programs for schools and libraries aid in the development of cultural and historical literacy, emphasizing the importance of history as a story well told.
Miller is an award-winning folksinger and virtuoso autoharpist.
↓ more ↓He has been a featured performer at the Claremont Folk Festival, the California Traditional Music Society's Summer Solstice Festival, the Berkeley Free Folk Festival, The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, San Diego's Adams Avenue Roots Festival, the California Autoharp Gathering, the Willamette Valley Autoharp Gathering, and the Mount Laurel Autoharp Gathering.
A native of Northern California, he grew up a few blocks from historic Cannery Row on the Monterey Bay. As a child he listened to the recordings of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Oscar Brand, Cisco Houston, Marias and Miranda, and the Weavers.
At the age of 11 his parents took him hear folksinger Sam Hinton at the Grange Hall in Big Sur. He credits Hinton as his mentor and his greatest inspiration.
Miller began playing finger-style acoustic guitar at the age of seventeen. He has been playing the autoharp since 1994. He is a nationally recognized presenter of folklore and folk music programs and regularly performs at schools, libraries and museums.
Miller plays both diatonic and chromatic autoharps manufactured by Fladmark Woodworks, Orthey Instruments and the Oscar Schmidt Company. He uses only his fingernails for picks. He has recorded two CDs of folksongs, The Orphan Train and Other Reminiscences and Wild Birds.
Pianist and composer George Winston has called him, "...one of the great autoharpists and folksingers of our times."
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