Jim Miller (musician)


Jim Miller is a rock and roll guitarist, singer, teacher, recording artist and band leader in the “jam band” genre’. He has performed with Oroboros and his present group, JiMiller Band. He has also founded and organized several events, including co-founding the Rock & Reggae Festival and founding Lazy Daisy and DeadFall at Nelson Ledges State Park in central Ohio. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Personal history

Miller was born July 2, 1954 at the historic St. Ann's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a wife, Beth, a son named Michael who plays guitar in the JiMiller Band, and two stepchildren, Reid and Sarah Street.

Oroboros

Miller co-founded Oroboros in 1980 as a Grateful Dead tribute band, which soon generated original music in the jam band genre. It was named for the ouroboros, an ancient symbol for infinity, depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. Among the bands they have opened for are Go Ahead, The Radiators, Black Uhuru, Santana and Rusted Root. They co-founded the Rock & Reggae Festival in 1984 with First Light at Meadowoods Farm, originally as a benefit for the Cleveland Free Clinic. They performed until 1998, produced five albums, and played a reunion concert in 2003.

Past members

The JiMiller Band was founded in 1998 by Jim Miller, continuing to play the style of jam band music Miller played with Oroboros. They’ve performed since their founding, sharing the stage with such notable bands and artists as String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, Little Feat, Rusted Root and the Rhythm Devils, and produced four CDs.

Current roster

Sing It To Your Children - Link to Lyrics
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North Coast Waters - Link to Lyrics
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Agathodaimon - Link to Lyrics
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Shake It To The Limit - Link to Lyrics
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Syzygy - Link to Lyrics
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Paradox - Link to Lyrics
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Win or Lose - Link to Lyrics
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Weather the Storm - Link to Lyrics
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Fog Over the Flats - Link to Lyrics
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Laughing at Harpo - Link to Lyrics
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Water Unto The Stone - Link to Lyrics
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Whispers of Love - Link to Lyrics
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Glad Messenger - Link to Lyrics
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The Griffon Song - Link to Lyrics
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King Kong II - Link to Lyrics
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See You Smile - Link to Lyrics
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Smell the Roses - Link to Lyrics
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The River Runs - Link to Lyrics
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Funk in A - Link to Lyrics
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Siddhartha's Train - Link to Lyrics
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The Friend Song - Link to Lyrics
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Shakin' the Cage - Link to Lyrics
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Calliope - Oroboros - Link to Lyrics
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Do All You Can - Link to Lyrics
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Leaving This Place Too Soon - Link to Lyrics
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Far and Few - Link to Lyrics
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Big Black Snake Blues - Link to Lyrics
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San Juan Man - Link to Lyrics
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Cuyahoga Bayou - Link to Lyrics
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Won't Be Long - Link to Lyrics
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You Shine - Link to Lyrics
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