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Johnny Miles

About Me


johnny miles is a songwriter from camden county, new jersey. he began performing in
2003 and the release of his first album “Awakening” soon followed in 2004...
of Awakening: "minimalist folk experimentation from underground songwriter &
poet incorporating everything from acoustic guitars to sledgehammers to pianos
to strings to the sound of doors opening..."
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he continued to perform, moving from open mics & street corners to coffeehouses, clubs
& listening rooms. his second album “Sign Of The Times” was released in 2007
and featured an ensemble cast of fellow philly musicians to drive it home...
of Sign Of The Times: "rock pop country & folk combine with poetic & poignant
lyrics in this eclectic examination of American life & culture..."
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receiving local air play and positive press johnny continued to perform to a growing fan
base assembling first the post-punk-power-pop-garage-rock of “the Knocked Out
Colds” & then, adding key and lead guitar players, the fuller more textured
sound of “the Wiretaps”...
in early feb johnny & the wiretaps headed into the studio to track tunes for the third
release which is currently in final mixing stages...
"Miles is a master at joining together word and sound to form something greater...each song resonates with passion and power...A new American folk hero."
-Uwishunu Philly
“It’s a quick scribble across the American landscape...The lyrics are commanding...has the hard-bitten self-awareness of a protest song as well as a hooky alt-country catchiness”
- Philadelphia Weekly
“It’s a gorgeous record when I think about where it has taken me, not only musically, but the photographs that flash in my mind from Johnny’s accomplished lyricism...To be affected by how he captures images, that’s really what great music is all about.”
- The Musicologist
“Miles doesn’t try to be an old soul, I think he really has one.”
- Herohill
“A singer-songwriter worth watching.”
- Online Folk Festival
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/07/2005
Band Website: youre looking at it
Band Members: Live performance lineup ranges from solo acoustic
to duo, trio, quatro, cinco, etc...

the Wiretaps:
Carl Cheeseman - guitars
Nate Gonzalez - keys
Jeff Hiatt - bass
Al Gibson - drums

Special Guests including (but not limited to):
Chrissi Ritzius, Andy Keenan, Ross Bellenoit,
Phil D'Agostino, & Michael "Trombone" Baker

the Knocked Out Colds:
Nick Rossi - bass
Al Gibson - drums

Influences: fireworks, fireplaces, american history, camden, bars, empty notebooks, the band, forrests, very old photographs, tom waits, mark twain, neil young, park benches, string sections, roy orbison, john steinbeck, jack daniels, visiting faraway places, dr seuss, dr pepper, big bad brass sections, the beatles, woody guthrie, wilco, the velvet underground, vincent van gogh, sergio leone, wild animals, lousy day jobs, john coltrane, son house, homemade mugs of hot tea, beethoven, iggy pop & the stooges, fat slow snowfalls, jackson pollock, american present, american future, bob dylan, days off, the delaware & cooper rivers, kurt vonnegut, charles bukowski, cormac mccarthy, thelonious monk, poverty, zion national park, bruce springsteen & the e street band, ken burns, robert johnson, philadelphia, makers mark, mt washington, various combinations of meats & cheeses, cracked sidewalks, broken glass, cumulus clouds, accapella vocal harmonies, empty wine bottles, wes anderson, walt whitman, charlie rose, the atlantic ocean, the rolling stones...& a bunch of other stuff too....

Sounds Like: johnny miles records are available in limited supply at live shows & at cdbaby. click on the icons to the right for more info...
Record Label: Tree Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

sentiments

I don't see much on tv that I can relate to. I hear even less on theradio. I was born and raised in New Jersey (just outside ofPhiladelphia) and I've written songs and poems for as long as I canrememb...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:34:00 GMT

Uwishunu Philly Write-Up

July 30th, 2008Johnny Miles, New American Folk Hero, Live at the Tritone this Friday!by Kate BracagliaJohnny Miles is a new American folk hero. Well, maybe not new exactly  he's been making music his...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:58:00 GMT

Eden

How would it be Eden?  How would it be if we ran off me and you?  How would it go if we threw this coffee on the floor and tipped this table on its ear and made muddy boot tracks all the way...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:54:00 GMT

Sign Of The Times lyrics

Die In Debt I am an acrobat and the world is a live wiresociety is a business we're all dying to get hiredmy home's in New Jersey I'm plenty you can betif a rich man ain't happy I hope I die ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Article in Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia Weekly"Umm...Drop"by Doug Wallen "Gasoline," the ringing standout on Johnny Miles' second album Sign of the Times, has the hard-bitten self-awareness of a protest song as well as a hooky...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:20:00 GMT

The Musicologist CD review

the musicologist "noise art conspiracy theorist" Johnny Miles - Sign Of The Times (Tree Records, released 12/4/07) If 2006 was my year of bigger, more anthemic indie rock, then 2007 is my year ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:05:00 GMT

A Long Chain

"...the moment I became acquainted with old songs I realized people were always changing them...think of it as an age-old process thats been going on for thousands of years...people take old songs, ch...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:04:00 GMT