Jeff has been playing guitar and performing forover 29 years. He has played in a variety of bands.His music influences include bluegrass, country, jazz,blues, rock and metal.
Jeff began playing guitar by learning country andbluegrass standards. In his early years, he wasprimarily influenced by his parent's record collection.This included Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, PorterWagner, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Hank Williams Sr.,The Carter Family, Roy Clark, Johnny Horton andMerle Haggard just to name a few...While still in his teens, Jeff formed a country bandwith school classmates and his sister on bass guitar.This group performed nearly every weekend at theclubs and dance halls in the area. After graduatinghigh school, Jeff was hired by a Top-40 rock bandcomprised of seasoned musicians nearly twice hisage. He gained valuable experience while performingwith this group.
When the Metal scene surfaced, Jeff was inspired bythe new level of musicianship. He studied players such as Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen andbegan a six hour per-day practice regimen. Afteremerging from the woodshed, Jeff submitted a demoto producer Mike Varney. Jeff was featured inMr. Varney's "Spotlight New Talent" column in GuitarPlayer magazine in 1991. Jeff was later featured in the "Hometown Heroes" column in Guitar World magazinein 1992.
Jeff's guitar style is best described as a mixture ofcountry, blues, jazz-fusion and hard rock.
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IMPORTANT NOTE - If you venture out on the digital download sites looking for my songs, I'm not the same Jeff Miller that has released the "Something Different" and "Trying to be Cool" CDs. That's another fellow by the name "Jeff Miller".
