Dean Miller

Born in Los Angeles during 1965 to Roger Miller, whose signature tune "King of the Road" became a lasting standard, contemporary country singer and songwriter Dean Miller grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He first took the stage alone on local club stages there before shifting to L.A. in the early 1980s. While enrolled in college and simultaneously chasing acting roles, he joined the acoustic group known as the Sarcastic Hillbillies. Though the ensemble drew steady crowds across the West Coast country circuit, his fellow members lacked equal drive to keep gigging, prompting Miller to cut a solo demo and head for Nashville. He spent five years on staff at Sony/Tree Publishing and then two additional years with Blue Water. A Liberty Records contract arrived in 1995, yielding his self-titled debut album in 1997; poor sales led to his release from the roster. A subsequent agreement with another label likewise stalled without result. Miller eventually took employment beyond music yet refused to abandon his craft or dilute his style, which delayed any new pact until Koch Records came forward in 2004. With complete creative freedom, he completed and issued the album Platinum in 2005.