Dub Miller

Dub Miller, a performer and tunesmith who fused Lone Star country sounds with earthy rock & roll and narratives rooted in his Texas background, ranked among the first artists to shape the regional Red Dirt circuit. Born and raised in Pontotoc, Texas, he began drumming during high school in an emerging heavy metal group. Upon graduation he pursued work as a radio disc jockey, yet soon discovered the field fell short of his expectations and instead attended Texas A&M, where he joined the drum corps. He also launched a band that achieved modest local notice, though efforts to expand beyond the area stalled, prompting him to continue studies at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. While there he connected with area players who later formed the Highway 6 Band, which served as his touring unit for years of performances across Texas clubs, bars, and dance halls. The ensemble operated between 1997 and 2004, delivering hundreds of concerts while Miller issued the albums American Troubadour in 2001 and Post Country in 2002, along with the track “Fightin’ Texas Aggie,” a humorous piece concerning a drifting college student that turned into a crowd favorite and regional success. Weary of constant travel, he married and entered law school, though he departed after two years to work in concert and festival promotion. The pull of music persisted, however, and by 2015 he resumed performing with the new group 11 Bones while issuing the archival set Lost/Live: The Lost Live Recordings, drawn from 2002 stage tapes. In 2016 he delivered his third full-length release, The Midnight Ambassador.