Andy Miller likes his bass and his beer the same way -- Old Style

 

PART TWO
Photos by Beth Benedict

VOYAGER: I was at your last shows here in Atlanta at the Brandy House and Variety Playhouse, and the crowd was incredible, even though you had only played here once before. Do you have any idea how your crowds have built so tremendously in these cities without you even being here so often?

MILLER: That would probably be the magic of (local radio DJ and jam band show host) Jeff Dunham. Any instant success comes from people getting on your side, on your team, and wanting to make it happen. For some reason it becomes important to them. It comes from people really caring.
       
  VOYAGER: Any new releases with Phoenix Media planned?

MILLER: Ah, I think they're going out of business, so there won't be much in the way of future releases.

VOYAGER: Really? I thought the founder of Phoenix Media was some Wall Street tycoon?

MILLER: He is, but you can only lose so much of an investor's money before there's nothing left. Ironically all of the investors got scared off by Napster. That undid the concept of what an LP is. While we were freeing the music so the little guy could get ahead, we just accidentally, y'know...ruined my life (laughs).

  


Jason Fladager does a B.B. King on his Gibson.

   
VOYAGER: I've heard Pete Townshend say The Who succeeded because they were their audience, and I think the same applies to you guys. Its beyond the music, its everything, your outlook, your appearance, everything.

MILLER: Personally I'm going to wear whatever I'm wearing that day on the stage. I think of the stage as my living room. I act the same way on the stage as if I had a bunch of people over to my house for a party. I'm going to always have an ashtray on my amp and a cold beer. This band wouldn't look good in choreographed outfits.
 
 

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