Jim Miller
| Jim Miller has been playing and performing traditional music for the past 35 years. An accomplished instrument builder and teacher, he has taught workshops at numerous festivals as well as won many awards for his musicianship. For twenty years, Jim was the owner of the Hampton Music Shop, in Hampton, Tennessee, where he handcrafted over 750 hammered dulcimers. He has played with Celtic, Bluegrass, Swing, Blues and Old Time bands, and has done session work on many recordings. In addition to being an accomplished performer and workshop leader, Jim also is an enthusiastic jam facilitator who likes to get everyone involved. He plays guitar, banjo, octave mandolin, bass, steel drum, percussion, hammered and mountain dulcimers as well as his own off-the-wall musical inventions, which are always entertaining. Jim holds a Masters degree in Elementary Education with an endorsement in instrumental music. He teaches 3rd grade at Cloudland Elementary School in Roan Mountain, Tennessee, where he leads an after school traditional string band program. |
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New DVD featuring the Best of Jim Miller & Fred Meyer
26 tracks including all YouTube videos plus 10 more
DVD - $20.00 + $3.00 shipping
NOW AVAILABLE!
New CD by Jim & Cheri Miller
"Pretty Good Tunes"
17 tracks featuring guitar, hammered and mountain dulcimers, octave mandolin and fiddle, and mandolin
1. Camp Meeting on the 4th of July/Old Yellow Dog 2. Shenandoah Falls/Crossing the Big Scotia 3. Rights of Man 4. Cuffy/ Dixie Hoedown 5. Indian Eat a Woodchuck 6. Dutch Girl Waltz 7. Bull at the Wagon/Sandy Boys 8. Coleman's March/Seneca Square-dance 9. Ragtime Annie 10. Lord Inchiquin 11. Little Billy Wilson/Three Thin Dimes 12. Colored Aristocracy 13. Twin Sisters/Booth Shot Lincoln 14. Margret's Waltz 15. Texas/Yellow Gal 16. Ashgrove 17. Don Tremaine's Reel/Morpeth's Rant
CD - $15.00 + $3.00 shipping
Instruments
 PIPE HATMade from turkey basters and plastic penny whistles.
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 FRUIT-A-PHONEMade from waxed fruit and concealed keyboard
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 CHORD HATMade from turkey basters, plastic tubing, and party blow outs
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 MANDO-BANJ-A-TARCombination of mandolin, banjo, and guitar
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