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Ben Miller Band
12+ albums
bluegrassdelta bluesblues rockbluesamerican
about
Ben Miller Band is an American band formed in 2005 in Joplin, Missouri. The band's lineup currently consists of Ben Miller (lead vocalist and guitarist), Scott Leeper (bassist playing a homemade one-string washtub bass, drummer, and back-up vocalist), Rachel Ammons (lead/back-up vocalist, violinist/cellist, guitarist, and electric-cactus player) and Bob Lewis (guitarist/bassist/percussionist). They combines elements of folk, blues, bluegrass, and country into their music. The band combines the frenetic energy of bluegrass, the soul of the delta blues and the haunted spirit of Appalachian mountain music. Band members Ben Miller, Scott Leeper, and Doug Dicharry create a unique and modern sound while continuing the tradition of blending together many different musical styles, which has long been a trait of their native Ozarks. Poet and songwriter since childhood, Ben Miller started playing guitar at age 16. He soon left his home in Curlew, Washington and began his musical career on the streets of Northern Europe, playing his distinctive delta-blues slide guitar and honing his one-man-band performance style which now includes guitar, banjo, harmonica, and foot percussion. Armed with a plethora of earthy songs about prostitutes, meth, scriptures, and the meaning of life, he met Scott and Doug in Joplin, Missouri and formed the Ben Miller Band in 2004. Washtub bass player, Scott Leeper started playing drums at age 7 and by age 10 he was wowing audiences in his family’s band,
