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Status: Married
City: Houston
State: Texas
Country: US
Signup Date: 1/25/2006

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 

Dub Miller was raised on a ranch in Pontotoc, Texas where he had very little contact with other children until he began kindergarten in Llano, Texas.  As one might expect, he developed more of his imagination than his social skills which contributed to his introspective, if somewhat socially retarded nature.  He also became very good at shooting things as a .22 was his primary companion through his formative years.  The other companions of his youth were largely made up of a certain class of Mexican immigrant who would commonly seek work in and around the farms and ranches of the Texas Hill Country.  As a result, he is sympathetic to their plight.  He has also had a couple of good horses, and worked lots of mixed cattle and angora goats.  He hates chickens.   


 

He attended Llano High School where the suffered 5 broken arms and played drums in a regional but quite groundbreaking heavy metal band called The Zone.  He had a double bass pedal and lots of toms of which he took the bottom heads off.  He thought Lars Ulrich hung the moon.  After graduating from High School, he ran off from the ranch to achieve fame and riches as an FM disc jockey in Amarillo, Texas. He quickly figured out that people in radio achieve very little fame and almost no riches.  He applied to and subsequently attended Texas A&M University where he joined the Corps and pretty much majored in playing 42 at the Dixie Chicken.  Between domino games he managed to form a band, record a CD, and develop the misguided impression that a career in music would be fun, lucrative, and easy. 


 

Having already developed the habit of running off to the far corners of Texas no matter how dismal they may be; he found himself at the acclaimed country & bluegrass program at South Plains College.  Unfortunately, he also found himself in Levelland, Texas.  See James McMurtry for an accurate description.  Having nothing better to do, he drank lots of beer, played even more guitar, and met his brothers.  Namely Matt Skinner and Adam Odor who presently enjoy the fame and riches Dub so longed for during his stint as the king of panhandle classic rock.  Along with others including but not limited to Jeremy Watkins, Les Lawless, Calib Bruce, Josh Hamilton, a couple of chicks who lived with the band for a while and one dead rattlesnake they moved to San Marcos to seek the previously mentioned but still elusive fame and riches.  Shortly thereafter, Dub met Doug Moreland and Brady Black and still wonders why he makes friends with fiddle players. 


 

From 1997 to 2004, Dub Miller and the Highway 6 Band helped to blaze the trail that others would follow and is generally accepted and one of the architects of what has become the "Texas Country/Red Dirt" scene as it is known today.  His debut album "American Troubadour" is considered by many to be a Texas Country classic.  After banging it out in the clubs and beer joints all those years he achieved a modicum of fame, almost no riches, and began to long for a domestic lifestyle.  Wife, children, family, that sort of thing.  Also, he didn't particularly care for fame as he found it difficult to make small talk with strangers.  See the previously mentioned upbringing for insight on this matter. 


 

In 2004 he applied to and subsequently attended The South Texas College of Law in downtown Houston, Texas.  After completing two years of law school, he decided that being a lawyer was going to be a drag and just as subsequently dropped out.  So he loaded up a flat bed trailer and moved his life and plans for the future to New Braunfels, Texas where Dub joined the Dickson Productions team as Operations Manager and general manipulator of the chaos.  The Music Fest at Steamboat Colorado is among the biggest of chaos's he has manipitulated.  At present, he is awaiting his imminent departure to Bocas Del Toro, Panama where he will write books, songs, and play so much guitar his ass will hurt.  Meanwhile, he can usually be found on the banks of the Guadalupe.  Probably hungover.


 

Every now and then he will go out and play a gig here and there.  The Highway 6 Band has an annual reunion at the aforementioned Steamboat MusicFest and a big time is had by all.  He blames law school for the annoying tendency to use words like "aforementioned."  He has been telling people for years that he is going to make a new record any day now.  He keeps writing new songs, and as a result, keeps wanting to finish one more before he actually makes the record.  He did, however, manage to record two full length albums and hopes that you will be swayed at this oddly peculiar bio to buy one of them.  He still hates chickens. 


 

Casey Mack
Casey Mack

 
Thanks for that misguided impression that a career in music would be fun, lucrative, and easy, you totally sold me. At least we can be poor together, that is unless Dickson helped solve that problem for you post haste.


Hope to see ya on stage soon!
 
Posted by Casey Mack on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 9:16 PM
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RW

 
I myself grew up on a ranch in NE Okla, we had 8 of the comercial broiler chicken houses too. I must say that I hate the repugnant creatures myself! As far as the music is concerned, please keep writing, and go ahead and put that new album into print for the rest of us to hear. As you know, I'm still back in Okla and having to suffer through top 40 so called country radio.
I NEED SOME NEW MUSIC TO LISTEN TOO!
 
Posted by RW on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 3:26 PM
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John Gammill
John Gammill

 
Left out the least lucrative band of all of them, The Zone.. but who's counting right?? I will be posting pictures SOON... Also left out your stint at Raggedy Ann and Andy pre-school. Get it right man.

 
Posted by John Gammill on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 3:26 PM
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Doug
Doug Crawford

 
Start making music again!

From Doug.
(one of the two tall ass brothers from Lubbock, Brandon Hodges friends, that you guys use to stay at our house when you came in town)

FYI. Thanks for making me sing "If that aint country" at Blue Light. I think I'm still on record as the worst person to ever sing a song there and it makes a for a great story.

 
Posted by Doug on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 3:26 PM
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♥Cynderela♥

 
As a long time fan, I can't wait to buy the new albums!! I've missed hearing you play and "The American Troubador" never leaves the cd player!!
Thanks for keeping us current and still giving and adding to the Chaos!!

Maybe we should start a group of Chicken Hatters!! I'm sure Hayes would join and just might add to it!!
 
Posted by ♥Cynderela♥ on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 5:09 PM
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Kathy

 
Have a safe trip to Panama, but come back soon!

I'm with ya on the chickens...
 
Posted by Kathy on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 9:55 PM
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Texashoneebee

 
Couldn't have said it better myself. American Troubadour IS a classic of Texas Country...but is it old enough to be considered a classic???
 
Posted by Texashoneebee on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 1:02 AM
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John Gammill
John Gammill

 
How do you play so much guitar your ass will hurt? I've been playing for a while now and never have had that happen. Maybe you should consult a physician before you go to Panama.
Is law school also responsible for the use of the word "subsequently"?
 
Posted by John Gammill on Monday, September 01, 2008 - 4:28 PM
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