Bill Miller (musician)
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Bill Miller (born 1955) is an American, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. He was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation, near Shawano in northern Wisconsin.
Miller's Mohican name is 'Fush-Ya Heay Aka (meaning "bird song"). He began playing guitar when he was 12 years old (he also plays the flute). In 1973, he moved to Milwaukee and won an art school scholarship. "This was all B.C. - Before Casinos," Bill quips.
In 1984 he moved to Nashville. His biggest break came when Tori Amos, after listening to his Red Road CD on her tour bus, asked him to serve as the opening act on her "Under the Pink" tour.
In an interview, Bill said, "I appreciate people who have something to stand up for. I stand up for the truth. If you stand up for what you believe in you have no idea how many people you'll affect."
[edit] Discography
- Reservation Road - Live (1992, 2000 Vanguard)
- Red Road (1993 Reprise, 1994 Warner Western)
- Raven In The Snow (1995 Reprise)
- Native Suite – Chants, Dances and the Sacred Earth (1996 Warner Bros.)
- Ghostdance (1999 Vanguard)
- Healing Waters (1999 JVO Records, 2001 Good Cop Bad Cop)
- Loon, Mountain And Moon (2000 Vanguard)
- The Art of Survival (2000 Vanguard)
- Spirit Rain (2002 Paras)
- A Sacred Gift (2003 Paras)
- Cedar Dream Songs (2004 Paras)
- 2005 Grammy winner, "Best Native American Music Album"
- Spirit Songs: The Best of Bill Miller (2004, Vanguard)
