Jim Miller

Personal history

Miller was born July 2, 1954, at the historic St. Ann's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a wife, Beth, a son named Michael who plays guitar in the JiMiller Band, and two stepchildren, Reid and Sarah Street.

Oroboros

Miller co-founded Oroboros in 1980 as a Grateful Dead tribute band, which soon generated original music in the jam band genre. It was named for the ouroboros, an ancient symbol for infinity, depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. Among the bands they have opened for are Go Ahead (with members of the Grateful Dead and Santana), The Radiators, Black Uhuru, Santana and Rusted Root. They co-founded the Rock & Reggae Festival in 1984 with First Light at Meadowoods Farm, originally as a benefit for the Cleveland Free Clinic. They performed until 1998, produced five albums, and played a reunion concert in 2003.

Past members

Jim Miller (guitar & vocals)

Bill Cogan (guitar & vocals)

Mary Beth Cooper (vocals, etc.)

Gary Maxwell (bass)

Rocky Miller (keyboards)

Rob Luoma (drums).

Dave Downing (bass)

Don Safranek (percussion)

Will Douglas (drums)

Scott Swanson (bass)

Mike Rotman (keyboard, guitar, percussion)

Mike Verbick (guitar)

Michael Bradley (keyboards, vocals)

Ned Kalafat (bass)

Highlights

1984 - Co-Founded the Rock & Reggae Festival with the band First Light

1994 - HORDE Tour (Blossom Music Center)

1991 – opened for Phish at the Agora (Cleveland, Ohio)

1995, 1996 & 1997 (July) – Starwood Festival (Sherman, New York)

1996 - Southern Thailand Jazz Festival

1996 - Furthur Festival

2003 - Reunion

Discography

1985 - Different Feeling

1988 - Psycha Deli: Live at the Euclid Tavern

1991 - First Circle

1993 - Serpent's Dance

1996 - Shine

JiMiller Band

The JiMiller Band was founded in 1998 by Jim Miller, continuing to play the style of jam band music Miller played with Oroboros. They have performed since their founding, sharing the stage with such notable bands and artists as String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, Little Feat, Rusted Root and the Rhythm Devils, and produced four CDs.

Current roster

Jim Miller - Lead Vocals & Lead Guitar

Vince Berry - Guitar

Steve "Nev" Scheff - Keyboard & Vocals

Brian "Bagel" Golenberg - Drums & Vocals

Dave Blackerby – Bass

Past members

Brett Miller (bass)

Matt Harmon (guitar, dobro)

Dan Carter (drums)

Rick Davidson (guitar)

Steve Zavesky (drums)

Mike Miller (guitar)

Highlights

2004 - 10,000 Lakes Festival

2005 & 2006 (summer) - opened for Little Feat at Cleveland's House of Blues

2007 (Memorial Day weekend) - opened for Rusted Root at Tower City Center Amphitheater (Cleveland)

2007 (New Year's Eve) – opened for Rusted Root at The House of Blues (Cleveland)

2009–2011 – opened for the Early Bird Festival at Nelson Ledges

2010 (Labor Day) - opened for the Rhythm Devils with Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann from The Dead.

2012 - Starwood Festival at Wisteria Event Campground (Pomeroy, Ohio)

Discography

2000 - Rock and Roll Always Do

2001 - Crooked River Groove

2004 - Family Roots (Double Live CD)

2006 - In Trance It (Double CD: 1 Live, 1 Studio)

Original Songs

Sing It To Your Children

Sing It To Your Children - Oroboros - Different Feeling Released: 1985

Sing It To Your Children - Oroboros - Serpent's Dance Released: 1993 (Euclid Tavern, Cleveland OH, 2/26/93)

North Coast Waters

North Coast Waters - Oroboros - Different Feeling Released: 1985

Agathodaimon

Agathodaimon - Oroboros - Different Feeling Released: 1985

Agathodaimon - Oroboros - Serpent's Dance Released: 1993 (Shuba's, Chicago IL, 3/5/93)

Shake It To The Limit

Shake It To The Limit - Oroboros - Different Feeling Released: 1985

Shake It To The Limit - Oroboros - Psycha Deli Released: 1988

Syzygy

Syzygy - Oroboros - Psycha Deli Released: 1988

Paradox

Paradox - Oroboros - Psycha Deli Released: 1988

Win or Lose

Win or Lose - Oroboros - Psycha Deli Released: 1988

Weather the Storm

Weather the Storm - Oroboros - Psycha Deli Released: 1988