Blue Miller : Bio

   The guitar-laden No Place Like Home which had taken him from Detroit to the deep South, was laid aside. The piano-laden Macon project was laid aside. A big shot producer from Europe had heard his voice and tracked him down. "I'm gonna make you a star, boy." Jack White was riding high with a number one international hit....Gloria .... by Laura Branigan. Tracks were recorded in Atlanta, and tracks were brought in from Europe and L.A. A single was released in Europe on Ariola Records that reeked of disco.Was this a shade of Blue?.....Blue thought about the most important piece of advice he'd ever received. It was from another of his heroes, Eric Clapton,in a conversation one night at the Ritz in Atlanta after a show. Eric said, "the best advice I can give you is, if you're gonna do it, do it honest, and do it the best you can." Jack and Blue parted ways, an amicable split, destined to happen. Blue was Rock n Roll soul, and Jack was pop oriented and disco. Oil and water in some peoples minds. Blue remembers Jack asking him if he knew who Englebert Humperdink was. He'd played What Are You Waiting For for him and Englebert loved it, wanted to cut it. It landed on a platinum L.P. Dreaming With Englebert on Ariola Records in Europe. What Are You Waiting For is a song that Blue considers his signature song. Watch him sing this, hear his heart break, and then look around and try to find a dry eye in the house.
     Speaking of Europe, Blue sang background on their Final Countdown L.P. including their number one hit Carrie Peabo Bryson and Isaac Hayes called on Blue for session work. Blue produced tracks on Kelita, Canadian artist, and Sammy Johns.
     His performance of his song Rock On Through the Night was used on the ABC network show "Super Carrier".
     That Bluesy singer wailing about hamburgers for America in the movie "Hamburger, the Motion Picture" is the Blue man. ( We've heard he also sings about waffles. Click HERE to see what we mean.) He toured the U.S. and Australia with Isaac Hayes, played the Apollo Theatre to standing ovations when he took center stage with his guitar solos, and kidded everyone about being "the only white boy in a 12 piece black band and they made me ride in the back of the bus".
     The Cruzados, Paul Schafer and the Worlds Most Dangerous Band and T. Graham Brown were in the limelight in the ad business with successful campaigns for Busch Beer and Taco Bell and Blue was involved in all three.
    He performs a duet, Brother to Brother, in the movie, "Next of Kin" starring Patrick Swayze.....his stunt vocal for Greg Allman.

    He cut some sassy R and B tracks with Willie Mitchell, Poppa Willie, as they call him in Memphis.

And the beat goes on.....

Meanwhile, a new music mecca was thriving in Nashville Tennessee. Top notch music people were moving there in droves.......said it was gonna be "Little L.A." Of course Blue would go there. Nashville was the pied piper.

Blue (far R) on tour with Isaac Hayes (farL)
Blue (far R) on tour
with Isaac Hayes (far L)

With Isaac Hayes and Thelma Houston

Blue with Paul Schafer and The World's Most Dangerous Band