Dominic Miller

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Dominic James Miller (born 21 March 1960) is a British guitarist. He has worked most of his career as a sideman and guitarist for, among others, Julia Fordham, Eddi Reader and notably Sting. He has also released several solo albums.

Career

Miller was born in Hurlingham, Argentina,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to an Irish mother and an American father who worked for Johnson Wax.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When he was ten, his family moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where the Johnson headquarters was located, and moved to London two years later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Returning to Racine, at fifteen, he performed publicly for the first time at a club in Racine as the only white person in a soul music band.<ref name="Mead">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He moved to London and studied at Guildhall School of Music, then returned to the U.S. and took a summer course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.<ref name=":0" /> He also took lessons from Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Tapajós.

In the 1980s, Miller toured as a guitarist for World Party and King Swamp. As a session musician he recorded with the Pretenders, Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Level 42. Since 1990, he has recorded and toured with Sting.<ref name="Giles">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Gable 2008 55">Template:Cite book</ref> He co-wrote the hit song "Shape of My Heart" with Sting. He released his debut solo album, First Touch, in 1995, followed by Second Nature and Third World.<ref name="Little">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2003 he released the classical album Shapes, with interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, Edward Elgar, and Tomaso Albinoni.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref>

His son Rufus (b. June 1985 in Hammersmith) is also a guitarist performs with him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His daughter Misty Miller is a singer-song writer who has released the album The Whole Family Is Worried.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Currently, Miller lives in the south of France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

The Latin/Jazz Guitars of Dominic Miller and Dylan Fowler (Music Factory, 1984)
Music by David Heath & Dominic Miller (Grapevine, 1985)
First Touch (EarthBeat!, 1995)
Second Nature (Rutis/BMG, 1999)
New Dawn with Neil Stacey (Naim, 2002)
Shapes (Decca, 2004)
Third World (Alula, 2005)
Fourth Wall (Q-Rious, 2006)
In a Dream with Peter Kater (Point of Light, 2008)
November (Q-Rious, 2010)
5th House (Q-Rious, 2012)
Ad Hoc (Q-Rious, 2014)
Hecho en Cuba with Manolito Simonet (Q-Rious, 2016)
Silent Light (ECM, 2017)
Absinthe (ECM, 2019)
Vagabond (ECM, 2023)