David Miller (American musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

David Miller (American musician)

musician, one of the earliest country music recording artists

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1883

Place of Birth: Ohio River, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1953

Profession: musician, songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About David Miller (American musician)

  • David Miller (March 17, 1883, Ohio River, Ohio – November 1, 1953) was an American country musician.
  • He is one of the earliest musicians to be associated with country music recording. Miller grew up working at a fruit farm, and served in the Army in World War I.
  • While there, he contracted blepharitis, and became totally blind as a result.
  • After his blindness set in, he began playing guitar and moved to Huntington, West Virginia.
  • He recorded a few pieces for the Starr Piano Company in 1924 and again in 1927, which are some of the earliest surviving audio documents of old-time music.
  • He also recorded for Paramount Records in 1930.
  • He played on West Virginia radio station WSAZ with Cecil Adkins from 1927 to 1933.
  • He also played with a string band called the West Virginia Mockingbirds in the 1930s and 1940s, alongside four brothers, Ed, George, Albert, and Frank Baumgardner.
  • They played on radio and at local churches and dance parties, and became regionally popular.
  • Miller continued to perform into the early 1950s, playing regularly at the Guyandotte theater alongside musicians such as T.
  • Texas Tyler and Patsy Cline.

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