Benjamin Miller

So What!

A couple years ago, I revived a little Casio SA-10 keyboard that I got when I was eight years old and figured it could probably turn out some killer drum machine sounds à la the Rhythm Ace unit employed by JJ Cale, Sly Stone, and more. I was right… and once I got it cooking and started using the drum loops to sketch out songs, I figured it might be fun to write a mini concept album about something, anything.

Well, since I just happened to be bingeing a season of Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow’s amazing Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast, Dead culture began to osmosis-ize itself into my lyrics, and I ended up with three songs about a few things that make the Grateful Dead (and being a Dead fan) great. 

Benjamin Miller

“White Light / White Heat”

Music and lyrics by Lou Reed

Benjamin Miller: vocals, guitars, harmonica
Ben Cook-Feltz: drums, Rhodes, vocals
Rachel Hanson: vocals
Haley Rydell: fiddle
Jay Scabich: guitar: vocals
Andy Schuster: bass, vocals

Recorded by Zach Hollander at The Pearl Recording Studio in Minneapolis, MN
Mixed by Zach Hollander and Benjamin Miller, with help from Mark Larson
Mastered by Rebecca Huston
Design by Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller

“Try To Think”

Music and lyrics by Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller: vocals, guitar, bass, Mellotron, piano, mixing
Hemma: flute and vocals
Mark Larson: drums and percussion, mixing

Mastered by Rebecca Huston
Design by Benjamin Miller
Thanks to Noah Smith for mixing notes

The Federales

Honkytonks & Hangovers

While our debut album Blues, Bourbon & Burritos took a straight-ahead approach to Midwestern country sounds and songwriting, our second release Honkytonks & Hangovers leans woozily across a wider swath of American styles — rooted in the present but never jilting the past.

Benjamin Miller

Three Muses

Six songs inspired by coast-to-coast adventures, rock ’n’ roll mythology, and modern life as a semi-professional musician.