Occupation(s) Musician Name Izzy Miller Years active 2007-present Role Singer-songwriter | Labels Long Week Records Record label Long Week Records Website Official Genres Rock music, Country | |
 | ||
Born June 22, 1993
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. ( 1993-06-22 ) Instruments Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, drums, organ Albums Back From Nowhere, Commercially Inept | ||
Izzy Miller & Shane Davis - "A Very Spicy New Years" Live Set!
Izzy Miller (born June 22, 1993) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His first success came with his band Storage with the release of their 2009 single "Just a Little More". Miller left Storage in 2010 (with the exception of a short reunion tour in 2011) and began a solo career. After releasing Back From Nowhere, his first solo album, in 2010, he paired up with drummer Smokin' Joey Gambrell. Miller and Gambrell went on to release Who Is That? Nobody in 2012.
Contents
He was named on AL.com's "14 up-and-coming North Alabama bands, solo acts poised to make noise in 2014" list in 2013. His most recent album, titled Commercially Inept, was produced by Joey Huffman.
He has shared festival stages and opened for acts such as Drivin N Cryin, John Anderson, and many others. He has had two entries on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart, with 2013's "Where to Land" (#49) and 2014's "Rapid Decline" (#44).
In September 2015, Miller announced that he would run for the office of mayor in Huntsville, AL in 2016.
Miller largely withdrew from the music industry after the release of "Commercially Inept" in 2014 and rarely appeared on stage or in interviews for nearly two years. In August 2016, he announced that he had signed with 764 Entertainment. "Back to Getting Over You," his first single for the label, was released on September 16, 2016.
Miller signed with the Standard in 2017 and began a collaboration with the Huntsville, AL-based band the Black Market Salesmen. Their first single, "Mr. TV Man," was released on August 4, 2017. A pre-sale for the single was announced on July 28th and the song immediately reached high peaks on multiple Amazon Best Sellers lists, including peaking at #4 on the Amazon Movers & Shakers list (receiving over a 12,000% increase in sales), #28 on the Amazon Hot New Releases list, and #49 on the Amazon Best Sellers list.
Career
Miller began playing guitar and singing in bands at age thirteen. In 2007, Miller became a member of Before Existence, which would eventually evolve into Storage. Storage released their first single, "Just a Little More", in April 2009. The single would achieve heavy rotation on radio in the southeastern United States. After leaving Storage in 2010, Miller released Back From Nowhere, his debut solo record.
Shortly after the release of Back From Nowhere, Miller teamed up with drummer Smokin' Joey Gambrell. Miller and Gambrell released one album together (2012's Who Is That? Nobody). After the release of the record, they released one last single before they split in late 2013, titled "Where to Land". The song was released as a free download on May 21, 2013 and peaked at #49 on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart. "Where to Land" has been played on YouTube nearly 80,000 times since it was released.
Miller began work on Commercially Inept in early 2014, and it was released on November 11, 2014. The record was recorded in Marietta, Georgia and produced by Joey Huffman and Kevin Sellors. The first single from the record, "Rapid Decline", peaked at #44 on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart. The second single from the record, "I Forgot to Get Drunk", was released to country radio in 2015, but failed to chart.
He signed with 764 Entertainment in August 2016. A single, "Back to Getting Over You," was released on September 16, 2016. It was Miller's first new release in nearly two years. The recording featured Shane Davis and Kris Poorman (both of the Huntsville, AL-based band the Black Market Salesmen). This would lead to a collaboration with the entire band on a single titled "Mr. TV Man" that was released in August of 2017. The single was produced by Dan Bullard and Ben Jobe. A full length collaboration album with Miller and the Black Market Salesmen is due in late 2017.
Miller rarely covers material by other artists, but he did post a performance of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" on August 14, 2017 on his official Facebook page and Youtube account in response to the violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia a few days prior.
Other work
On August 23, 2014, Miller and Shane Davis released a collection of rough demo tracks titled Izzy & Shane Sing Country Classics. The album featured Miller and Davis covering songs by artists such as Merle Haggard and George Jones, among others and was recorded in late 2013. Miller also served as a producer and musician on Davis' debut solo album Light Me Another Drink (released on January 27, 2015) and his second album, "Shane Davis" (released on February 22, 2016). He continues to work with up-and-coming musicians.
He appears in an episode, titled "Smuggler's Blues", of the internet series Strings Attached. The episode was posted on August 11, 2015 and features the cast at the 2015 Dallas International Guitar Festival trying to locate a rare 1960's "Smuggler's" Fender Telecaster.
Personal life
Miller, who is single, currently resides in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended and graduated from Sparkman High School. He was affected by the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak and released a song about the event, "Miracle Tonight (April 27th, 2011)", on his album Who Is That? Nobody. His home and one of his main guitars, a 1977 Fender Stratocaster, was damaged in the EF-5 tornado that hit Harvest, Alabama. He has also toured as part of Hank Williams Jr.'s road crew as a backline technician.
Miller collects vintage guitars and also works as a vintage guitar dealer when not touring. His collection reportedly includes around 100 vintage instruments, including a 1969 Fender Maverick.