Hey Buddy!

Buddy Miller writes and sings and plays country like it should be. Enjoy the playlist.

Was it while skimming through new releases in a CD shop in Newtown, NSW, that I discovered Buddy Miller?

Or did his name come up in an early edition of Mojo Magazine?

Whether he is playing on his own, composing and harmonising with his wife Julie, or adding grooves and ideas to others records, Miller lays on some fine country spice.

Check out his records and check out his playing on Spyboy, the live release by Emmylou Harris released back in 1998. Spyboy was a band made up of Miller, Bryan Blade (percussion), Emmylou and Daryl Johnson (bass).

Buddy Miller writes and sings some of the best country music ever. You’ll find him playing with Robert Plant, Steve Earle, Jim Lauderdale, to name but a few. This is what Nashville should sound like.

His cover of “A Showman’s Life” by Jesse Winchester makes me cry.