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Reggie Miles

Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist, Sawplayer, Washboard Scrubber, Gadget-maker Turns trash into musical treasures, self-made Nobro resophonic guitars, and washboard/sound-effect Gadgets for children... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical Folk Art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multi-national media attention via his compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary films and videos, multi-million dollar major industry productions, on the CDs of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 30 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvador Dali." (Brian G) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)

Seattle, WA

Music

Videos

Reggie Miles playing on an instrument he created

Photos

  • My latest robot design BC-1
  • Another Road-Side Gadget Attraction aka Gadgets For Kids
  • PDXWLF Gadgets For Kids
  • Redbot
  • Dream
  • Gadgets For Kids
  • Deluxe Day of the Dead
  • Love Peace
  • Rocket Ship
  • @Folklife 2023
  • @Folklife 2023
  • @Folklife 2023
  • Domeship
  • Domeship
  • Spacepunk Spacecraft
  • Spacepunk Spacecraft
  • Kiss The Sky set
  • Salmon Days
  • Salmon Days
  • Salmon Days
  • Salmon Days
  • Salmon Days
  • Salmon Days
  • Buskers in the Burg
  • Buskers in the Burg
  • Buskers in the Burg
  • Ebey Island Freedom Fest
  • Gadget Fun @Ebey Island Freedom Fest
  • Ebey Island Freedom Fest
  • Tonasket Garlic Festival
  • Kidcophony!
  • Ginormous Washboard
  • Wildly Wacky Washboard Wagon
  • Rack-O-Racket Upgrade
  • Rack-O-Racket Upgrade
  • My Big Ass Geetar
  • Voted Best In Show @Norwescon 44 (2022)
  • Salmon Days
  • Reggie Miles photo
  • All of my illuminated spacecraft sculptures are built from repurposed materials
  • My saucer was inspired by late 1800s War of the Worlds drawings
  • My first solo cassette recording "Stray Dog Blues" cover art by Gary Eagle
  • our jug band Strangers With Candy cassette cover art by Gary Eagle
  • Reggie Miles Bottleneck Blues
  • Reggie & Nobro
  • Keep The Boom Boom On The Hush Hush
  • Reggie Miles Acoustic Roots Blues
  • What My Nobro Resophonic Guitar Is Made Of
  • This little guy couldn't get enough cymbal
  • Reggie Miles photo
  • Gregg Allman & Reggie Miles at Pike Place Mkt
  • @Loving Alice Benefit photo by Pamela S. Eaton Ford
  • Reggie Miles Bottleneck Blues @ Hwy 99 Blues Club
  • Reggie Miles - Bottleneck Blues
  • At The Chalet Theater. Photo by Eric Frommer
  • @ Seattle's Pike Place Market, Photos by Eric Frommer
  • Bottleneck Folk/Blues @Sliders Cafe photo by Leonard Carter
  • Reggie Miles @ The Lincoln Theater
  • Folklife 2009 photo by Bruce Moore
  • Featured in The Wall Street Journal 2/6/09 photo by TL Jones
  • Warmongerin' Man, my latest Cd of political songs
  • Battle in Seattle
  • Sawing you
  • I scraped my knuckle, tryin to pry up a nickel, that was stuck in the tar, run over by a car, in the
  • Discrimination's Fires
  • I'm A Stranger In My Own Land
  • Reggie Miles photo