- Lee Miles
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Name = Lee Miles
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lee Allen Miles
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Origin =Fort Wayne, Indiana , U.S.
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Genre =Folk music
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Label =Sixty Years War
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URL = [http://www.sixtyyearswar.com/ www.sixtyyearswar.com]
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Notable_instruments =Lee Miles is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born and raised in
Fort Wayne, Indiana . His foray into music began with Dark Blonde Water, a rock band formed inSouth Bend, Indiana . After the band dissolved Miles recorded his first solo EP, "So Much Pain, So Much Sorrow". [cite web| url=http://www.tribtown.com/news/oneup_1611___article.html/miles_pain.html| title="Miles goes solo on 'So Much Pain'"| date=2004-03-14 | publisher=tribtown.com| accessdate=2007-11-18] Two years later he went on to release a full length LP, "Bear", in the wake of a number of personal health problems. [cite web| url=http://www.whatzup.com/Music/bandLeeMiles.html| title="WhatzUp? interview: Lee Miles"| date=2007| publisher=whatzup.com| accessdate=2007-11-14] The album would garner the attention of several music publications, who drew comparisons to artists like Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson. [cite web| url=http://www.diskant.net/reviews/2005/09/lee-miles-bear.htm| title="Lee Miles - Bear"| date=2005-09-08 | publisher=diskant.net| accessdate=2007-11-18]During this time Miles also tried his hand at playing in a full band again, this time under the name of
lo.automatic . The group received much praise but limited success during its short lifespan. [cite web| url=http://www.fortwaynereader.com/story.php?uid=736| title="Lo.Automatic: High Expectations"| date=2006-06-05 | publisher=fortwaynereader.com| accessdate=2007-11-18]His 2007 release, "1,000 Lions" was regarded by the press as "a luminous singer/songwriter album, full of heart, brains, passion, love and hate. Miles' offering is masterful. It's also gutsy. And beautiful. And about 997 other things" ("Greg Locke, Whatzup"). [cite web| url=http://www.whatzup.com/Music/cd062107a.html| title="Lee Miles, 1000 Lions"| date=2007| publisher=whatzup.com| accessdate=2007-11-14]
Lee Miles signed to Sixty Years War Recordings in the summer of 2007. [cite web| url=http://www.sixtyyearswar.com/news/| title="Lee Miles"| date=2007| publisher=sixtyyearswar.com| accessdate=2007-11-14] His first release for the label, "Heathen Blux" gained positive attention from the press almost immediately. [cite web| url=http://www.whatzup.com/Music/cd052208b.html| title="Lee Miles, Heathen Blux| date=2008| publisher=whatzup.com| accessdate=2008-05-30]
"The hushed tones and careful strumming that dominated '1,000 Lions'", one reviewer said, " [have] been replaced by thicker melodies and a fuller sound." [cite web| url=http://www.fortwaynereader.com/story.php?uid=1194| title="Lee Miles: Singer-songwriter prefers discussing politics over music"| date=2008| publisher=fortwaynereader.com| accessdate=2008-05-30]
Discography
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So Much Pain, So Much Sorrow " (2003)
*"Bear" (2005)
*"1000 Lions " (2007)
*"Heathen Blux " (2008)References
External links
* [http://www.sixtyyearswar.com/ Lee Miles official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/therealleemiles Official MySpace page]
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