Derek Miller

On stage he’s a cool drink of water in a pinned striped suit and a confident swagger. He pounds on his guitars and sizzles with a slide looking like he’s channeling every great bluesman to ever put a finger to a string. He’s got wit, humor, a slightly devilish gleam in his eyes and a smile that could charm all the birds out of their trees. Yet he’s also about as genuine, easy-going and self-effacing a person as you could ever hope to meet. Career-wise, the past few years have been almost ludicrously busy. He followed up the 1999 Sketches EP with 2002’s soulful Music is the Medicine...