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The Legendary Jerry Miller at Poor House Studio
Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
Jerry Miller (born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American musician, a guitarist and vocalist who was a member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape. Before joining the group, Miller and bandmate Don Stevenson were members of The Frantics, a Pacific Northwest bar band.
He is #68 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. He currently fronts The Jerry Miller Band, which plays primarily around Tacoma Washington. He is an internationally acclaimed guitar legend living in the city where he was born, Tacoma, Washington. A veteran blues man, Jerry has been thrilling audiences for over 50 years. He began in the late 50s, playing and recording with popular Northwest dance-rock bands including the Elegants. But it was amid the music explosion of the 1960s that his career took off. He contributed stellar guitar work to the hit record I Fought the Law and the Law Won and toured the South with the Bobby Fuller Four. After Fuller's untimely death, Jerry returned to the West. In the epicenter of the Cultural Revolution, San Francisco, Moby Grape was formed. Jerry provided the fire behind the three-guitar powerhouse band. Fame came fast and hard. Moby Grape signed with Columbia, recorded half dozen albums, toured the U.S. and Europe, and then slowly fell apart.
Over the years, Jerry has shared the stage with many musical greats such as: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, BB King, and The Doors. A world class player, he delivers some of the most complex riffs imaginable. He is a musicians musician, considered a master of the art form by both his peers and music enthusiasts alike. His avid fans include Jimmy Page, Steven Stills, Taj Mahal, David Fricke, Eric Clapton, and Robert Plant. Eric Clapton called Jerry the "best guitar player in the world" when he first came to the U.S. Just listen to The Way I Love You and it will be clear why Robert Plant cites Jerry as a major influence for Led Zeppelin the band played Moby Grape songs at its first rehearsal. Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead are just two of the famous bands that have covered Jerry Miller songs live and on record.
Fuzzy John Oxendine of Moby Grape
Moby Grapes success was significantly impeded by decades-long legal disputes with their former manager, Matthew Katz. Legal difficulties originated shortly after the groups formation, when Katz insisted that an additional provision be added to his management contract, giving him ownership of the group name. At the time, various group members were indebted to Katz, who had been paying for apartments and various living costs prior to the group releasing its first album. Despite objecting, group members signed, based in part on an impression that there would be no further financial support from Katz unless they did so. Neil Young, then of Buffalo Springfield, was in the room at the time, and kept his head down, playing his guitar, and saying nothing. According to Peter Lewis, I think Neil knew, even then, that was the end. We had bought into this process that we should have known better than to buy into.[6]
The dispute with Katz became more acute after the group members rights to their songs, as well as their own name, were signed away in 1973, in a settlement made without their knowledge between Katz and Moby Grapes then manager (and former producer), David Rubinson. It was also a settlement made at a time when Bob Mosley[7] and Skip Spence[8] were generally recognized as being legally incapacitated from the effects of schizophrenia.
As described by Jeff Tamarkin, The Grapes saga is one of squandered potential, absurdly misguided decisions, bad luck, blunders and excruciating heartbreak, all set to the tune of some of the greatest rock and roll ever to emerge from San Francisco. Moby Grape could have had it all, but they ended up with nothing, and less.
Tiran Porter of Doobie Brothers
Tiran Porter made his name as the bass player of the Doobie Brothers, joining the band in 1971 and remaining with them all the way up through their late-80s/early-90s reunion. In 1995, he released his solo debut, Playing to an Empty House, which mixed light funk rhythms with 70s prog-rock inflections.
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LocationPoor House Studio (View)
91 S. Autumn St.
San Jose, CA 95110
United States
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