Dominic Miller


Dominic James Miller is a British guitarist. He has worked most of his career as a sideman and guitarist for, among others, Julia Fordham, Eddi Reader and notably Sting. He has also released several solo albums.

Career

Miller was born in Hurlingham, Argentina, to an Irish mother and an American father who worked for Johnson Wax. When he was ten, his family moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where the Johnson headquarters was located, and moved to London two years later. Returning to Racine, at fifteen, he performed publicly for the first time at a club in Racine as the only white person in a soul music band. He moved to London and studied at Guildhall School of Music, then returned to the U.S. and took a summer course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also took lessons from Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Tapajós.
In the 1980s, Miller toured as a guitarist for World Party and King Swamp. As a session musician he recorded with the Pretenders, Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Level 42. Since 1990, he has recorded and toured with Sting. He co-wrote the hit song "Shape of My Heart" with Sting. He released his debut solo album, First Touch, in 1995, followed by Second Nature and Third World.
In 2003 he released the classical album Shapes, with interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, Edward Elgar, and Tomaso Albinoni.
His son Rufus is also a guitarist and performs with him. His daughter Misty Miller is a singer-song writer who has released the album The Whole Family Is Worried.
Currently, Miller lives in the south of France.

Discography

  • The Latin/Jazz Guitars of Dominic Miller and Dylan Fowler
  • Music by David Heath & Dominic Miller
  • First Touch
  • Second Nature
  • New Dawn with Neil Stacey
  • Shapes
  • Third World
  • Fourth Wall
  • In a Dream with Peter Kater
  • November
  • 5th House
  • Ad Hoc
  • Hecho en Cuba with Manolito Simonet
  • Silent Light
  • Absinthe
  • ''Vagabond''

    As sideman or guest

With Chris Botti
With Julia Fordham
  • Porcelain
  • Swept
  • Falling Forward
With Vlado Georgiev
  • Do svitanja
  • Daljina
With King Swamp
  • King Swamp
  • Wiseblood
With Level 42
  • Staring at the Sun
  • Guaranteed
With Mike Lindup
  • Changes
  • On the One
  • Changes 2
With Eddi Reader
  • Mirmama
  • Candyfloss and Medicine
With Soraya
  • Torre De Marfil
  • Cuerpo y Alma
With Sting
With William Topley
  • Black River
  • Mixed Blessing
  • Spanish Wells )
  • Sea Fever
With others