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Born in September, 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky, Glenn Miller started playing the banjo at age eleven. Once he was sixteen and could drive, he began jamming and playing at local clubs and festivals like the Lincoln Jamboree, the Shepherdsville Country Music Park, the Pine Wood Jamboree, and the Squire Boone Caverns. As soon as he graduated from high school, he became the banjo player with the Kentucky Ramblers and spent the next three years on the road, opening and headlining countless bluegrass festivals. Every weekend brought the band a new concert lineup as they appeared with the biggest names in bluegrass: Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Larry Sparks, Dave Evans, the Osborne Brothers, and J.D. Crowe were just a few of these. |
In 1986, Miller left the Kentucky Ramblers and moved to Nashville to work for the Opryland Corporation. He spent the next 10 years as the staff banjo player for the Opryland Talent Agency, a job that gave him the opportunity to perform on stage at the Opry with stars like Roy Acuff, Del Reese, Gene Johnson, and The Reno Brothers.
In addition to his full time work at the Opry, he played in a number of groups at local venues outside Opryland. On more than 20 occasions, Miller appeared on stage with Bill Monroe at the Station Inn, Nashville's most famous bluegrass club. Like many musicians before him, Miller eventually tired of the travel and relentless scheduling demands of performing. |
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Glenn Miller Creator of Banjo Academy (World's first virtual college devoted entirely to Bluegrass Banjo-ology) |