Miller Miller Miller & Sloan

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Miller Miller Miller & Sloan
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genres Funk
Rap
Blue-eyed soul
Pop
Years active1979–1993
LabelsMeaningful Records
Past membersC.B. Miller, Michael Miller, Dan Miller, Blake Sloan

Miller Miller Miller & Sloan was an American funk/Pop band, based in New York City, that reached its zenith in the early 1980s. [1] The band was made up of the three Miller brothers Dan, C.B. "Barney" and Mike, plus and their childhood friend, Blake Sloan. The band opened for The Clash, [2] as well as Tom Tom Club and Chaka Khan, playing prominent venues such as The Ritz and CBGB's.

The band was the subject of the documentary film, Miller Miller Miller & Sloan: We Don't Wanna Make You Dance, [3] by director Lucy Kostelanetz. The movie inspired a new Facebook page [4] for the band which links to their many music videos and other band information.

Miller, Miller, Miller & Sloan appear (as Miller, Miller, Miller & Sloane) in the Jonathan Lethem novel, "Fortress Of Solitude". [5]

Mike Miller, the band's vocalist/percussionist is now a solo artist known as Mr. Shy. [6]

Guitarist Barney Miller went on to a solo career as The Legendary Barney Miller. His music is available on iTunes, Spotify, Tidle, and other music streaming services. He also has a Facebook page. [7] [8]

Dan Miller, the band's rhythm guitarist, later cofounded the Duck Corporation, later On2 Technologies. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Jonathanlethem.com Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 1981 Tour Schedule Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "We Don't Wanna Make You Dance on iTunes". iTunes . Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MillerX3Sloan/ [ user-generated source ]
  5. ↑ Excerpt from Fortress Of Solitude
  6. ↑ Mr-shy.com
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/The-Legendary-Barney-Miller-192833250763643/ [ user-generated source ]
  8. ↑ "The Legendary Barney Miller on Apple Music". iTunes .
  9. ↑ http://www.squiggle.com/danbmil/dmcv.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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