After a month long absence the podcast series is back. I have overcome the great cold of 2013 and exited the other side of the tunnel with this show which I am really excited to post.
Last Friday I headed to Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza and Live Music to catch up with Scott Miller and was introduced to his musical partner, fiddle player, Rayna Gellert. Prior to the show they were both nice of to have a little conversation with me and play a couple of phenomenal tunes for all of us.
When we were doing the show out of Matt’s home studio a few years ago, Scott came down and recorded a show with us. Unfortunately that was lost to a bad hard drive and never saw the light of day again….but, now we have this show to replace it.
Scott just released an excellent record, Big Big World, last week and we talk about it, he and Rayna meeting, and most importantly, cattle farming.
A couple quick notes about the show at Natalie’s. The duo played for nearly 2 hours to a capacity crowd, and touched on just about every album Scott has ever released. Their on stage chemistry was perfect and Rayna’s fiddle playing and harmony vocals added elements to the songs that exceeded even my expectations. While I have never seen Scott with any other backing musicians, I have to imagine that any configuration would be hard pressed to surpass what he and Gellert delivered that night. Highlights for me were a great version of “8 Miles a Gallon” from Citation, and “How Am I Gonna Be Me” from the new record.
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You can find out more about Scott at www.TheScottMiller.com and Rayna at www.RaynaGellert.com
Thank you and enjoy: