He has had many songs recorded by artists including George Jones, Trisha Yearwood, and Jamey Johnson.
Although born in Los Angeles, California, Miller was also raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico and San Antonio, Texas.
[2] He got his musical start in local clubs around Santa Fe, before moving back to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and joining a band called the Sarcastic Hillbillies.
Another single, "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey", was co-written and previously recorded by Brett James, who would later become a popular Nashville songwriter in the 2000s.
[2] In 2000, two country artists charted with singles that Miller co-wrote: Terri Clark's "A Little Gasoline" and Trace Adkins's "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway".