Miller was born July 2, 1954, at the historic St. Ann's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
He has a wife, Beth, a son named Michael who plays guitar in the JiMiller Band, and two stepchildren, Reid and Sarah Street.
It was named for the ouroboros, an ancient symbol for infinity, depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.
[1] They co-founded the Rock & Reggae Festival in 1984 with First Light at Meadowoods Farm, originally as a benefit for the Cleveland Free Clinic.
They have performed since their founding, sharing the stage with such notable bands and artists as String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, Little Feat, Rusted Root and the Rhythm Devils, and produced four CDs.