Buddy Miles

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George Allen "Buddy" Miles Jr. (September 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008) was an American rock drummer, singer, guitarist, and producer.

He was a founding member of the Electric Flag (1967), a founding member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys (1969–1970), and later, the Buddy Miles Band.

Miles has also performed and recorded with Carlos Santana and others.

In addition, he appeared lead vocals on the critically and commercially acclaimed "California Raisins" claymation TV commercials and recorded two California Raisins R&B albums.

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Biography and career

Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, on September 5, 1947. Buddy's father performed upright bass for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and others. Miles had begun performing with his father's band, the Bebops, by age 12. For many years, he was in love with his father's band. He was often seen as a teenager hanging out and recording at Universal Promotions Corporation, which later became Rainbow Recording Studio, under the name "Buddy" by his uncle after the drummer Buddy Rich's name.

Miles did not finish high school, not because they did not complete high school. He dropped out of Omaha North High in 1965 in order to be a professional musician. In 1998, Omaha North High gave him an honorary degree.

As a teenager, Miles performed with a variety of rhythm and blues, as well as Wilson Pickett. Miles met Jimi Hendrix at a show in Montreal, where both were performing as sidemen for other artists in 1964.

Miles joined Hendrix in 1967 during a jam session at Stephen Stills' Malibu home. In 1968, they both started playing together in Los Angeles and New York. Miles moved to Chicago in the same year as he formed the Electric Flag, a blues/soul/rock band formed by guitarist Mike Bloomfield and vocalist Nick Gravenites. Miles performed lead vocals for the band, which made its live debut at the Monterey Pop Festival in mid-1967.

The band's first album for Columbia, A Long Time Comin, appeared in early 1968. An American Music Band, the Electric Flag's second album, came later this year. The company was disbanded shortly after its initial unveiling, but not long after. During the recording of the album, Electric Ladyland, Hendrix used several guest artists, including Miles. Miles played drums on one long jam that was eventually split into two albums, "Reality Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" with a different title, "1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be) edited in between.

Miles formed a new band with Jim McCarty, who later became the guitarist for Cactus, at the age 21. The Buddy Miles Express, a new group from the United States, performed and recorded as the Buddy Miles Express. Hendrix wrote a short poem for Expressway To Your Skull, the first studio album to be released by the Buddy Miles Express in 1969. Hendrix went on to produce four of the tracks on the group's follow-up album, Electric Church. The second album's name was taken from Hendrix's poem on the first page.

He appeared on British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin's album Devotion in 1969.

Miles began collaborating with Hendrix and bassist Billy Cox in 1970, after the Buddy Miles Express broke up. They formed Band of Gypsys, which released one self-titled live album before disbanding.

Buddy Miles learned of Hendrix's death on the album's inner jacket in 1970, when making the album We Got to Live Together. We Got to Live Together was released in 1971 by Miles and Robin McBride. It features five songs, including the instrumental "Easy Greasy." "Runaway Child (Little Miss Nothin'), "Walking Down the Highway"), and "We Gotta Live Together" were among the album's tracks. All of the songs were written by Miles with Charlie Karp, except for the latter.

Columbia also released a greatest hits album in 1971, although the Electric Flag had been inactive for nearly three years. Miles and the Electric Flag reformed briefly and on the Atlantic label, in 1974, Miles and the Electric Flag were re-formed for a brief period of time, and The Band Kept Playing album was released on the Atlantic label for the first time.

Miles continued to perform new songs as the Buddy Miles Band. "Them Changes," Miles' own band's one song that had been written and recorded with the Band of Gypsys, was also released by Mercury Records soon after Hendrix's death. Billy Cox, Miles' former band of Gypsys, performed bass guitar on this album. David Hull (who will continue to work with Joe Perry of Aerosmith), as well as guitarist Charlie Karp of the bands Farrenheit and the James Montgomery Blues Band were among the band members. "Them Changes" was included on the Buddy Miles Band's live album, which had become Miles' signature song. The album was released for the fourth time on a live record Miles with Carlos Santana.

Miles recorded Chapter VII of the Gun's Adrian Gurvitz in 1973, as well as drummed on a song from Gurvitz's record Third Man Army's album Third Of A Lifetime. Miles and his families were included in the Chapter VII album cover, as well as a gallery of Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Sly Stone. All The Faces Of Buddy Miles, a CBS album aimed at the funk and soul market, was released by Miles in 1974. "Pull Yourself Together" featured on the R&B charts, giving Miles a chart position on the R&B charts when it first appeared as a 7" single. "I'm Just A Kiss Away," another song on the UK "rare groove" bandwagon, was a huge dance hit amongst enthusiasts of the "rare groove."

Miles was signed by Casablanca Records, the record company. Miles' work for the brand included the album, Bicentennial Gathering of the Tribes (1976), which was released under his own name. The album's liner includes a quote from President John F. Kennedy regarding American Indians. Miles co-produced Roadrunner by longtime friend Jim Paris in the mid 1970s. In 1980, Paris and Miles reunited, and the pair formed Sneak Attack with Buddy's new band The Regiment, which was released by Atlantic Records in 1981.

Miles received a prison term for grand theft in the late 1970s and then a different sentence for auto theft in the early 1980s.

Miles commuted nearly daily to San Rafael to work with a handful of musicians and songwriters at the Ice House Studios in late 1984 and early 1985. The project was quickly moved to the Record Plant in Sausalito, where the group has released over 15 songs ranging from funky, soulful grooves to R&B ballads. Miles was given the opportunity to play with the California Raisins thanks to "Anna," the album's title song. However, the Record Plant was confiscated by the government when its owner was arrested on drug trafficking charges during the album's manufacture. The musicians and workers who were stationed in the studio began referring to the studio as "Club Fed"; hence the term "The Club Fed Sessions." The album was never released.

Miles performed lead vocals on two California Raisins albums in 1986, most notably singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and also performing lead vocals on two California Raisins albums featuring 1960s R&B covers. Carlos Santana's album Freedom performed him in 1986 and 1987. Miles from 1987-1988 formed the Chitlin' Circuit in Southern California and with a new band toured the California coast, as well as the Chitlin' Circuit in the United States south, before disbanding in early 1989.

Miles, as well as guitarists Kevon Smith and Joe Thomas, formed MST while living in Chicago in 1990. Hell and Back appeared in 1994 and 1997, and they toured Europe and Africa. They were also included in the film, Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1997), CAS (1997), starring Patrick Savey.

Miles performed with bassist Bootsy Collins and guitarist Steve Salas under the moniker Hardware, which also released one album under Bill Laswell's titled "Thre Eye Open."

Buddy Miles Express founder Mark "Muggie Doo" Leach on Hammond's back-and-forth band, with Charlie Torres on bass guitar and vocals, Rod Kohn on guitar and vocals, and Kenn Moutenot on drums and handling, as well as Kenn Moutenot on drums and vocals, as well as Kenn Moutenot on drums and vocals, and handling administration from 1994 to 2007. They performed almost nonstop in the United States and abroad, with almost a thousand concerts and festivals to their credit.

Miles moved to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1997. Lance Lopez, a young guitarist from Dallas, began working with him soon. With Jay Newland, he continued to mentor Lopez, co-producing Lopez's debut album, First Things First. In 1999, the Lopez album was released in a self-released format. John Vela on guitars, Ray Salazar on keyboards, Sparky Montoya on keyboards, and Johnny Mendoza on drums were all playing with the Shadowcasters, including John Vela on guitars, John Vela on drums, John Vela on guitars, Johnny Mendoza on drums.

Miles was also seen on Hendrix's family-owned official video site The Making of Electric Ladyland on Rhino Records. The video featured interviews with the majority of players who were involved in the recording of the legendary Hendrix album. Miles appears on the video playing his drum tracks in the studio against Hendrix's original multi-track recordings. Miles appeared on the late Bruce Cameron's album Midnight Daydream, which featured other Hendrix alumni Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell, Jack Bruce, and others.

Miles and Leach in 2000 collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Double Trouble" rhythm section on their album "Buy Miles Blues Berries," which featured Rocky Athas of Black Oak Arkansas. On Jimi Hendrix' "Wind Cries Mary" on the Blue Haze, Songs of Jimi Hendrix album in 2001, this group also produced a spirited recreation of Jimi Hendrix's "Wind Cries Mary." In addition, Miles created and performed several songs with this latest iteration of the Buddy Miles Express, which are yet to be announced. It was Miles' most popular live band. In fact, this touring group stayed for six years with the same artists.

Miles and Leach, as well as a slew of others, continued to play until Buddy's death. The Miles/Leach pair, as well as saxman Patrick Gage and bassist Dave Blackerby, recently released Road to Sturgis, the Children's Craniofacial Foundation's benefit CD. Miles and Leach continued writing new but unreleased music only days before Miles' death.

Miles reunited with Billy Cox of the Band of Gypsys in 2004 to re-record songs from the original 1970 live album with guitarists Eric Gales, Kenny Olsen, Sheldon Reynolds, Andy Aledort, and Gary Serkin. In 2006, The Band of Gypsy Return was released. Miles continued to perform many shows and charities before his death, with proceeds going to assist victims of natural disasters and other charitable causes.

Miles is credited with sessions with George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic.

Miles began working with Florida-based guitar virtuoso Tony Smotherman in 2005, and the two musicians performed various pieces from Miles' collaborations with Jimi Hendrix. Miles and Smotherman last appeared at the Austin Convention Center in 2007's Summer NAMM Exhibition with Vernon Reid of Living Colour.

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