John R. Miller

Got to pay a visit to the Heritage Guitars / Harmony factory in Kalamazoo, right there in the old Gibson building. They're still carrying on the real deal today, with genuine old-era equipment and specs, and still building incredible instruments by hand right here in Michigan. Thanks so much for showing us around guys! 🙏🤘

We’re kicking off this summer’s tour tonight in Evanston, IL! See you out there 🚐💨

Tickets: https://jrmillermusic.com/

Two weeks 'til we head out on The Great Unknowing Tour with special guests Wayne Graham, William Matheny, Of The Dell, Darrin Hacquard, and Olivia Ellen Lloyd.

We’ve also added a hometown stop at the Shepherdstown Opera House on July 17th to celebrate the album release!

Get Tickets: https://jrmillermusic.com/

Looking forward to coming back to the Grand Ole Opry on July 23rd with new songs from "The Great Unknowing"

Tickets: https://www.opry.com/show/2026-07-23-grand-ole-opry-opry-100-at-7-pm

Listen to William Matheny's new single "I Wish I Was Back In West Virginia (feat. John R. Miller)" here: https://soundlymusic.ffm.to/wm-westvirginia

There’s no shortage of great songs about West Virginia, but for my money the two best are Utah Phillips’ “Green Rolling Hills” and Hazel Dickens’ “West Virginia, My Home” - two songs that function both as love letters to home as well as laments of being forced to leave the place you love and not always being able to return to it. In most ways, these songs describe West Virginia as an idealized potential afterlife for the singer. A version of heaven where you didn’t have to “move away into some crowded city” or “pay the price for the leaving.” If such a place exists for me, I know I’d be happy if it was nothing more than a pot of strong coffee brewing on a Saturday morning and “Hazel & Alice” on the turntable.

“I Wish I Was Back in West Virginia” is my best attempt at something like that. Another rock in the stream of WV songwriting that has flowed long before me and will continue to flow after I’m gone. I’ve been playing it live off and on for many years now and it seemed like the right time to get it down for posterity. It’s out now everywhere.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Justin Francis
Mastered by Raelynn Janicke at Infrasonic

WM - vocals, guitar
Adam Meisterhans - guitar
Bud Carroll - guitar
John R Miller - vocals, bass
Jeremy Batten - piano
Clint Sutton - drums

Art by jen

🚨 FOUNDATION & BIKE STAGES ANNOUNCED! More sets and schedules for these stages will be released in July.

Big thanks to 11th Hour Racing and Illiterate Light for all the Bike Stage support!

And special thanks to all the artist joining us!
belle
Casey Gomez Walker
Community Chapstick
Gwenifer Raymond
Jackie Evans
John R Miller
Jordan Klepper
Lily Fitts
Madi Diaz
Morgan Meyn Nagler
nabeel - نبيل
Operation Encore
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Stephen Covell
Taylor Hollingsworth
Taylor Goldsmith
Hudson Freeman