Dominic Miller

Miller was born in Hurlingham, Argentina,^[1][2] to an Irish mother and an American father who worked for Johnson Wax.^[3] When he was ten, his family moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where the Johnson headquarters was located, and moved to London two years later.^[4] Returning to Racine, at fifteen, he performed publicly for the first time at a club in Racine as the only white person in a soul music band.^[5] He moved to London and studied at Guildhall School of Music, then returned to the U.S. and took a summer course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.^[3] He also took lessons from Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Tapajós.

In the 1980s, Miller toured as a guitarist for World Party and King Swamp. As a session musician he recorded with the Pretenders, Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Level 42. Since 1990, he has recorded and toured with Sting.^[6][7] He co-wrote the hit song "Shape of My Heart" with Sting. He released his debut solo album, First Touch, in 1995, followed by Second Nature and Third World.^[8]

In 2003 he released the classical album Shapes, with interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, Edward Elgar, and Tomaso Albinoni.^[9]

His son Rufus (b. June 1985 in Hammersmith) is also a guitarist and performs with him.^[10] His daughter Misty Miller is a singer-song writer who has released the album The Whole Family Is Worried.^[11][12]

Currently, Miller lives in the south of France.^[13][14]

• The Latin/Jazz Guitars of Dominic Miller and Dylan Fowler (Music Factory, 1984)
• Music by David Heath & Dominic Miller (Grapevine, 1985)
• First Touch (EarthBeat!, 1995)
• Second Nature (Rutis/BMG, 1999)
• New Dawn with Neil Stacey (Naim, 2002)
• Shapes (Decca, 2004)
• Third World (Alula, 2005)
• Fourth Wall (Q-Rious, 2006)
• In a Dream with Peter Kater (Point of Light, 2008)
• November (Q-Rious, 2010)
• 5th House (Q-Rious, 2012)
• Ad Hoc (Q-Rious, 2014)
• Hecho en Cuba with Manolito Simonet (Q-Rious, 2016)
• Silent Light (ECM, 2017)
• Absinthe (ECM, 2019)
• Vagabond (ECM, 2023)