MUSIC NEWS - Nashville singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, Buddy Miller suffered a heart attack in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, February 20. He was on tour with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin as part ot the "3 Girls And Their Buddy" tour. Mr Miller, 56, was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and he underwent a successful triple-bypass heart surgery. Miller will be recovering in Baltimore for several weeks and unable to make the final February 20 thru 22 tour dates.
His songs have been recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Lee Ann Womack, Brooks & Dunn and others. He's a veteran of Harris' Spyboy band, and in 2008 was touring as a featured instrumentalist in the Robert Plant - Alison Krauss' band. As a producer, he's worked albums for Solomon Burke, Allison Moorer, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and others. He has been working as producer on a new Patty Griffin album.
Miller is married to Nashville singer-songwriter Julie Miller, and the two have a duo album coming out on March 3 via New West Records.
UPDATE- 3/6/09 - Buddy's mgmt company reports that he's now at home recuperating, and doing well !
heart surgery is preferred now over angioplasty.
Posted by: heart surgery | Jun 19, 2009 at 03:04 AM