And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche 

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King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller

“My name is Roger Miller, probably one of the greatest songwriters that ever lived, and I have written a few songs, probably eight or nine hundred in my professional career and I would like to do about 700 or 750 here tonight, whatever we have time for.” Bantering with the crowd at a live performance, […]

Oklahoma country music icon Roger Miller gets stellar star-studded homage with ‘King of the Road’ tribute album

Produced by Colby Barnum Wright and Roger Miller’s son Dean Miller, the star-studded “King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller” is out today on BMG. Album cover art provided

A Tribute Fit for the King of the Road

“My name is Roger Miller, probably one of the greatest songwriters that ever lived, and I have written a few songs, probably eight or nine hundred in my professional career and I would like to do about 700 or 750 here tonight, whatever we have time for.”

Exclusive Premiere: Kacey Musgraves Is a “Kansas City Star” on Roger Miller Tribute Album

One of my earliest memories of music is Roger Miller, depicted as a lute-toting rooster, whistling over the credits to Disney’s Robin Hood. The tune still gets stuck in my head on a near daily basis (probably to the chagrin of my wife and colleagues). I rediscovered Miller as a teenager, at a time when songs like […]

Roger Miller Tribute Album ‘King of the Road’ to Feature Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves

Roger Miller was part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, yet a wholly original talent with a densely populated mind from which sprang some of the most noteworthy and enduring songs of the 1960s. Amid the yeah-yeah-yeahs of the British Invasion and the protests that “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” Miller was a poet of the uncommon […]

Roger Miller’s legacy celebrated on tribute album ‘King of the Road’

His songs transcended genre. They topped country and pop charts and were performed everywhere from Broadway to “The Muppet Show.” The singer-songwriter might be best known for his off-kilter sense of humor, evident in songs like “You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd.” But he also penned devastating ballads such as “Husbands and Wives.”