Guitar by James Gilmore, vocals by Anna Rose Beck

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Blues track about how with faith you can survive crisis

Kept on Praising the Lord

While biking up Big Woods road in Chatham County I was falling behind the pack on a sweaty August day.  I thought I could just die here. Then they announced the Chatham Park Development and the possibility of fracking just across the river.  This song is about the history and development pressures that will rapidly changed the beloved rural character of Chatham County.

Songs About North Carolina

Bury Me in Chatham County - Radio Version - Gary Robert Miller - Apex Peak Music

My protest song about the Arab Spring turned into a have vs. have not protest song.  Written about ten years ago, still very relevant today.  Performed with Peak City Blues Project.
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Summer of Discontent - Gary Robert Miller & Peak City Blues Project

Gary Robert Miller is a cousin of Ola Belle Campbell Reed.  She was from Ashe County, NC and played with Gary's step granddad, Elmer Elliot in a mountain string band called the North Carolina Ridge Runners.  Gary spent his early years denying the power of mountain music in the foothills of North Carolina outside Winston-Salem knocking around in bands like The Missing Links, The Individuals and the Vandals.  They were below AWBs.  After many years of “jumping around the bonus room” with an electric guitar Gary returned to acoustic music being drawn back in through the church. “Once you have time to consider things, singing to God is the most important thing you can do.”  Then came the bluegrass period where Gary sang and played reso guitar with More Grass For Less, later called the Riverwood Life Boys. “We had the privilege to play about every school auditorium in Johnston County.” Today Gary is blessed to sing and play at area churches and for Alpha ministry events.  He has converted that bonus room into recording studio and has been fortunate enough to work and record with impressive up and coming talented musicians like Kristen Scott, Ian Verhaeghe (aka the Haitian artist known as Frank-Marc) and Seth Pierce. Living in Apex he manages a music business called Apex Peak Music.  You can hear Gary's work in other bands on Reverbnation.com by searching Peak City Blues Project, Jordan Lake Swimmers and Long Time Gone Band.

Bury Me in Chatham County - Radio Version - Gary Robert Miller - Apex Peak Music

Gary Robert Miller - Apex Peak Music

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