Roger Miller given stark choice after getting caught stealing: ‘You can go to jail or you can go in the Army’
Roger Miller's son is getting candid about why his famous father joined the Army as a teenager.During a recent interview on the "Drifting Cowboy" podcast, the country music legend's son, Dean Miller, discussed how his father grew up "on a farm with no electricity" and would spend the weekends driving to Amarillo, Texas to play shows at a nightclub in an effort to break into the music industry."He would play at this one club, and he was friends with the guy and my dad, as he describes it, was ignorant and didn't know how to break into show business or how to get out of town or what to do with his life," he said.Dean explained that his dad later had the idea that "if he stole a bunch of stuff from this club, he'd have all he needed to be in show business," leading him to steal equipment and costumes. According to the singer's website, he stole a guitar because he wanted it "so desperately to write songs," and turned himself in the next day."The police caught him and the guy that he stole from wrote a letter to the judge and said, 'Please be lenient on this kid.
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Roger Miller's son is getting candid about why his famous father joined the Army as a teenager.During a recent interview on the "Drifting Cowboy" podcast, the country music legend's son, Dean Miller, discussed how his father grew up "on a farm with no electricity" and would spend the weekends driving to Amarillo, Texas to play shows at a nightclub in an effort to break into the music industry."He would play at this one club, and he was friends with the guy and my dad, as he describes it, was ignorant and didn't know how to break into show business or how to get out of town or what to do with his life," he said.Dean explained that his dad later had the idea that "if he stole a bunch of stuff from this club, he'd have all he needed to be in show business," leading him to steal equipment and costumes. According to the singer's website, he stole a guitar because he wanted it "so desperately to write songs," and turned himself in the next day."The police caught him and the guy that he stole from wrote a letter to the judge and said, 'Please be lenient on this kid. He doesn't know any better. He's a good kid."' And all this stuff," Dean said.
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- Roger Miller's son is getting candid about why his famous father joined the Army as a teenager.During a recent interview on the "Drifting Cowboy" podcast, the country music legend's son, Dean Miller, discussed how his father grew up "on a farm with no electricity" and would spend the weekends driving to Amarillo, Texas to play shows at a nightclub in an effort to break into the music industry."He would play at this one club, and he was friends with the guy and my dad, as he describes it, was ignorant and didn't know how to break into show business or how to get out of town or what to do with his life," he said.Dean explained that his dad later had the idea that "if he stole a bunch of stuff from this club, he'd have all he needed to be in show business," leading him to steal equipment and costumes. According to the singer's website, he stole a guitar because he wanted it "so desperately to write songs," and turned himself in the next day."The police caught him and the guy that he stole from wrote a letter to the judge and said, 'Please be lenient on this kid.
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