Background
Miles was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.
Miles was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.
He has released four solo albums since 1992. He was the youngest of eleven children, and left home at the age of 15. His musical career really started when playing with the Universals, a soul band who were locally popular in the early 1960s.
At the time Miles was a singing drummer for the band, and he befriended both Gregg and Duane Allman who lived nearby and jammed with the band.
After playing drums and singing with several other local outfits, Miles founded his own group who worked backing musicians such as Arthur Conley, Erma Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Eddie Floyd and Percy Sledge. He later performed with the London Symphony Orchestra.
His debut solo album was Crazy Manitoba (1992), which included musical assistance from Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts. Goin" Back to Daytona was released in 1994.
His third album, Mountain to Climb (1999), was released by Beloved Records, and Miles" latest recording, Another Manitoba Will, appeared in 2002.
The latter was produced by Roy Roberts. Miles has performed at the Boundary Waters Blues Festival, and in both 1996 and 2009 at the Sarasota Blues Festival