If a song is really good, if it kicks you in the head, that's what I like." "But I'm just a fan of good songs, and I really don't care if they're country or rock or whatever. "My dad's a big-band musician, so he really hates what I do," Miller said.
Miller is also a fan of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, and as a native of northern Virginia, of course he's "a bluegrass nut." He also loves Paul Simon, especially for his alliteration, and Al Stewart, for his poetic side, and Ira Louvin of the Louvin Brothers. Miller's first songwriting hero was John Prine. And then they pretty much produce themselves." "I just don't think too many people understand - we get lumped into alt(ernative)-country or modern country or country-rock, or people want to know, 'What the hell are you guys?' We're just trying to write good songs. "It ought to be tres good, if we have the songs, because that's where it all starts," Miller said. The V-Roys will probably record their second album with Earle as well, but they want to exploit the possibilities of the studio a little bit more. We just flew in a few backwards tracks, and there's some steel guitar on it and Hammond organ in different spots." I think Steve wanted the record to represent the band pretty much, as a four-piece, and that we could do the songs live without having a lot of B.S. "We pretty much knew what we were trying to do going in there. He's just as important and just as much of a genius," Miller said. He really understands the structure of a song and what instruments you need. In any case, Kennedy's role in the studio was just as vital, Miller said. "But I think with the record, it's taken on its own life." "We didn't want to be 'Steve Earle's band,' " Miller said. However, the members did have some reservations about working with an artist of Earle's stature. Miller said the band had been interested in getting Earle to produce from the time it hooked up with Praxis. "He (Earle) was just getting finished with his 'vacation,' as he calls it, and decided to keep us," Miller said. After Praxis went under, Emerson started E-Squared with Earle, who had completed a prison term for drug abuse and was beginning a remarkable career comeback. Actually, Earle sort of inherited the band, which was originally discovered by Jack Emerson of Zoo/Praxis, the fine label that brought you Webb Wilder, Billy Joe Shaver and Sonny Landreth a few years back.
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