Gene "Bowlegs" Miller

Gene "Bowlegs" Miller (May 27, 1933 – December 25, 1987) was an American trumpeter and band leader.

Miller performed in clubs on Beale Street, in Memphis, Tennessee, when that area was a flourishing center of nightlife, playing with such entertainers as Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, Maurice Hulbert, Jr., and Ma Rainey. He played with bandleaders Tuff Green and Phineas Newborn, Sr.

Miller formed his own band, Bowlegs & His Band, in the early 1960s, playing regularly at Memphis clubs, including the Flamingo Room, Club Handy, and Currie's Club Tropicana and, later, the Rosewood, Club Paradise, and the Manhattan Club.

He has directed, arranged, written, produced and played with many leading entertainers, such as Otis Redding,O. V. Wright, Little Jr. Parker, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Joe Simon, Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett,Jerry Butler, B.B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Al Green, Denise LaSalle,Nancy Wilson, Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Onzie Horne, Etta James,Ollie Nightingale,Johnny Nash, James Carr, and Willie Mitchell.

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