Johnny Miles is a writing-recording-performing artist, based out of Philadelphia, whose musical manifestations and permutations have haunted stages large and small since 2004.  Whether smashing and crashing with raucous rock and roll or whispering in your ear with heartbreaking lullabies, Miles’ work is all about the song itself and his impressive catalog takes center stage. His latest release When The Saints Sleep was named “Best of 2010” by WXPN and recent appearances at Kimmel Center and Philadelphia Folk Festival have helped to solidify his growing reputation as a writer and performer to be reckoned with...


The Waywards:
Carl Cheeseman - lead guitar
Nate Gonzalez - keys
Jeff Hiatt - bass
Al Gibson - drums
Chrissi Miles - vocals


Influences: 
fireworks, fireplaces, american history, camden, philadelphia, bob dylan, the beatles, the band, bars, empty notebooks, forrests, farms, fields, very old photographs, mark twain, tom waits, neil young, park benches, string sections, roy orbison, john steinbeck, john lennon, jack daniels, jack kerouac, jackson pollock, john coltrane, visiting faraway places, dr seuss, dr pepper, big bad brass sections, wilco, the ramones, the kinks, hot coffee, woody guthrie, the velvet underground, the appalachian trail, vincent van gogh, sergio leone, wild animals, lousy day jobs, daniel day-lewis, leonard cohen, ryan adams & the cardinals, cowmuddy, beck, beethoven, birdie busch, billie holiday, son house, hank williams, hezekiah jones, homemade mugs of hot tea, iggy pop & the stooges, fat slow snowfalls, miles davis, marlon brando, american present, american future, days off, the delaware, cooper & schuylkill rivers, kurt vonnegut, charles bukowski, cormac mccarthy, dostoevsky, thelonious monk, charles mingus, ani difranco, howard zinn, hunter s thompson, townes van zandt, zion national park, sean penn, poverty, bruce springsteen & the e street band, ken burns, otis redding, robert johnson, makers mark, mt washington, mississippi john hurt, various combinations of meats & cheeses, cracked sidewalks, broken glass, cumulus clouds, accapella vocal harmonies, empty wine bottles, wes anderson, walt whitman, charlie rose, the atlantic ocean, the rolling stones...& a bunch of other stuff too....