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Floyd Miles (born April 13, 1943) is an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released four solo albums since 1992.〔 ==Life and career== Miles was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. He was the youngest of eleven children, and left home at the age of 15.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Floyd Miles - Bio )〕 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.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Young Duane Allman: The Floyd Miles Interview )〕 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. Through his friendship of the Allman's, Miles moved on to supply guitar backing to Clarence Carter.〔〔 He later performed with the London Symphony Orchestra.〔 His debut solo album was ''Crazy Man'' (1992), which included musical assistance from Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Crazy Man'' - Credits )〕 ''Goin' Back to Daytona'' was released in 1994. Miles gained a higher national prominence when he played with the Gregg Allman & Friends ensemble on tour.〔 His third album, ''Mountain to Climb'' (1999), was released by Beloved Records, and Miles' latest recording, ''Another Man Will'', appeared in 2002.〔 The latter was produced by Roy Roberts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Another Man Will'' > Credits )〕 Miles has performed at the Boundary Waters Blues Festival, and in both 1996 and 2009 at the Sarasota Blues Fest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Floyd Miles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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