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sheri miller at her cd release show 2008 . kevin charley drayton , gerry leonard , shawn mullins , j.d. killen souther , jill sobule , paul shaffer , steve cropper , , shawn pelton , frank filipetti will lee -lrb- bassist -rrb- , 2000 -- present sherece miller manhattan , new york city , new york sheri miller
 sheri miller solo_singer february 20 vocals , piano , guitar rock , pop , jazz sherimiller2.jpg long island , new york , united states sheri hope miller singer-songwriter , musician
sheri miller

sheri miller is a singer/songwriter ; she was born in long island , new york .
her mother was an opera-singer and classical pianist , and her uncle was a recording engineer , who worked with chick corea , james brown , and smokey robinson .
sheri began taking classical piano lessons at an early age , and began to compose her own original songs and teaching herself acoustic guitar , singing along with ella fitzgerald , etta james , billie holiday , bonnie raitt , the beatles and the beach boys .
while singing in local blues bands , writing songs , and getting a degree in english/poetry at the university of pennsylvania , at a church sale she found a small casio keyboard she had dreamed of , to help her write songs in her bedroom , instead of walking 20 minutes to the jazz piano practice room , which led to sheri to writing songs on her new keyboard daily .
sheri then moved back to new york , and started playing in venues like rockwood music hall , living room , canal room , joe 's pub , bowery ballroom , b.b. king 's , world café live , and hotel cafe .
upon releasing her debut ep , `` mantra '' in 2008 , sheri was named one of music connection magazine 's `` hot 100 unsigned artists '' , and asked to join a 4-part vocal harmony group , the delilahs , which signed to sony records .
since leaving the group , sheri has opened shows for shawn mullins , locally for norah jones and lady gaga , and written with writer j.d. souther of the eagles , jill sobule , kim richey , shawn mullins , marcus hummon , al anderson of nrbq , and lauren christy of the matrix as well as other grammy-award winning songwriters .
sheri 's second album , `` winning hand '' is produced by kevin killen and was released on may 24 , 2011 .
she is now recording new material , produced by will lee , to be released in 2012 ; it features paul shaffer on b3 organ and piano , steve cropper on electric guitar , will lee -lrb- bassist -rrb- on bass , shawn pelton on drums , tabitha fair and will lee on background vocals , and is mixed by frank filipetti .
influences : beatles , jon brion , fiona apple , elvis , stevie wonder , johnny cash , etta , james rodgers , ella fitzgerald , joni mitchell , rickie lee jones , ron sexsmith , the stones , donny hathaway , otis redding , nina simone , sarah vaughn , bach , tchaikovsky , beethoven , muddy waters , dinah washington , miles davis , charles bukowski , maya angelou .
sheri resides in new york city
