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Jody Miller & Robin Brooks
Miller, known as Myrna Joy Miller to her parents and hometown in Oklahoma, started playing guitar at age 14. As a teen, she joined a folk group and got a steady job playing a local coffeehouse. She was eventually discovered there by the Limelighters’ Lou Gottlieb, who offered his assistance in getting her a recording contract if she would move to L.A. Miller and her husband eventually agreed to go and give it a try. She landed an audition with Capitol Records and she was signed, changing her name to Jody so she would sound “folkier.” She released the album My Country in 1987, a collection of patriotic songs that gained her recognition from President-elect George Bush. Bush asked her to perform at his inaugural ball in 1988. Her daughter later convinced her to concentrate on country music and they began performing as a duo
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