The older musician recruited Miller to come to play at several bars and assured the young man that he could get him in, underage though he was. At 17, then living in California, Miller met a piano player who was then working for Tommy Castro. Guitarist David Miller grew up listening to blues in Texas. Today he is endorsed by several drum equipment companies and is an instructor at the prestigious Seattle Drum School. Tommy cut his teeth in blues as a drummer for the house band at Blues Central in Anchorage Alaska, where he eventually became a first-call drummer who played all over the state before moving to Seattle in 2005. The band includes Polly on vocals and bass, Tommy Cook on drums, and David Miller on guitar. Pulling in influences from zydeco, country, funk, jazz, rockabilly, surf, and rock and roll, she and her trio, Polly O’Keary and the Rhythm Method, bring a searing and joyful performance of today’s blues to audiences across the U.S. Polly O’Keary is today’s blues woman, rooted in tradition, but informed by the 21st Century.
