The country artist Rhett Miller comes from a successful Texan family. Despite
his secure upbringing he had a troubled teenage life and at the age of 14,
unable to cope with the bullying he was subjected to at school, attempted to
take his own life. The incident indirectly helped the boy turn his life around
because he immersed himself in his music as a way of coping with bouts of
depression.
He played his first gig when he was 15 at the 500 Cafe in Dallas and began
establishing a name for himself performing at venues around Texas. He went on to
find work on the national circ...