20 Facts About Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller's family lived in Highland Park, Texas, where he went to Armstrong Elementary School.

In 4th grade, Rhett Miller was hospitalized for several months due to a severe inner-ear problem.

Rhett Miller started taking guitar lessons when he was 12 years old and writing songs when he was 13.

Rhett Miller has said that his time at St Mark's was very difficult, and that he was ostracized and bullied, leading to depression which culminated in a suicide attempt at the age of 14.

Also in high school, Rhett Miller edited St Mark's literary magazine and helped start an alternative literary magazine called The Rag, for which he wrote poetry.

In 1989, Rhett Miller graduated from St Mark's School of Texas.

Rhett Miller briefly attended Sarah Lawrence College on a creative writing scholarship before deciding to move back to Texas to pursue a music career.

In 1989, while still in high school, Rhett Miller released an album called Mythologies.

In 1990, when Rhett Miller returned to Dallas after his semester at college, Rhett Miller formed a band called Sleepy Heroes with childhood friend and future Old 97's bassist Murry Hammond.

Rhett Miller played with the band for a few weeks in the summer of 1993 before being replaced by Philip Peeples who has remained the band's drummer ever since.

In 2006, Rhett Miller released The Believer on the Verve Forecast label.

In 2011, Rhett Miller self-released a live recording of The Interpreter: Live at Largo.

The record, a Maximum Sunshine release which Rhett Miller self-produced, included collaborations with Rosanne Cash and Ben Kweller.

In 2015, Rhett Miller released his sixth solo record, called The Traveler, on ATO Records.

Rhett Miller has written short stories, essays and articles that have appeared in Rolling Stone, The Baffler, Bookforum, Sports Illustrated, McSweeney's, The Atlantic, and Salon.

In 2016, Rhett Miller appeared as part of the Okay to Say initiative sponsored by the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute in Dallas, which encourages the use of therapy to prevent suicide and address mental health issues.

Rhett Miller said that Jason Isbell encouraged him to talk publicly about his sobriety.

Rhett Miller shared journal writing about their experience, which was published in The Atlantic in September 2011.

In 2002, Rhett Miller married former model Erica Iahn a week after he completed production of The Instigator.

Iahn found out she was pregnant with their first child, Max, while Rhett Miller was on tour with Tori Amos to promote the album.