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Tom Miller

Portland, Oregon

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MILLER, TOM 1951-2006 A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. Thomas John Miller, an accomplished and much loved Portland musician, left us on June 16, 2006. He leaves a big hole. Perhaps best remembered as the stand-up bass player in the Swingline Cubs, one of Portland's musical legends, his first band, the...

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Thinking of Tom today We played together in the 70s in a country western band for a short time. Once I was visiting Tom at his home and he taught his cat tricks now that is something never seen that before or since. I also played with his brother Jim we had a duo for a short time. Miss you both all gone to soon

I played a fair amount of music with Tom in a wedding band for a while in the late 90's. As this obituary states, Tom was always full of good cheer and good spirit. He left us way too young.

He was my grandfather, I never got to meet him as he sadly passed away from lung cancer

My favorite line of Tom‘s was a reply to a nurse during all his later chemo bouts. The nurse came to Tom later in this particular session and asked, “How are you doing, Tom?“ And slowly extending his hand with his thumb raised, asked, with a straight face, “Great! does this smell infected?”

I was at All Saints with Tommy. He was always a sweet guy. I went to lots and lots of "The Echoes" rehearsals with my friends Jan and Robyn. They are very happy memories. I just know wherever he is now, he's still making people smile.