American Idol fans who voted for Alex Miller will be proud of the way he's stuck to his guns. During a visit with Taste of Country, he proved it with a flurry of tribute performances.
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Alex Miller's Miller Time album is out now.
0:00 | What happened to Alex Miller?
0:28 | Who is Alex Miller?
0:45 | Why Alex Miller left American Idol?
1:30 | Alex Miller sings "Free Born Man"
3:30 | Alex Miller interview
4:40 | Alex Miller sings Keith Whitley
Telling Luke Bryan thanks but no thanks wasn't Alex Miller's first moment of defiance. The Season 19 American Idol singer was a country favorite on the show. With his baby face, sturdy stature and strong voice the teen seemed like an easy finalist, if not winner.
What worked once for Scotty McCreery would surely work again, right?
We'll never know. Miller refused to bend his traditional country sound toward the center even after Bryan told him that's what he needed to do to advance deep into the competition. "I feel like I'm kind of a Matt Dillon when it comes to country music," he says, referring to a character from the TV show Gunsmoke. "I do stick to my guns. I do what I enjoy musically. At the end of the day if you can't get up and enjoy what you do, what's the point in doing what you're doing?"
Miller clearly enjoys doing what he's doing during this performance of "Free Born Man," a song he covered on the new Miller Time album.
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