Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller

To those that knew him, Roger Miller was a genius, whether referring to his unbelievable wit, or to his impressive songwriting. However, with the genius came a dark side. In the 1960s and 1970s he was notorious for walking off stage halfway through a show, getting into fights and going days without sleep. He struggled with depression and had a serious addiction to drugs, which cost him two marriages. Miller died at the age of 56 in 1992.

Ain’t Got No Cigarettes is Roger Miller’s extraordinary life as told by those that knew him best: more than sixty well-known musicians and entertainers including Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. A man who influenced some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars, he was respected and loved by his peers.