Roger Miller given stark choice after getting caught stealing: ‘You can go to jail or you can go in the Army’

Roger Miller's son is getting candid about why his famous father joined the Army as a teenager.

During a recent interview on the "Drifting Cowboy" podcast, the country music legend's son, Dean Miller, discussed how his father grew up "on a farm with no electricity" and would spend the weekends driving to Amarillo, Texas to play shows at a nightclub in an effort to break into the music industry.

"He would play at this one club, and he was friends with the guy and my dad, as he describes it...