David Miner (Born Los Angeles, California on June 28, 1942), sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of Grace Slick's The Great Society in the 1960s. Miner sang most of the lead vocals in the early days of the band and would also write a number of songs including "That's How It Is," "You Can't Cry," and "Daydream Nightmare." d Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, and also as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the... The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco rock band in the burgeoning Haight Ashbury folk-psychedelic style pervasive during the time of its existence, 1965 to 1966. ...

Miner left the Great Society in 1966 and went on to work with countless artists including T Bone Burnett, The Alpha Band, Leon Russell, Leo Kottke, Elvis Costello, Peter Case, Tonio K., Sam Phillips, Mark Heard, Randy Stonehill, Roy Orbison, The Choir, Jefferson Airplane, and others. Cover of Proof Through the Night, 1983. ... The Alpha Band was a rock band formed in July of 1976 from the remnants of Bob Dylans Rolling Thunder Revue. ... Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus August 25, 1954 in London) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. ... Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to folk rock to solo acoustic performance. ... Steve Krikorian (April 15, 1949 - ) aka Tonio K was born in Palm Desert, California. ... Leslie Ann Phillips, aka Sam Phillips, (born January 28, 1962) is an American singer and a songwriter. ... Cover of Mystery Mind John Mark Heard (1951-August 1992) was a record producer, singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia. ... Randy Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer/songwriter from Stockton, California. ... Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed The Big O, was an influential American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. ... The Choir are an atmospheric alternative Christian Rock band. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ...

Miner is married to singer/songwriterKate Miner and was recently inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. He has four kids. Kate Miner Kate Miner (born Pam Dwinell in San Diego, California) is an American singer and songwriter. ...

Clearly, there are numerous David Miners. The David Miner who co-founded The Great Society along with Gerry, Darby, and Grace Slick as well as Bard Du Pont was born as Michael David Miner on July 24, 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas. He did receive some writer's credits as D Minor because of his illegible handwriting. He didn't work with any other known musicians, although he did play with local bands in New York City, such as The Axles, Avatar, and The New Race-- all during the 1980's.

After leaving The Great Society in 1966, He went to college at the University of Texas at El Paso and The State University of New York at Binghamton, earning a B.A. and an M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, helped along by winning a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a National Defense Education Act Fellowship. After teaching in the City University of New York for 8 years, he went into business and led a quiet life.

Currently he is again making music as Helion Magister. He released his first new album, Vaquero, on his own Minertavr Records in 2004 and is currently working on another album called, rather lengthily, Songs I wrote In The 60's But never Played The Way I Felt Until Now.

He still lives in New York City (Queens County) and is still pretty quiet. He has 4 children and was never married to Kate.