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, was ignorant and didn't know how to break into show business or how to get out of town or what to do with his life," he said.Dean explained that his dad later had the idea that "if he stole a bunch of stuff from this club, he'd have all he needed to be in show business," leading him to steal equipment and costumes.According to the singer's website, he stole a guitar because he wanted it "so desperately to write songs," and turned himself in the next day.The country singer's son recalled how his father ended up in the Army.
(Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)"The police caught him and the guy that he stole from wrote a letter to the judge and said, 'Please be lenient on this kid.He doesn't know any better.
He's a good kid."' And all this stuff," Dean said."And so they told my dad, 'You can go to jail or you can go in the Army.
Your choice.' And he chose the Army."After joining the Army, Roger was deployed to Korea during the Korean War, which he referred to as the "Korea Clash of '52."Dean recalled his father telling him that while in Korea, "I just spent the whole time hiding under a jeep and crying."Ultimately, his time in the Army helped him in his music career, with Dean saying that is where "he met people in music" and was able to get "recommendations to people back home and started coming to Nashville after that."Miller won 11 Grammy Awards in two years, and was nominated for a total of 18.(Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)CLICK HERE ...