February 6, 2004

WEDNESDAY: As the strippers in "Gypsy" advised, you gotta have a gimmick. And rootsy songwriter Scott Miller has one.

His latest tour follows Amtrak's Crescent Line from New Orleans to New York, following the tune "Amtrak Crescent" off his latest release, "Upside/Downside."

Raised in Virginia and now based in Knoxville, Tenn., the former V-Roy, and his band, the Commonwealth, pull into the Tribeca Rock Club (16 Warren St.; [212] 766-1070).