QUICK TAKES - Feb. 24, 2009

Musician and producer Buddy Miller successfully underwent heart surgery Friday after complaining that he didn’t feel well after a performance in Baltimore the previous night.

He remains hospitalized but is expected to be released soon.

Miller, whose latest album with his wife, Julie, “Written in Chalk,” comes out next week, is hoping to make scheduled performances in mid-March for the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, his publicist said.