Allan Byer Band

Artist Information

Biography

ALLAN BYER - CENTRAL OREGON’S EVERYMAN SINGER/SONGWRITER

It’s heartening to encounter an Artist that takes his role in the world, his voice and his vision, seriously, who dares to imagine that art can matter in the unglamorous world of everyday survival, and that the every day world bears artistic expression. One such artist is Central Oregon singer/songwriter guitarist Allan Byer.

For over 25 years Byer has crafted his songs of love, wonder, pain and hope with power and eloquence. He can comment on the spiritual search or poke fun at fast food or political injustice with equal ability. Always grounded in compassion for the human condition, at his best, Byer reflects back to us our own struggles to envision the world as it could be. At the core of his work is a profound reverence for life and the gifts of this world. He explores the possibility of seeing the world as it is and not losing heart.

His latest album, “Money Talks Too Much,” does just that with 17 finely crafted songs speaking about the world as it is while offering a vision of what it could be. Dean Prescott, Mirror Time Records, produced the album and plays lead guitar and percussion behind Byer. Ed “the whistler” Sharlet adds his unique skills whistling and singing harmonies. Kim Lakehomer adds tasteful flute and penny whistle on five cuts, and Byer’s daughter Halla makes her professional debut singing on two songs. while long-time partner Matt Engle adds lead guitar on “Falling Down.” Selections from this album can be found on internet radio stations: www.mediapositiveradio.com and www.positivemusicassociation.com POZ radio. This is a rootsy all acoustic album.

REVIEWS
Bend’s Source calls his music “an eclectic mix of rootsy instrumentation and harmonies that breaths fresh air with wide-reaching inspirations.“ The Redmond Spokesman says, “Allan Byer is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter who plays a smokin’ guitar.” The Source later says, “Local groover Byer delights listeners with his refreshingly original acoustic folk rock sounds.” The Bend Bugle says, “Allan Byer and his group provide a night full of originality and character.” Bend Bulletin’s Andy Whipple says of Byer‘s debut cd, “He delivers a pleasant surprise. It’s a declaration of faith and self-confidence, proving up on the optimistic claim staked out in the title (“Sometimes It Works“).
STYLES
BYER TOUCHES ALL THE BASES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLUES, FOLK, COUNTRY, ROCK, AND JAZZ.

VENUES
Byer has played over 100 gigs each year since 2000 as a solo act (on guitar, harmonica, and vocals),
in Duo with Doc Sackman on flute, hot-licks guitar player Matt Engle, bassman Hal Worcester, or “Ed the Whistler” or as a Trio with Worcester and new comer Jamie Morris on electric guitars. Venues played include many of Central Oregon‘s most popular clubs and restaurants as well as major Fairs and Festivals including Bend’s Summer, Fall, and Winter Music Festivals, the Deschutes and Crook County Fairs, Concerts on the Green, Conscious Living Expos, the Collage of Culture, Sun River’s “Music in the Village” and Cafe Libri concert series, and the Sisters Folk Festival. He’s taken his music on the road to the University of Portland, WOSU, Cafe Paradiso and the Eugene Saturday Mkt. (in Eugene), the Beaneries in Corvallis and Eugene, Riddle’s Sawdust Jubilee Fest, Cottage Grove’s Bohemia Days, and clubs in the Tillamook area.

AWARDS & AIR-PLAY
Byer recently had seven songs in the top ten at "http://www.positivemusicradio.com", an internet radio station w/ "Never Give Up" at #1 for 8 months. Byer has been the featured guest on Bend’s KLRR 101.7 FM Homegrown Music Showcase many times since Aug. ’99 and has had several songs played on that station regularly. In Eugene, he has garnered air-play on KLCC’s folk music shows and “Blues Power” and been featured on the Q104 in The Dalles. He’s also appeared on COTV’s Good Morning Central Oregon many times since he debuted the weekly music feature in Aug. 2003. Bend's newest station, KPOV, features him on Saturdays regularly.
Byer has won 17 Song of the Month awards as part of Central Oregon Songwriters Association and took a “Folk Song of the Year Awards” with his song “Storm” in 2001 and “Song of the Nations“ in 2003. His debut cd “Sometimes It Works’ was produced at MirrorTime Records in Prineville and released in Jan. 2000. His second cd, “Your Voice,” produced at Musi-Tech Studios in Redmond, , was released on the Mirror Time Records label in Jan. of 2004. His current cd, “Money Talks Too Much,” was released in Oct. of 2005.


MUSICAL INFLUENCES & HEROES
ARTIS THE SPOONMAN, BRUCE COCKBURN, JACKSON BROWNE, DEAN PRESCOTT, AND THE SUBSTITUTES.

Instrumentation

Allan Byer - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, harmonicas
Hal Worcester - bass and harmony vocals
Jamie Morris - electric guitars, keyboards, sax
Ed "the whistler" Sharlet - lead and background whistles, spoons, percussion, synth auto-harp
Matt Engle - electric and acoustic guitars, bass, piano
Kevin Lewis - drums
Kim Lakerhomer or Doc Sackman - flute and sax

Discography

Sometimes It Works - Jan. 2000
Your Voice - Feb. 2004
Money Talks Too Much - Oct. 2005
All records released on Mirror Time Records label.

Several cuts played on radio stations: KLRR 101.7 FM in Bend, KLCC public radio in Eugene, Q 104 FM in The Dalles, KPOV in Bend; internet radio stations: POZ radio at the Positive Music Association website radio, www.mediapositiveradio.com, and others. Had #1 song in country for 6 months at www.positivemusicradio.com in 2004 with 7 songs in the top ten for a three month stretch end of 2004.

Links

• Facebook
• Allan Byer Main website
• MySpace
• cdbaby Your Voice site
• cd baby Money Talks site

Audio

• Save Our Ocean
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• Questions for God
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• Pilgrim
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• I Believe
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• Take A Chance
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• Never Give Up
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• Sub-Personality Blues
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• Your Voice
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• Storm
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• Positive Vibrations
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• Soul Song
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• Falling Down
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• How to Make Love Stay
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• Dad I Never Had
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• I'll Remember You
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Lyrics

• Questions for God
• Pilgrim
• I Believe
• Take a Chance
• Never Give Up
• Sub-Personality Blues
• Your Voice
• Storm
• Positive Vibrations
• Soul Song
• Falling Down
• How to Make Love Stay
• Dad I Never had
• I'll Remember You
• Save Our Ocean

Video

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Press

• Byer Keeps Moving in Local Folk Scene [+ Show ]
  

  By Ben Salmon The Bend Bulletin Whenever venerable Central Oregon singer-songwriter Allan Byer ...By Ben Salmon The Bend Bulletin
  
  Whenever venerable Central Oregon singer-songwriter Allan Byer plays at WineStyles in Redmond (see "If You Go"), he wears many hats. Literally.
  
  There's the cowboy hat for Byer's country-ish numbers (like "Pilgrim" and "Storm," radio hits in The Dalles and Eugene, respectively), a wizard hat for his spiritually focused songs, a Redmond baseball cap for Byer's "everyman" tunes such as "Money Talks Too Much," and a tam o'shanter for the Celtic-flavored pieces in his vast repertoire.
  
  "Sometimes I even wear as many hats as possible and shake them off during the song 'Sub-Personality Blues' trying to . illustrate the many hats we wear in life," Byer says.
  
  He should know about the figurative wearing of hats, too. Byer is a master promoter and gig-getter, always busy playing his wide-ranging, working-class folk music anywhere in Central Oregon with space for a stool. He's also the man behind the live music at Bend's farmers' markets and helped launch Prineville's Ochoco Nights concert series last year.
  
  Byer has produced a handful of concerts in the region, including a couple of folk mini-festivals at 541 Lounge in Bend to benefit good causes. And he's had a hand in various festivals, celebrations and other special events over the past several years. Basically, if you went somewhere and there was a folkie performing, chances are decent that Byer was involved.
  
  All this on top of his day job as a special education teacher at Crook County Middle School, where he teaches learning-disabled kids not only to read and write, but also to make music.
  
  Naturally.
  
  
  
  

• Behind the Scenes [+ Show ]
  

  Behind The Scenes By Ben Salmon The Bulletin 6/08/07 Dean Prescott knows a little something a...Behind The Scenes
  By Ben Salmon
  The Bulletin 6/08/07
  
  Dean Prescott knows a little
  something about playing
  background music.
  
  As a founding member of one
  of Central Oregon's longest-standing
  bar bands, The Substitutes,
  Prescott has spent the last 10
  years gigging in taverns from Madras
  to La Pine, where he's caught
  some ears, but he's also been ignored
  by plenty of folks.
  
  Such is the plight of a bar band.
  Prescott wrote a song about it in
  2001, called "Wallpaper Music":
  
  "Sing for your supper, we need
  you around/ We may not hear
  you, but we still like the sound."
  
  The sound is the thing, see, and
  nowhere is that more evident than
  at Bend's two farmers markets,
  which start this week (see "If You
  Go"). About a dozen area singersongwriters
  - including Prescott
  - are playing at the markets this
  summer, supplementing the feeling
  of buying good food from
  friendly people under a warm sun
  with the vibrancy of live music.
  
  This is the third year that live
  musicians will play the market,
  and their music is anything but an
  afterthought, said market Manager
  Katrina Wiest.
  
  "We decided as a market, let's
  support local musicians by bringing
  them in and paying them and
  letting them show their talent,"
  Wiest said. "It's just taken off."
  
  Booking is handled by Prineville
  resident and longtime local
  musician Allan Byer, who also
  will play a few times throughout
  the summer. The experience
  leaves the folk singer in Byer
  nostalgic for simpler times.
  
  "I love playing the market because
  it takes me back to when I
  began playing music, which was
  in the streets and coffee shops
  of Eugene and Portland in the
  late '70s," he said. "It is free flowing
  with a crowd, a chance to really
  connect with someone and
  change their outlook for the better,
  or to simply make a human
  connection between souls."
  
  It's that connection that prompted
  Wiest to lobby the market's
  board of directors to begin paying
  the musicians a couple years ago,
  she said. It's a nominal rate, but
  it's the least market officials can
  do in return for such an important
  part of their customers' experience,
  she said.
  
  "It's the ambience. It's so wonderful
  to have the music flowing
  throughout the market, and it just
  adds that extra piece," Wiest said.
  "I always look at it as (supporting)
  wellness. Music is wellness and
  healing, and here we are supporting
  it by offering great food and
  produce, and we just needed those
  two things together."
  
  Having live music at the market
  benefits everyone involved, she
  said. Customers are entertained,
  musicians earn a little extra exposure
  (and maybe tip money, too),
  and market vendors benefit from
  the foot traffic generated by the
  sound of the guitar and voice. The
  musicians are positioned near
  passing crowds for just that reason,
  she said.
  
  "We get that audience that
  comes in to see them," Wiest said.
  "People just sit down in the middle
  of the market and talk and listen
  and kids dance . you can see that
  it's a very positive experience."
  
  Does that mean everyone who
  passes by stops to listen? No. But
  Byer says that's no big deal, and
  that the musicians are happy to be
  the soundtrack to a leisurely day
  of shopping.
  
  "We are glorified background
  music, and that's OK," he said.
  "We add to the organic and natural
  ambience much more than a
  CD player ever could.
  
  "(There's) nothing like the
  sound of a nicely played acoustic
  guitar and a human voice on
  pitch at an outdoor event. It's as
  natural sounding as the food is
  real. Somehow it just goes together,"
  Byer continued. "Add in
  some sunshine and blue skies, the
  backdrop of the river when we're
  in Drake Park, and it is a pretty
  sensual delight."
  
  Indeed, the players love it, too.
  Blaine Cameron, of Bend, has
  been playing the market for three
  years; he even wanders around
  during his breaks, notes some of
  the vendors' names, and plugs
  them between songs of his set.
  
  "I see that as part of the job," he
  said. "You're there to talk up the
  farmers market. You want people
  to come back."
  
  The market is a great place to
  introduce new material into a live
  setting, Cameron said, because of
  the informal nature of the transient
  audience. And when a group
  builds around the artist, that's a
  bonus, he said.
  
  "It's always a kick when the
  kids come by and they'll listen
  to you, or parents will grab some
  lunch and sit there, and pretty
  soon you'll have a little gathering
  - 10, 15, 20 people sitting
  around listening to your music,"
  he said.
  
  "It's something I look forward
  too every summer because it gives
  me a chance to share my art."
  Prescott, the composer of
  "Wall Paper Music," cited the
  happy atmosphere of the market
  as a welcome change from the
  bars and restaurants he normally
  plays (though he enjoys those
  gigs, too).
  
  "The thing that's neat about
  it for the people is they're not
  stuck there. If they want to listen
  for a while, they can, and if
  they don't, they don't have to,"
  he said. "And you can reach
  a lot of people far away. They
  hear you, and they'll walk over
  to get a better listen. If you're
  in a club or something, you're
  confined by those four walls.
  
  "It kind of takes you back in
  time a little bit, playing outside
  at a market," Prescott said. "It's
  a really great atmosphere."
  
  A great atmosphere. That pretty
  much sums up what Wiest wanted
  when she started looking for a
  way to incorporate live music into
  the market three years ago. Now,
  she sees the whole package as a
  refuge from the hustle and bustle
  of life on the outside.
  
  "(Music provides) a smooth ambience
  at the market that people
  notice when they come in. You see
  a different mood come over them,"
  she said. "It's a little slower pace."
  
  
  
  

• A Return to American Roots [+ Show ]
  

  A Return to American Roots - Local Teacher Releases Third CD by Shelby Case of the Central Oregonia...A Return to American Roots - Local Teacher Releases Third CD
  by Shelby Case of the Central Oregonian 11/25/2005
  
  Allan Byer took an aptitude test in elementary school after playing a tonette, and according to the music test results, he had no talent for music.
  "I never went out for choir," Byer said of his high school days. "I never went out for band."
  But now, the Crook County Middle School teacher has proven his early detractors wrong - releasing his third compact disc "Money Talks Too Much."
  Byer, who teaches special education, said "Money Talks Too Much" is a return to roots and is all acoustic.
  "I wanted to do a simple album that was more like I sound live," he said. "I wanted to keep it simple and get it done."
  The CD was produced this past summer. Dean Prescott, who lives in Prineville, plays guitar and percussion on the CD. Mirror Time Records was the production studio. Ed "The Whistler" Sharlet sings and whistles in the background and Kim Lakehomer plays flute and penny whistle on five songs. A particularly proud moment for Byer was when his daughter Halla sings two songs. Matt Engle plays lead guitar on "Falling Down."
  "I think it's Americana roots musically," Byer said. "The instrumentation is simple. Acoustic guitar, and percussion is tablas and hand drums."
  In high school, he played a rock star in a musical comedy called "The Apple Tree" and tried acting in college at the University of Portland, playing the lead buffoon in Moliere's "Tartuffe."
  Slowly, but steadily, Byer became more interested in music, and later met Artis the Spoon Man at Pike Street Market in Seattle. That was an epiphany for him. Byer did his first professional show in 1977 in Eugene but didn't play professionally for another 15 years.
  "But I could never really get it out of my system," he said.
  Byer said he has been a serious musician for the last 11 years. He started playing in 1994 with a band member, Yancey Fall, from Countryfied.
  From 1983 until 1991, he also worked in alternative educational settings and in treatment centers, working closely with at-risk youth in Eugene and with the Yupik Eskimos in Alaska.
  "I was playing music and I was using music to reach my kids in the classroom," Byer said.
  Byer's first CD was "Sometimes It Works" and was released in January 2000.
  "I've sold more of these than the new ones actually, which is not a million, but it's better than a stick in the eye," he said, grinning.
  He followed that up with "Your Voice," which was recorded at Musi-Tech Studios in Redmond with Engle.
  Byer has another project in the works and is collaborating with his electric trio on it. He wants to make a CD of the best of the three albums, including 12 of about 40 previously recorded songs. The others who will perform with him are bassist Hal Worcestor and guitarist Jamie Morris. Byer has told Los Angeles friend, drummer Kevin Michaels, of the latest CD, who has discussed it with several recording companies. Michaels has performed with Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo, among others.
  You can purchase copies of "Money Talks Too Much" at various locations, including "http://www.allanbyer.com" and cdbaby.com/cd/allanbyer.
  The public can hear music from the latest cd at Cafe Bellisimo, 450 SW Powerhouse Drive in Bend, for about a month. He will also play the next few Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the old Redmond depot by Wal-Mart. On Dec. 9, there will also be a cd release party at Santiago's, 528 SW 6th St. in Redmond, from 6 to 9 p.m. He also will have a show on "Good Morning Central Oregon" at 7:20 a.m., also on Dec. 9. "Good Morning Central Oregon" can be reached on Channel 11 via Bend Broadband and is on COTV.
  
  
  

• Sense of Urgency Inspires [+ Show ]
  

  Sense of urgency inspires local singer-songwriter Allen Byer Jan 11, 2006 by Caryn May The Redmon...Sense of urgency inspires local singer-songwriter Allen Byer
  
  Jan 11, 2006 by Caryn May The Redmond Current
  
  Long-time Redmond resident and singer-songwriter, Allan Byer recently released a third CD called Money Talks Too Much which boasts 17 cuts.
  
  “This summer, I felt an urgency to record all the old songs,” he said of his inspiration to put the album together.
  
  Urgency? “Yes,” he said. “It has to do with the ‘chicken incident.’”
  
  The “chicken incident”?
  
  “This summer, we were raising these wonderful hens which we cared for like pets. They’d sit on my daughter Halla’s shoulder and we had become attached to them,” Byer recounted. “A neighbor’s dog got into the coup early one morning and killed all but one of them.”
  
  The family endured a keen sense of loss and helplessness as a result. Byer had put a great deal of effort into making the coup a secure environment. He came away from the tragedy with the larger realization that, “no matter how much you love and care for someone, you can’t always protect them.”
  
  Cut five on the new CD, “Girl Hold Me Tight,” he said, expresses the importance of the support of others in our lives and that life is fragile, we never really know what’s coming next.
  
  Byer’s previous CD, Your Voice, “was more a professional production,” he said. “We made the new album very simply, basically on a home system.”
  
  That’s the way he wanted it, he said. “There are seven new songs and nine older ones, never recorded. With new arrangements we found new songs in some of the old ones, like cut 17, ‘It’s the Law,’” he said.
  
  All but one song on Money Talks Too Much are written by Byer. Arrangements are by Byer and Dean Prescott. The album was produced, recorded and mixed at Prescott’s Mirror Time Studios in Prineville during July and August, 2005. Local musician, Matt Engle mastered the CD at musi-Tech Studios in Redmond.
  
  The assistance of musical friends and family deepen the color and spirit of the album. Byer’s daughter, Halla sings harmony, Ed Sharlet sings harmony and whistles, Dean Prescott lends guitars, banjo, harmony vocals and percussion. Kim Lakehomer adds flute and penny whistles and Matt Engle comes in with lead guitar on “Falling Down.”
  
  Currently, Byer has been appearing on Wednesday evenings, often with Ed “the whistler” Sharlet at the Old Redmond Depot opened recently by J.C. Puleo who has an interest in showcasing local talent in the restaurant. “We’ve had some killer nights at the Depot,” said Byer.
  
  Fans can catch Byer in Bend on Saturdays at Caffé Bellisimo in Bend.
  
  On February 16, he’ll play with Ed Sharlet at the Café Libri series of music evenings that take place at the Redmond Public Library.
  
  Byer says he regrets that there is a perception, sometimes, that if you’re “local” you’re not any good. During the summer of 2006 Byer will act as the music director for a new local music show called the “Spirit of the West” to be held in Prineville. He’s looking forward to providing the opportunity to showcase local musicians. He’ll also MC the show.
  
  “One of the reasons I do music is that I get more pleasure out of it than anything else I do,” Byer said.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sense of urgency inspires local singer-songwriter Allen Byer
  
  Jan 11, 2006 by Caryn May The Redmond Current
  
  Long-time Redmond resident and singer-songwriter, Allan Byer recently released a third CD called Money Talks Too Much which boasts 17 cuts.
  
  “This summer, I felt an urgency to record all the old songs,” he said of his inspiration to put the album together.
  
  Urgency? “Yes,” he said. “It has to do with the ‘chicken incident.’”
  
  The “chicken incident”?
  
  “This summer, we were raising these wonderful hens which we cared for like pets. They’d sit on my daughter Halla’s shoulder and we had become attached to them,” Byer recounted. “A neighbor’s dog got into the coup early one morning and killed all but one of them.”
  
  The family endured a keen sense of loss and helplessness as a result. Byer had put a great deal of effort into making the coup a secure environment. He came away from the tragedy with the larger realization that, “no matter how much you love and care for someone, you can’t always protect them.”
  
  Cut five on the new CD, “Girl Hold Me Tight,” he said, expresses the importance of the support of others in our lives and that life is fragile, we never really know what’s coming next.
  
  Byer’s previous CD, Your Voice, “was more a professional production,” he said. “We made the new album very simply, basically on a home system.”
  
  That’s the way he wanted it, he said. “There are seven new songs and nine older ones, never recorded. With new arrangements we found new songs in some of the old ones, like cut 17, ‘It’s the Law,’” he said.
  
  All but one song on Money Talks Too Much are written by Byer. Arrangements are by Byer and Dean Prescott. The album was produced, recorded and mixed at Prescott’s Mirror Time Studios in Prineville during July and August, 2005. Local musician, Matt Engle mastered the CD at musi-Tech Studios in Redmond.
  
  The assistance of musical friends and family deepen the color and spirit of the album. Byer’s daughter, Halla sings harmony, Ed Sharlet sings harmony and whistles, Dean Prescott lends guitars, banjo, harmony vocals and percussion. Kim Lakehomer adds flute and penny whistles and Matt Engle comes in with lead guitar on “Falling Down.”
  
  Currently, Byer has been appearing on Wednesday evenings, often with Ed “the whistler” Sharlet at the Old Redmond Depot opened recently by J.C. Puleo who has an interest in showcasing local talent in the restaurant. “We’ve had some killer nights at the Depot,” said Byer.
  
  Fans can catch Byer in Bend on Saturdays at Caffé Bellisimo in Bend.
  
  On February 16, he’ll play with Ed Sharlet at the Café Libri series of music evenings that take place at the Redmond Public Library.
  
  Byer says he regrets that there is a perception, sometimes, that if you’re “local” you’re not any good. During the summer of 2006 Byer will act as the music director for a new local music show called the “Spirit of the West” to be held in Prineville. He’s looking forward to providing the opportunity to showcase local musicians. He’ll also MC the show.
  
  “One of the reasons I do music is that I get more pleasure out of it than anything else I do,” Byer said.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sense of urgency inspires local singer-songwriter Allen Byer
  
  Jan 11, 2006 by Caryn May The Redmond Current
  
  Long-time Redmond resident and singer-songwriter, Allan Byer recently released a third CD called Money Talks Too Much which boasts 17 cuts.
  
  “This summer, I felt an urgency to record all the old songs,” he said of his inspiration to put the album together.
  
  Urgency? “Yes,” he said. “It has to do with the ‘chicken incident.’”
  
  The “chicken incident”?
  
  “This summer, we were raising these wonderful hens which we cared for like pets. They’d sit on my daughter Halla’s shoulder and we had become attached to them,” Byer recounted. “A neighbor’s dog got into the coup early one morning and killed all but one of them.”
  
  The family endured a keen sense of loss and helplessness as a result. Byer had put a great deal of effort into making the coup a secure environment. He came away from the tragedy with the larger realization that, “no matter how much you love and care for someone, you can’t always protect them.”
  
  Cut five on the new CD, “Girl Hold Me Tight,” he said, expresses the importance of the support of others in our lives and that life is fragile, we never really know what’s coming next.
  
  Byer’s previous CD, Your Voice, “was more a professional production,” he said. “We made the new album very simply, basically on a home system.”
  
  That’s the way he wanted it, he said. “There are seven new songs and nine older ones, never recorded. With new arrangements we found new songs in some of the old ones, like cut 17, ‘It’s the Law,’” he said.
  
  All but one song on Money Talks Too Much are written by Byer. Arrangements are by Byer and Dean Prescott. The album was produced, recorded and mixed at Prescott’s Mirror Time Studios in Prineville during July and August, 2005. Local musician, Matt Engle mastered the CD at musi-Tech Studios in Redmond.
  
  The assistance of musical friends and family deepen the color and spirit of the album. Byer’s daughter, Halla sings harmony, Ed Sharlet sings harmony and whistles, Dean Prescott lends guitars, banjo, harmony vocals and percussion. Kim Lakehomer adds flute and penny whistles and Matt Engle comes in with lead guitar on “Falling Down.”
  
  Currently, Byer has been appearing on Wednesday evenings, often with Ed “the whistler” Sharlet at the Old Redmond Depot opened recently by J.C. Puleo who has an interest in showcasing local talent in the restaurant. “We’ve had some killer nights at the Depot,” said Byer.
  
  Fans can catch Byer in Bend on Saturdays at Caffé Bellisimo in Bend.
  
  On February 16, he’ll play with Ed Sharlet at the Café Libri series of music evenings that take place at the Redmond Public Library.
  
  Byer says he regrets that there is a perception, sometimes, that if you’re “local” you’re not any good. During the summer of 2006 Byer will act as the music director for a new local music show called the “Spirit of the West” to be held in Prineville. He’s looking forward to providing the opportunity to showcase local musicians. He’ll also MC the show.
  
  “One of the reasons I do music is that I get more pleasure out of it than anything else I do,” Byer said.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sense of urgency inspires local singer-songwriter Allen Byer
  
  Jan 11, 2006 by Caryn May The Redmond Current
  
  Long-time Redmond resident and singer-songwriter, Allan Byer recently released a third CD called Money Talks Too Much which boasts 17 cuts.
  
  “This summer, I felt an urgency to record all the old songs,” he said of his inspiration to put the album together.
  
  Urgency? “Yes,” he said. “It has to do with the ‘chicken incident.’”
  
  The “chicken incident”?
  
  “This summer, we were raising these wonderful hens which we cared for like pets. They’d sit on my daughter Halla’s shoulder and we had become attached to them,” Byer recounted. “A neighbor’s dog got into the coup early one morning and killed all but one of them.”
  
  The family endured a keen sense of loss and helplessness as a result. Byer had put a great deal of effort into making the coup a secure environment. He came away from the tragedy with the larger realization that, “no matter how much you love and care for someone, you can’t always protect them.”
  
  Cut five on the new CD, “Girl Hold Me Tight,” he said, expresses the importance of the support of others in our lives and that life is fragile, we never really know what’s coming next.
  
  Byer’s previous CD, Your Voice, “was more a professional production,” he said. “We made the new album very simply, basically on a home system.”
  
  That’s the way he wanted it, he said. “There are seven new songs and nine older ones, never recorded. With new arrangements we found new songs in some of the old ones, like cut 17, ‘It’s the Law,’” he said.
  
  All but one song on Money Talks Too Much are written by Byer. Arrangements are by Byer and Dean Prescott. The album was produced, recorded and mixed at Prescott’s Mirror Time Studios in Prineville during July and August, 2005. Local musician, Matt Engle mastered the CD at musi-Tech Studios in Redmond.
  
  The assistance of musical friends and family deepen the color and spirit of the album. Byer’s daughter, Halla sings harmony, Ed Sharlet sings harmony and whistles, Dean Prescott lends guitars, banjo, harmony vocals and percussion. Kim Lakehomer adds flute and penny whistles and Matt Engle comes in with lead guitar on “Falling Down.”
  
  Currently, Byer has been appearing on Wednesday evenings, often with Ed “the whistler” Sharlet at the Old Redmond Depot opened recently by J.C. Puleo who has an interest in showcasing local talent in the restaurant. “We’ve had some killer nights at the Depot,” said Byer.
  
  Fans can catch Byer in Bend on Saturdays at Caffé Bellisimo in Bend.
  
  On February 16, he’ll play with Ed Sharlet at the Café Libri series of music evenings that take place at the Redmond Public Library.
  
  Byer says he regrets that there is a perception, sometimes, that if you’re “local” you’re not any good. During the summer of 2006 Byer will act as the music director for a new local music show called the “Spirit of the West” to be held in Prineville. He’s looking forward to providing the opportunity to showcase local musicians. He’ll also MC the show.
  
  “One of the reasons I do music is that I get more pleasure out of it than anything else I do,” Byer said.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  MUSIC: Completing the Portrait Allan Byer's Money Talks Too Much By Jeff Trainor Redmond singer-s...MUSIC: Completing the Portrait
  Allan Byer's Money Talks Too Much
  By Jeff Trainor
  Redmond singer-songwriter Allan Byer's third and latest album of songs, Money Talks Too Much, makes another snapshot of his progress as a writer, instrumentalist and recording artist available to the record-playing public. According to the liner notes, it also completes a larger portrait, reaching the goal of getting most of the songs Byer has written on disc. Sixteen of the seventeen tracks are new or previously unrecorded, and one ("It's the Law") revisits a song from his 2000 debut release.
  
  Byer turned to Dean Prescott's Mirror Time Studios in Prineville for his third crack at a full-length recording. The resultant sound is strikingly clear and sophisticated when compared with Your Voice, Byer's 2003 LP.
  
  The folksy instrumentation on Money Talks also steps things up a bit from previous efforts, with Prescott stepping in as lead guitarist, percussionist and producer. A handful of other locals add backing vocals, flutes, penny whistles, and...ahem...whistling (put-your-lips-together-and-blow style, that is).
  
  Prescott's diverse approach to percussion, his tasteful sprinkling of echo and distortion over some of Byer's vocals, and his precision with his guitars do much to help keep things engaging through the record's 71 minutes.
  
  For his part, Byer plays rhythm guitars and sings the lead throughout. His familiar, smoky-smooth voice is best highlighted on "It's Love," a guitar-and-voice tune that, on top of its instrumental simplicity, comes in as the album's shortest at just over two minutes.
  
  Songs like "Falling Down," an examination of inner demons, and "Dad I Never Had," which dives into Byer's painful early family history, cut deeper in terms of subject matter. Those two provide the album's most touching moments.
  
  Byer's lyrics, usually interesting, wander occasionally into the realm of verse bending to the cliché-wielding will of rhyme--take this line in "Questions For God," for example: "It takes you / it takes me / it takes us all together / then maybe we'll see / what the world can be."
  
  Byer's songs are most fascinating overall when he's in a gospel mode, as in "I Believe" and "Father Make Me." Toe-tapping entertainment value jumps higher, however, with songs like "Food on the Run," where Byer avoids taking himself too seriously with lines like, "Living on Vitamin C, beer and potato chips / while a TV talk show host talks of leaving earth via spaceships," or the title track, wherein economic injustice undergoes a frank, though easygoing, assault. "Attitude" is a gentle kick, though it might best fill a kids' music niche with its simplistically groovy case for politeness.
  
  There's so much material on Money Talks Too Much, Byer can't help but hit the sweet spot here and there. If we're lucky, he'll retire from his day job as a schoolteacher soon and fine-tune his artistic focus. Then, he'll surely turn out nothing but gems.
  
  
  
  

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  Feb. 2004 Allan Byer is a positive guy. This is never more evident than in his latest... Feb. 2004
  Allan Byer is a positive guy. This is never more evident than in his
  latest album, Your Voice. The Central Oregon singer-songwriter’s second
  album is an upbeat, heartfelt amalgamation of folk, folk-rock, and
  blues songs.
  Byer’s lyrics express his general sense of appreciation for the world
  around him and the path he is on. In “Storm,” he sings “You might think
  that I might panic as I watch the storm in silence/but inside my heart
  beats stronger./In the storm, I hear a song/...Let it rain. Let it
  storm.”
  The last song on the album perhaps alludes to the source of his
  optimism. “The Bottle and Me” is a wry reminiscence of a battle with
  alcoholism and how trust in a higher power helped overcome dependence.
  Byer is helped on this album by the talents of several local musicians.
  Matt Engle plays lead and rhythm guitar, harmonica, and bass; Kevin
  Lewis plays drums and percussion; Dr. Marc Sackman plays flute and sax;
  Steve Kulin chants, as well as playing piano, synth, and percussion;
  Ethan Allan King plays penny whistle, electric guitar, and provides
  support with harmony vocals; Christen Hawkins also sings harmony vocals.
  Byer normally plays solo or with his band, which includes Dr. Marc
  Sackman and Hal Worcester. The variety of instrumentation that appears
  on the album rounds out his normally pared down sound.
  Your Voice is a great second effort for one of Central Oregon’s hardest
  working musicians. (Tanya Ignacio)
  
  
  
  

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  By Tara LaVelle Redmond Spokesman Wed. Feb. 18, 2004 Redmond musician Alan Byer, in his early 50s,...By Tara LaVelle
  Redmond Spokesman Wed. Feb. 18, 2004
  Redmond musician Alan Byer, in his early 50s, is still a long way from senior citizen discounts but pokes fun at himself for being a late bloomer.
  “I was in my late 40s before I got serious about music,” Byer said. “Usually people do it much younger. At the same time I think it’s a strength because people say, how do you play guitar like that? I don’t know, I’ve played badly so long, it’s become my own unique style.”
  On Friday, Byer will release his second CD, “Your Voice,” and celebrate the occasion with a concert at the Bend Community Center.
  His new album was featured on the Homegrown Music Showcase Sunday on KLRR radio, and on Friday, he will make his seventh guest appearance on COTV’s Good Morning Central Oregon show. He performed several times at the recent Winter Fest in Bend and is a regular in the Royal Blend Concert Series in downtown Bend.
  Byer either wrote or co-wrote all but one of the 12 songs on the album. His lyrics reveal a straightforward honesty and a glimpse into his own personal experiences. He says the album itself can be interpreted at different levels.
  The title song, “Your Voice,” has a subtle, spiritual message, Byer said.
  “If you just hear it for the first time, you’d probably think it’s a love song. But in reality, it’s a song about a higher power ... kind of a declaration of my own faith at this point in time.”
  When Byer’s 13-year-old daughter, Halla, wrote a poem about a Central Oregon thunderstorm, it sparked his interest and together they transformed it into the song, “Storm.”
  The last song on the album, “The Bottle and Me,” humbly exposes Byer’s own battle with alcoholism.
  Getting sober, Byer says, was a turning point in his life. “When I look back at my life, there’s this marker and it all lines up from there. Things have gotten so much better in my life since I took that step of getting sober and staying sober.”
  There was a focus to his music after that, Byer said. “It’s the clearing out that recovery brings to your mind, instead of everything being a collage of possibilities.”
  Byer said he has been sober for about seven years.
  He is aware that the subject of addiction can be a sensitive issue, but points to big name entertainers such as Bonnie Raitt, John Hyatt and Eric Clapton, who have gone public with their own recovery.
  “There are role models in the entertainment business that have broken that stigma.”
  Byer credits local musicians Dean Prescott and Don Hoxie of The Substitutes, for helping jump start his music career.
  “They encouraged me to play my original music. In fact, they asked me to open a couple of their shows and took me under their wing. That’s how I got into the professional end.”
  Marc “Doc” Sackman, who holds a doctorate degree in classical flute performance, accompanied Byer in over half the songs on the album. “He gives me creditability,” Byer joked.
  Sackman was band director for Central Oregon Community College and was laid off last year due to budget cuts. He hopes to get back into conducting part time and continue working with Byer full time.
  Sackman will play the flute on Byer’s third album, which should be released this summer.
  It took two years to finish recording “Your Voice,” mostly due to practical reasons, like money and balancing family and career.
  “It was like a weekend remodel project that someone might start,” said Byer.
  By day, Byer is a special education teacher for the Crook County School District. When he retires five years down the road, however, he plans to make music his full time job.
  “We have some big aspirations,” Byer said while pondering the future.
  Byer and fellow album collaborators are working on a distribution contract with True North Records out of Toronto, Canada. The company distributes albums worldwide for independent artists, Byer said. “We would be looking at a potential world wide audience,” said Byer. “That’s something that would put us over the top. And I could say, now we made it.”
  
  

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  The Bulletin - Community Life Section Sunday 2/15/2004 `Compact disc` just doesn't seem to cut i...The Bulletin - Community Life Section Sunday 2/15/2004
  
  `Compact disc` just doesn't seem to cut it when describing singer-songwriter Allan Byer's new release, `Your Voice.` The disc itself is small, true enough, but in terms of the 12 songs' themes … not to mention Byer's two-year effort to get the album made … there's nothing little about the scope of `Your Voice,` being celebrated with two release parties next weekend (see `If You Go`).
  As he was preparing to play a January DiLusso Coffee, Bakery & Cafe date with his trio, The Bulletin sat down with Byer, 53, to discuss the album, its two-year genesis and the meaning behind the songs.
  `I would hope that the listeners would listen with ears that are like fertile ground,` Byer said. `Let the songs fall on your ears … there we go, I got a metaphor going, maybe I can pull it off … let the songs fall on your ears like they're fertile ground, and see what happens. See if something grows.`
  Among his favorites on `Your Voice` is `Storm,` co-written by Halla Byer, one of his three children. `And we need to make note of 'The Bottle & Me,' Byer said. `It's time for me to come out of the closet, and I don't care who knows it. It's a song about alcoholism, and I'm in recovery. I've been sober for nearly seven years. Six and a half years; let's be totally honest.`
  `Totally honest` is an apt phrase for the material on `Your Voice.`
  Not surprisingly, Byer's song output increased concurrent with his sobriety.
  `That summer is when I got sober,` said Byer. `At the same time, I started to play more music. There's a direct correlation, for me, between success and recovery. I had dabbled around in music for 20 years, but I had never really done much. Two years' sober and I had my first album done; three years sober, yeah.`
  `I quit dancing around doing cover music,` Byer said. `We still do covers by our favorites … Bruce Cockburn, Van Morrison … but we play 90 percent original music.`
  While at a glance it could seem that Byer's songs are all over the map thematically, the consistency of the material on `Your Voice,` and Byer's seasoned voice, brings it all together. `We're hoping that people will find some meaning in the songs,` Byer said. `They really range from songs about love, spiritual search (to) just observing nature.` There's a Native American tribute, `Song of the Nations,` replete with chanting. `'Your Voice,' the title cut, sounds like a love song, but it's about a higher power,` said Byer. Another track, `Pilgrim,` is about `being on the search,` Byer said. `Soul Song` is an uptempo song about the soul trying to communicate with the personality, Byer said. It could be a forgotten Doors' song both in sound and its mystical leanings.
  It's been four years, almost to the month, since Byer put out his first disc, `Sometimes It Works.` `Your Voice` was two years in the making, and Byer already has plans to release an acoustic album this summer.
  Byer is happy to share the spotlight with his collaborators. For the last year, most of his performing has been in the form as a duo with flutist Marc `Doc` Sackman, erstwhile music instructor at Central Oregon Community College who now lives in Portland; and as a trio, incorporating bassist Hal Worcester (pronounced Wooster`) along with Sackman. On the disc, bass duties were handled by Matt Engle, who also played lead and rhythm guitars, harmonica and recorded the disc at his Redmond studio. Other contributors were Steve Kulin on piano, synthesizers and providing chants, and drummer Kevin Lewis. Harmonies are
  provided by Christen Hawkins and Ethan Allan King, the latter of whom also played mandolin and electric guitars on the album.
  By day, Byer is a special ed instructor at Crook County Middle School. He began teaching in 1980, and earned his masters in special ed in 1990. He's lived in Central Oregon 11 years. Byer hopes to take music full-time when he retires from teaching in about five years. `I hope I'll still be young enough, and have energy enough, to want to travel around the country and do music,` Byer said.
  Age, a major issue in the world of pop music, is less of a concern to artists working in the blues and folk traditions, said Byer. `I know my music has grown, and I think you can hear it on the album,` Byer said.
  Bandmate Marc Sackman agrees. `There are an awful lot of older artists,` Sackman said. `Especially for this type of music. He's not a rap star. We've got some college students who show up at almost all of our gigs. So young people dig it, and older folks are comfortable with it as well.` With Sackman setting up shows in Portland, the two hope to get Byer's music more exposure in the Northwest. Primarily paid for through Byer's music earnings, `Your Voice` got the
  financial kick it needed from an investment by Sackman, using money from the sale of his Bend home.
  `It's a glorified hobby, but with this album, we're trying to be more serious about it,` Byer said. `I've written it off as a business the last five years, and I have made a little money, but usually I take a loss. And I will again this (fiscal) year. But 2004 is the year where we hope we finally turn a profit on it.`
  If You Go: Allan Byer will release `Your Voice` at 7 p.m. Friday at Bend's Community Center, 1036 NE Fifth St., Bend (312-2069). Admission is $5, free for kids 12 and under.
  A second party is planned at 10 p.m. Saturday at Merenda, 900 NW Wall St., Bend (330-2304). No cover.
  `Your Voice` sells for $15 at shows and "http://www.cdbaby.com"
  David Jasper can be reached at 541-383-0349 or "mailto:djasper@bendbulletin.com".
  
  

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  “Your Voice” Reviews from CD Baby website Feb. - March 2004 Good honest songwriting from the hea...“Your Voice” Reviews from CD Baby website Feb. - March 2004
  
  Good honest songwriting from the heart
  Reviewer: Scott Foxx
  Good honest songwriting from the heart, quite courageous at times! I like the
  flute!
  
  Folk rolled up with some good soul and blues
  Reviewer: David Finch, bend, OR
  Byer can captivate you . . . even if you're sitting at home where you can't
  go run down and see him perform live. Listening to his CD can captivate you
  still. His writing is worthy of a very close listen, check out what he's
  doing. . his performance is passionate and clean, his voice is wise and
  knowing. Overall, this CD should touch you way down. . . . . and that is a
  very VERY good thing.
  
  Touches the soul and taps the toes.....
  Reviewer: Christen Hawkins, Central Oregon
  Honest and fun. Whatever more could one want? Reminds me of the intention of
  Jackson Browne but with Allan's own experience and sound. Upbeat and Higher
  vibrations...Yeah,man! It takes you there. Love, work and the good struggle
  for the highest intention AND chosing to stay in the joy. Thanks!
  
  Music to Inspire
  Reviewer: Jan Jorgensen, Bend, OR
  If you listen to Allan Byer's CD you will feel the presence of compassion
  and goodness. Byer's music is music to inspire! If you want toe tapping and
  tears in one album, you have to listen to this.
  
  Distinct voice, great vocal resonance ! music has jazzy
  overtones .
  Reviewer: Bob Behm, Bend, OR
  I like this new album "your voice" because it is refreshly different . The
  Jazz flute improvisation adds a cool element to the overall sound. The voice
  quality is relaxed, smooth, and easy to listen to . Good wholesome lyrics
  are a big plus . I would recommend this C.D. to anyone !
  
  An insightful jewel of a CD
  Reviewer: Dean Prescott, Prineville, OR
  Allan really outdoes himself on this one. The Producer captured "the songs".
  A very full sounding CD, with many little jewels in the mix. The performance
  and the guest musicians playing are great. Really timeless music. Check it
  out.
  
  "Your Voice" Review
  Reviewer: Tom Schmidt, Anchorage, AK
  I just listened to "Your Voice" on Allan Byers new album. Since I enjoy
  eclectic art and creative lyrics this song fascinated me. I can only wait to
  hear the rest of the album. Nice organization and band sound-cohesiveness.
  
  Fresh, fiesty, delicious. Allan synthesizes experiences
  into a rich dish.
  Reviewer: Jan Meredith, Eugene, OR
  Your Voice carries most of the voices each of us use day by day -
  expressions of individual experiences common to the unity of all humanity -
  love, fun, fears, and the dreams we hold onto. Such a pleasant way of being
  reminded to make life count.
  
  Most excellent, refreshing sound, flute sparkles as does
  the lead guitar.
  Reviewer: Anthony James, Seattle, WA
  Allan Byer and his band deliver a refreshing and original view on life. He's
  touching on the spiritual search, recovery, relationships and even does a
  tribute toNative Americans. This is weighty stuff.
  
  
  

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  He likes Bruce Cockburn, a guitar virtuoso and songwriter from Canada. But with a CD title as... He likes Bruce Cockburn, a
  guitar virtuoso and songwriter from Canada. But with a CD title as sublimely ambiguous
  as "Sometimes It Works," Allan Byer reflects a broader background. More miles on life's highway, more of its dead ends and
  disappointments, and a less evangelical handle on navigation.
  Byer has been a teacher, and a
  singer-songwriter, for 20 years. He has lived in Central Oregon since 1993, and spent a decade in Eugene. His day job: special education teacher at Hugh Hartman Middle School in Redmond. Evenings and weekends:
  wife and three children.
  You don't need to be a parent or even a teacher (and fortunately not both) to get a sense of the amount of `free` time parceled out by such commitments. It's hardly surprising that `Sometimes It Works`
  is Byer's very first CD. And when he says he has enough material in the can for another, you get a sense of what makes some 49-year-old guys look and act younger than others.
  When Byer's CD makes it to the music shops, it'll be one of the very few that was recorded in Prineville (at Dean Prescott's) and remastered in Redmond (at Matt Engle's). A fine example of acting locally and thinking globally. Well, nationally.
  If Byer makes good, the first local boy he will acknowledge will be Prescott, who played major roles as a musician and
  teacher/motivator before serving as audio engineer. Prescott adds harmony vocals and lead guitar, in the studio and in the spotlights at Cafe Paradiso. Three and a
  half years ago, Prescott and Don Hoxie launched a weekly open mike, and the Thursday smorgasbord has survived and even prospered. Performances range from ready-for-the-city to painfully excessive navel-gazing, but it's a pure and rarely seen form of democracy.
  `The cafe,` Byer says, `has been my school of music. I had put it aside when I stumbled in there in '97.` He's become a regular item on Paradiso's musical menu, and
  Prescott often reserves the last 15-minute set for him. Byer will perform at the cafe on Feb. 12 as part of the Central Oregon
  Songwriters Association annual gala. COSA has been good to Byer as well: In three years of membership, he's received major
  support … winning several song-of-the-month awards … while providing a good example for his younger counterparts.
  Ask Byer which singer-songwriters served as examples for him, and he'll start with Cockburn. Next come Jackson Browne and
  Van Morrison. But Byer returns to Cockburn, whom he calls `my musical hero.` In particular, a 1984 tune called `Making Contact:`
  "So many ways to understand
  one for every woman and man
  been that way since the world began ...
  I feel so huge … I feel so small
  I feel so good I want to swallow it all
  ... making contact
  swimming in an ocean of love
  making contact ..."
  
  A woman's love, a higher love,
  physical and spiritual fulfillment: Cockburn touches all the bases, albeit somewhat choppily.
  
  In the title cut of his CD, Byer tackles the same issues and adds a quiet, deeply personal reference:
  
  If I let that higher power move in me
  I find that ocean not too hard to sail
  Everyone's at home there, everyone gets to get well
  Sometimes it works, sometimes it won't; sometimes I do, darlin,' sometimes I don't.
  It's a choice that we make
  It's a chance we all get to take
  Sometimes it works ...
  
  lf By losing the gloomy refrain
  "sometimes it don't" in the final chorus, Byer shows his best stuff as a songwriter. After hearing the phrase four or five times,
  listeners expect that negative note at the end. Instead, Byer delivers a pleasant surprise. It's a declaration of faith and self-confidence, proving up on the optimistic claim staked out in the title.
  
  
  
  

Setlist

Byer Band Typical Set list

2 Hour set list (3 Hour with Dinner set first)
Set 1
1 Money talks too much
2 Girl, hold me tight
3 Storm
4 Don’t you know
5 Snow on the mountain
6 Take a chance
7 Falling down
8 Miracle
9 Your voice
10 Sub-Personality Blues

Set 2
11 Never give up
12 How to make love stay
13 Questions for God
14 Pilgrim
15 Pirate looks at 40
16 Raven
17 Moondance
18 Never get lonely
19 Father make me
20 Soul song

Dinner set (before set 1 in long gig)
1 Be it illusion
2 Attitude
3 Girl, hold me tight
4 It's Love
5 Facing fifty
6 Food on the run
7 It's the law
8 I wonder
9 Sometimes it works
10 Positive vibrations

Short Gig (fair/festival list)
1 Money talks too much
2 Take a chance
3 Snow on the mountain
4 Sometimes it works
5 How to make love stay
6 Positive vibrations
7 Storm
8 Sub-Personality Blues
9 Never give up
10 Soul song


COVERS
Soul of a Man (Blind willie Johnson)
Watchtower - Magnolia (Dylan-JJ Cale)
Rocket Launcher (BC)
The Cage (BC)
Pirate looks at 40 (Jimmy B)
Moondance (V. Morrison)
Wondering Where the Lions Are (BC)
One of the Best Ones (BC)
For Everyman (JB)
These Days (JB)
Walking Slow (JB)

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