my theme song from the first album, "sometimes it works"

01 Never Give Up

owe writing rights to a brother in Arcata Calif. whose name i can't remember, product of an all night music jam there in summer 1979

03 Snow On The Mountain

BBC Live

Child of the Wind

Demo of this tune done with Hal Worcester

Cowgirl Angel

Song dedicated to Public radio to which i was formally addicted.

Live @ Roots Revival 2017

5 Questions For God - Roots 2017

True story song about my dad, referencing Eliza Gilkickson's "Easy Writer" song about her father.

13 Dad I Never Had

09 Never Get Lonely

Just a love song of sorts about being on the "journey" that is life.

Your Voice

Pilgrim

Blind Willie Johnson song i Learned from Bruce Cockburn.  Minature cars all over me by grandkids a few years back, outlining my soul?

Soul of a Man

Lyrics by Halla Byer, from a poem she wrote in 2nd grade about a Central Oregon thunder storm.

Storm

Matt Engle is all over this cut, guitar, bass, harmony vocals, piano....a master i miss working with.  Photo from 2001 at Sweetwaters in Redmond.  A sweet little gig we had every weekend for nearly a year.  Didn't know how good we had it until it was gone, like love sort of.

How to Make Love Stay

Recorded at Bend Brewing Company Fall 2016 with the full AB Project.

Allan Byer

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