Tenor Saxman Deric Dyer Presents: A Rockin' Hot Evening for Renaissance Man and The Second Step

Tina Turner's saxophonist shows up at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, Wednesday, May 22 at 8 PM with a new CD called Renaissance Man! Show is a fundraiser for The Second Step, a comprehensive program for survivors of domestic violence
 
 
Deric Dyer (photo by Eric Antoniou)
Deric Dyer (photo by Eric Antoniou)
BOSTON - March 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Boston, MA--Saxman Deric Dyer will present "A Rockin' Hot Evening for Renaissance Man and The Second Step," Wednesday, May 22, at 8:00 PM at Scullers Jazz Club.  Scullers Jazz Club is located in the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel at 400 Soldiers Field Road in Allston, Massachusetts.  The club is wheelchair accessible and there is ample parking on site.  Tickets at $26.00 are on sale now at http://www.scullersjazz.com or by calling 617-562-4111.  The show is a celebration of Dyer's new CD, Renaissance Man and the band will include some of Boston's top heavy-hitter musicians: Mitch Chakour on keyboards and vocals, Cliff Goodwin on guitar, Wolf Ginandes on bass, Marty Richards drums and Tony Carle on guitar.

A Rockin' Hot Evening for Renaissance Man and The Second Step will also be a fundraiser for the non-profit organization, The Second Step, a Boston area-based comprehensive program for survivors of domestic violence.  Founded in 1992, The Second Step offers transitional housing, advocacy, safety planning, mentoring, children’s programs, legal case management, and an array of supportive services for families transitioning away from abuse.

In the cold of January of 1987, tenor saxman Deric Dyer auditioned for the fabulous, the one and only Tina Turner--and she was immediately knocked out by the heat of his playing.  With very little time to even think, Dyer launched into a month of rehearsals and then jumped out on the road to play for over 5 million people and 250 plus concerts worldwide!  This was a HUGE tour, linked to Tina's Break Every Rule album release; they played Wembley Arena in London for 13 amazing nights in a row and more continuous shows in Europe than any artist at the time had ever performed.  Then, in January of '88 the band hit Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with a true night of Heat & Passion, a live HBO broadcast to American in front of 180,000 stadium fans.  Things just took off from there.

Joe Cocker wanted Dyer's breathtaking sax playing in his band and picked him up for his "Unchain My Heart World Tour."  Dyer stayed with Cocker for six years and he remembers one tour as being very special.  This was the "Power and Passion Tour" co-billed with the great Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1989.  Later in 1989, Cocker Band recorded a live CD, Joe Cocker Live--Cocker had hired the Memphis Horns so he was really playing with one of the greatest horn sections of all time.  Deric wrote all of Cocker's charts for that CD and eventually became the star's Musical Director.  In 1991, Cocker and Dyer recorded "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" for Elton John on Elton's CD entitled Two Rooms, Celebrating The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin.  The band played on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Tom Jones Show on VH1, Austin City Limits, Unplugged from Montreux, Top of the Pops, The Today Show, Regis & Kelly and other television specials.  They recorded two other albums, One Night of Sin and Night Calls.  Dyer and the Cocker band were hot, hot, hot.  Dyer completed this stay with Cocker supporting the "Night Call Tour" from '92 to '93 and later finished his third stay with Cocker supporting the "Respect Yourself World Tour' from 2002 to 2003.

Dyer soon added tours with others such as Night of the Proms, Bryan Ferry, Rodger Hodgson [Supertramp], Andrea Bocelli, Christopher Cross, Tony Hadle [Spandau Ballet], Al Jarreau and John Miles.  Dyer's most recent project was on September 21, 2012. Deric was a part of an incredible musical event in his former home of Bermuda.  He was asked by Tony Brannon to play on the John Lennon Tribute CD and perform at a live concert with Maxi Priest, Roy Young and many of the up and coming Bermudian artists.  This event was held at the Botanical Gardens and it was a tremendous tribute to John Lennon who wrote his last two records in Bermuda.
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