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Follow on Google News | Tenor Saxman Deric Dyer Presents: A Rockin' Hot Evening for Renaissance Man and The Second StepTina 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
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] End
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