Songs

My name is Gary Bryan, and I’ve been writing little songs since I was in elementary school. Although I played rhythm guitar in a band when I was a kid, I’m definitely not a musician. I only learn to play an instrument enough to get through a song.  I’m not a singer either, but I have no choice but sing.

The videos or lyrics below use a few songs that I’ve written and recorded over many decades; from the 1960’s to the present (2024). Dozens of others have been lost to my roller coaster lifestyle. Most of the music is home recorded. A couple of them were recorded in studios.

Other people perform some of the songs, and I recorded one or two covers just for fun.

Dave Stevens wrote “We Were Myrchants of Tyme” for the band’s reunion and recording session (2005). The Myrchants were a moderately successful garage band in Miami, Florida, in the late 1960’s. The band members included Kenny Pederson (drums), Dave Stevens (lead guitar), Don (DJ) Smith (bass guitar), and myself on rhythm guitar.

Since I’ve never made any money from songwriting, and at 75 years old, it’s not likely that I will, I’m sometimes asked why I continue to do it. It’s because, I like doing it and, to be honest, I’m compelled to at times.