Artists:Laurence Baer

Per Laurence Baer

I've played and enjoyed music since I was 5 years old. My mother taught piano, which I studied for 7 years before picking up the guitar. After playing other folks' music for 45 years, I began writing seriously in 2000. In 2002 I joined a dedicated monthly songwriting circle, which was affiliated with the Baltimore Songwriters Association. Our circle, which was hosted originally by Joe Spaterella, and later by Richard Walton, has incubated a lot of great music.

More recently I became affiliated with the great folks at the Wagonshed in New Freedom, PA, where Art Wachter, Jeff Hostetter & Amy Hopkins host a fabulous series of concerts and open mics.

Across A Bering Strait Bridge is my first serious effort at presenting my music professionally. The CD is dedicated to my Dr. George Detlefsen longtime friend, Dr. George Detlefsen, a visionary who was involved in the development of computer timesharing, and then went on to oversee the automation of manufacturing facilities for General Motors, the digitalization of millions of documents for the Hubble Space Telescope, and the computer systems involved in privitizing military bases. He was equally at home designing laser optical scanners and paint ball mortars. He was a great husband and father and friend, and he died too young. He dreamed of a bridge between Alaska and Russia.

The songs on this CD are written from the heart. They are meant to inspire and uplift. They come from 50+ years of experience, including 25 years of wonderful marriage raising 5 terrific children.

They reflect many deep experiences of God working in my life and in the lives of others, and they reflect my interests in the Old and New Testiment.

I am terrifically fortunate to have some great musicians who are also great folks collaborating with me on this project.