Songwriter, Folk Singer, Poet, Author, Print and Audio Book Publisher
Herb Metoyeris a Louisiana Creole gentleman who graduated from Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA at the early age of nineteen (19). He is a retired military officer and helicopter pilot, and a recent retiree from General Motors where he served as a Test Engineer in GM's Testing Laboratories and currently the Chief Financial Officer for the Detroit Writer's Guild. and Cane River Media
Herb is an accomplished composer who experiments with all music genres. And although he has composed a number of jazz songs, his favorite medium is 'Folk'. You might say that he is a musically enhanced "Storyteller" "Poet". Much of his music concerns civil rights, people & children he has encountered during his lifetime, and other topical subjects such as war and personal observations. He performs utilizing both the guitar and synthesizer, sometimes playing a harmonica and the tambourine with his foot. His vinyl album recorded in 1965 by MGM's VerveFolkways entitled "Something New", has become a classic folk album that has been selling on ebay as a collector's item. He has several published songs registered with BMI (Stormking Music Herb Metoyer Music) and ASCAP (Cane River Media).
Herb's first album received a "Four Star" rating by Billboard magazine. He was a Helicopter pilot in the military at the time. But once he was promoted to grade of Major, the military cut his budding music career short, claiming that his activities as a singer/songwriter were unbecoming of a field grade officer.
One of Herb's most prized accomplishments, however, is the fact that one of his songs "Mother, Fools are A Long Line Coming" is on the moon" in the Time Capsule. It was recorded by Fred Neil on his "Sessions album by Capitol. This was the album selected by the astronauts to be encased in the time capsule that was placed on the moon.
During his latter years, Herb concentrated on writing and book publishing. In 1984, he became a founding member of the Detroit Black Writer s Guild, a non-profit organization devoted to improving literacy and training potential authors. With this organization, he held the posts ofSenior Editor, Executive Editor, Chairman of the Board, and Executive Director.
To his credit, he has completed two novels and published over twenty books for other authors.
Now at age Seventy, Herb is again focusing on his music. His last CD, Here I Am Again was released in 2004. Currently, he is working on a new CD to be titled Louisiana Folk Tales.
Herb is one of the last survivors of the great 1960 s folk era. Do yourself a favor and give his music a listen. Full length samples of his music can be found at http://www.canerivercolony.com /Music/MusicCD.htm
