Violinist
Bette Byers spent decades in Hollywood playing music for countless films and TV shows, backing performers such as Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Billy Eckstine, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Tom Jones . the list would take up the whole page! She started her training at age 4, and by 18 she was a professional musician. Now in her mid-80s, she retired to Santa Maria a few years ago, but like a true artist, she can t stop playing with her group
The Candlelight Strings or stop creating. Her new record is
Ragtime Musicale: Music For Silent Films, available on cdbaby.com. click to enlarge