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Magical Music Journey Cary Beare returns to Idaho
By JOE BUTLER Photography by JOEL RINER
I f the title wasn’t already tak- en, country music artist Cary Beare would be a serious con- tender for the “Hardest Working Musician Around.” From his days in Hollywood work- ing on hit TV and movie soundtracks to time spent performing country music in Nashville and touring with star musicians, Beare is back in the area that raised him, rocking and ex - celling in so many more eclectic mu- sical genres. As of early May, Beare, a Coeur d’Alene native, was a member of six bands, five of them local. He has reg - ular gigs at the Iron Horse, one of Coeur d’Alene’s prime drinking and dining institutions. Local audienc- es can also hear him and three of his bands this summer at free shows
at McEuen Park and Coeur d’Alene City Park. He’s also beginning to build buzz for performance of his original music set to take place in summer 2026 at The Hive in Sandpoint. For Beare, it’s exciting that listen - ers are not only enjoying his current music, but they’re also discovering, or possibly rediscovering, materi- al he and other bandmates created more than 30 years ago. “I don’t think I’ve been this busy since I was 20,” Beare said recently. >> Cutting his teeth Busy doesn’t begin to describe his first few years paying his dues in Hollywood’s musical scene. For several years, he spent every morning as a studio session musi-
cian and then evenings writing songs or playing at bars and clubs. Even though this level of hustle wasn’t sustainable, it did provide him with the incentive to move to Nashville to focus more on his own music. He has also made all sorts of contacts, filled in for major artists, got married and joined the tours for music stars Deana Carter and Gar- rison Starr. His musical efforts also eventually brought him back home.
“I had Coeur d’Alene in my rear- view mirror in 1989, but as they say, you can take the boy out of Idaho, but can’t take Idaho out of the boy,” Beare said.
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