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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
talent
GO! MAGAZINE • PAGE 3
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Musician ‘Doc’ Ryan ‘happy to contribute’
BY BRIAN MCELHINEY
For The Bulletin
L
ongtime Central Oregon musician Mi-
chael “Doc” Ryan, this week’s featured
artist in the Central Oregon Creative
Artists Relief Effort, isn’t asking for help. In
these trying times for creative types, he’d
rather give it.
As his performing name suggests, Ryan
is an orthopedic surgeon in Bend. When
the pandemic hit, his work schedule was re-
stricted to emergency work such as broken
bones. He’s been working a regular schedule
for most of the pandemic.
“I feel like I’ve been fortunate in this situa-
tion, especially compared to my musician col-
leagues and friends and venue operators and
artists,” he said. “If I can be a financial helper,
I’d be happy to contribute. Most of what I did
during the pandemic where we had the op-
portunity to help others, I was able to transfer
donations and crowdsourcing towards fellow
musicians rather than towards myself.”
While music isn’t Ryan’s main source of
income, he still felt the effects of the shut-
downs. He played some outdoor shows with
his Dirt Trio over the summer when those
were allowed. He was already planning a
new studio album, what was to be his first
with the six-piece Wychus Creek Band, but
CO CARE s
the pandemic and health issues scuttled
those plans.
In June 2020, he joined the livestream
set, performing from The Belfry. He used
the setup there, courtesy of Grange Re-
corders owner Keith Banning, to record his
third full-length solo album, “Stories, Tales,
Truth,” with help from Sisters mainstays
Shireen Amini, Bob Beach, Dennis McGre-
gor, Beth Wood and more.
“That just morphed into, people had time
available, and I had the material crafted, and
so that all worked out,” Ryan said. “... I fi-
nally got the vinyl copy done and out.”
With venues reopening, Ryan is looking
forward to getting out there again.
“I’m not sure what format it’s going to
be,” he said, “but I’m happy to be a part of
it. Whatever works, I’d be happy to be a part
of it.”
Submitted photo
Singer-songwriter “Doc” Ryan performs with his trio at The Belfry during a Worthy Roots Relief
Fund livestream.
“If I can be a financial helper, I’d be happy to contribute. Most of what I did during the pandemic
where we had the opportunity to help others, I was able to transfer donations and crowdsourcing
towards fellow musicians rather than towards myself.”
— Michael “Doc” Ryan, longtime Central Oregon musician
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