Paducah native Carson Beyer is intimately familiar with the concept of sowing and reaping. Having grown up in a farming family, he knows that it takes experience, toil, and plenty of grit and endurance before the beauty of a harvest flourishes.
As a musician, he’s approached songwriting in much the same way. He’s patiently honed his skills and cultivated valuable life experiences. And now, he has a crop of songs that he’s ready to share with the world.
Even though he’s been in the songwriting business for a while, he came to it in an unexpected way. “I had been singing my whole life,” says Carson. “There are pictures of me, four or five years old, karaoke singing Garth Brooks or Tim McGraw. But I never picked up a guitar or tried to write a song.”
Carson learned that in addition to making a song that sings well, at the heart of it all was pouring one’s self into each one. “So about six or seven years ago, I started writing and performing,” he adds. “Playing football in high school, I had learned to perform under pressure. So that wasn’t a hurdle for me. The main thing was to get better at playing and songwriting.”
This year, Carson has released several songs. “In the Dust,” “Didn’t See Going” (the music video was recorded in Paducah’s Columbia Theater), and “Just Boots.”
“‘Just Boots’” is the one that when people who know me hear it, they tell me, ‘That’s you. That’s you in a song. It’s the story about how I have different pairs of boots, and I’ve done good and bad things in all of those boots. It tells the listener that you may see these boots, and that’s all they are to you—boots. But they all tell stories. They carry stories. That song is one that I am the most proud of. It’s just so real—good, bad, and ugly. There’s something freeing about being vulnerable.”
To read all about Carson’s songwriting and performing journey, pick up a copy of the current edition of PADUCAH LIFE Magazine. To hear Carson’s music and keep up with what he’s doing, follow him on Instagram or X under @CarsonBeyer, on TikTok under @carsonbeyermusic, or on Facebook.
