LIBERT STEER

Libert Steer was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. 

Libert attended All Saints school in Kingston. 

Libert was called by his friends and family by the name Toney and later Toney Byrd through his musician associates. Toney was schooled by his maternal grandfather Corbett, the conductor of the Jamaican symphony orchestra, who diligently taught him and his sibling Glen the art of music, reading writing music, and to play all instruments the keyboards, the organ, the guitar, the base, brass instruments etc. , including how to build them. Toney’s mother Rubena also played the violin in the Jamaican symphony orchestra. His father Aswad , left and returned to England, and his mother married his stepfather, who played brass instruments on the cruise ships.

At age 15 , Toney and his brother Glen, along with their good friend Dennis Brown ,who went on to become famous worldwide, formed a group called The Three Teens, singing and recording their own original tunes. Toney started playing in recording studios in Kingston, among them Randys’ Recording Studio, Studio I, Lee Scratch Perry, Dynamic Sound, Chanel One, Treasure Isle, Duke Reed and Harry J In thebeginning of Reggae and SKA music, he was one of the originators of Reggae music by age 16. Toney Byrd performed and recorded with such artists as Tom McCook and the Supersonics, Ernie Ranglin, Leroy Sibbles, Charles “Sly” Dunbar, China Smith, Alton Ellis, Justin Hines, and Phylis Dillon.





Toney Byrd layed tracks for Bob Marley and played the organ/keys on the original version of “No Woman No Cry” which went on to become one of Bob Marley’s number one hits.Toney Byrd worked on the North Coast of Jamaica at the Hotels, Trewlany Beach Hotel, Chatam Beach Hotel, Rose Hall Intercontinental, and Holiday Inn, not only did he play in the band, he also played cocktail music, which included playing music from many countries.

In 1983 Toney Byrd came to the United States and resumed playing in bands among them Andrew Tosh, Peter Tosh’s son, Fully Fullwood, Tony Chin, The Caribbean Allstars, The Mighty Diamonds, Leroy Sibbles, and Eek-a Mouse, also recording music at Rough Sounds for various artists. He is also in the credits for performing on the keyboards in the Steven Segal movie “Marked for Death”. Toney Byrd spends most of his time recording in his own studio T-Byrd Experience, his own original music and can be seen on Facebook and I-Tunes, still with that Jamaican-African beat of Reggae originals with a taste of Jazz and Hip-Hop.