Las Vegas Years
Verne and his wife, Jeanne, moved to Las Vegas in 1983, a time that Byers refers to as when the music industry began to fall apart in Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, Byers was able to recruit high quality musicians willing to travel with his territory band.
The swing band era was at a low, and major casinos were switching from live bands to taped music, which resulted in a major musicians strike. And interest in swing bands seemed to be waning. When traveling for territory bands waned, his orchestra played regularly in Las Vegas until his move into retirement to Columbus, NM, in 2002.
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