He was nominated for a Blues Music Award, Dyer grew up in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and learned to play the harmonica from the age of seven.
His initial inspiration came from hearing Little Walter on radio station from Nashville, Tennessee, and by his teenage years he was playing acoustic harmonica and had formed his own band.
[3][4] Dyer relocated to Los Angeles, California, in January 1958,[4] where he met George "Harmonica" Smith.
[3] Dyer later collaborated with the guitarist Rick Holmstrom, and together they issued two albums for Black Top Records: Listen Up (1994) and Shake It!
Dyer received a Blues Music Award nomination in 2004, in the 'Blues Song Of The Year' category, for the track "Hard Times Won."