| Teri DeSario Then: DeSario worked within several music genres out of high school. She played recorder and harp early on with a Renaissance music act. She even tried folk music. After marrying horn player Bill Purse, they both joined an pop jazz collaborative called Abacus. A producer friend of Purse's let his friends, The Bee Gees, hear their demo. Barry Gibb was so inspired by DeSario's vocals that he wrote a song for her called "Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You" and helped her obtain a recording contract. Even though the first single from her debut, Pleasure Train, made #43 on the U.S. charts, she hadn't really enjoyed the recording experience and wanted a new direction. It was then that she bumped into an old friend she had as a teen, Harry Wayne Casey (K.C.). DeSario was pensive about going with K.C.'s distinctive sound but a duet cover of Barbara Mason's hit "Yes I'm Ready" would prove worthwhile. The song went to #2 on the U.S. charts. Follow-up singles (album title track) "Moonlight Madness" and a remake of "Dancin' In The Streets" charted but didn't make Top 40. After a lot of searching she released Voices In The Wind. She would provide back-up vocals for Rockwell's 1984 Somebody's Watching Me album. In 1988, DeSario would show up on a gospel release - Carmen's Live... Radically Saved album. Now: DeSario took her talents to production for Emergence on 1993's Laughing Medusa Theme Series, Vol. 1 release. Desario was credited as Executive Producer, Producer and vocalist and husband Bill took on the roles of Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Editing, Executive Producer, and Mixing. From pop/jazz unit to production team within a decade... who would have thought? Desario would also provide vocals on Chris Carter and Mark Snow's 1996 album Truth & Light: Music From 'The X-Files'. One hit wonder maybe, but DeSario has evolved into something greater than a performer. |