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Joe Cerisano is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and president of Outta' the Woods Records. He experienced his first taste of mainstream success as the frontman for the chart-making early
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rock band,
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and has gone on to appear as the featured vocalist on numerous other artists' albums, one-off recordings, and commercials since then.


Early life

Cerisano began performing professionally at the age of 14, being underage but still singing at local speakeasies where liquor was sold in the state of West Virginia. Even before he was old enough to be in these clubs, he was singing with a succession of regional bands in the north central West Virginia area. In 1968 Joe was asked to join The Bonnevilles, led by Dave Coombs, who were popular at
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and played at
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in the summer. The Bonnevilles played seven night a week with matinees on Saturday and Sunday from 3 pm to 2 am as Cerisano began earning his stripes as a real trouper. Coming home at the end of the summer called for a break. In the spring of 1969, Coombs called Joe again to possibly start another group which turned out to be Kabosse, which eventually morphed into Elderberry Jak. Elderberry Jak secured a record deal with
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' brother Leland in Memphis. Cerisano moved to New Jersey and became a resident of Warren Township.Patten, John
" Warren Musicians Take Top Awards at JAMJoe Cerisano and Michael Arrom named state's best in their categories."
Warren Patch, May 7, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016. "Warren residents Joe Cerisano and Michael Arrom were named among Jersey's best musicians at the Jersey Acoustic Music Awards, Sunday at the Jersey Shore Arts Center, in Ocean Grove."


Career

In the mid-1970s Joe was lead singer for a popular local rock band,Copper Lake, which often played at "The Numbers" (The 615 Musical Lounge) in York, Pennsylvania. In the late 1970s, Joe Cerisano and his guitarist/co-leader Lee Fink had one of the top original groups in a sea of cover bands in the New Jersey rock club scene. R-Band drew large crowds due to their original songs, which was rare for the time. Playing seven nights a week took its toll on the band, so in December 1979, after a call from Earl Slick, Joe left New Jersey and headed to California. Three months later, Joe and Earl formed the rock band
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, who signed a lucrative record deal with Columbia Records. The songs that secured this deal were written for R-Band in New Jersey. The band's self-titled debut album, released in 1981, featured a
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hit, "You Could Take My Heart Away." After the breakup of Silver Condor, Joe returned to New York City in 1984. His commercial work in television and radio singing includes spots for
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,
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, Miller Beer, the
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, the
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and numerous others. During this period, Cerisano also did backing vocals on several albums by
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, and he was the singer of the 1986 song "Hands Across America". The video was featured on
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and still is being played on Pop-up Video and
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. On their '' Imaginos'' album,
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featured Cerisano as the lead singer for the song, "The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria". He and
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appeared together on the soundtrack of the 1988 musical, ''Goya; A Life in Song.'' In 1998, Cerisano was one of the lead vocalists chosen by the
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to be featured on their album, '' The Christmas Attic'' and also was one of the featured lead vocalists on their tours from 2000 through 2003. Cerisano sang backup for the rock band
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in November 1999, as they introduced their new album, '' Issues''. In April 2000, Cerisano appeared on West Virginia Mountain Stage at Fairmont State College in Fairmont, West Virginia. Other invited guests on stage that evening included
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, who performed with Cerisano. The live performance was taped and later broadcast.


References


External links

*http://www.cerisano.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20091023164303/http://www.trans-siberian.com/index-main.php

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