Joe Cerisano
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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 1980s rock band, Silver Condor and has gone on to appear as the featured vocalist on numerous other artists' albums, one-off recordings, and commercials since then.
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 West Virginia University and played at Somers Point, New Jersey 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 Kenny Rogers' brother Leland in Memphis. Cerisano moved to New Jersey and became a resident of Warren Township.[1]
