Teri began drumming on a serious level at the age of 13, although she knew she wanted to be a drummer when she was about seven years old, when she created her first drum set with pots, pans, Tupperware, wooden spoons, and a Folger’s coffee can as her “throne” to call her own! She jammed out with her early influences, Earth Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson and Prince among others.

Teri remembers hearing people say “drums are for boys”, but she signed herself up to play in the drum corps her first day of school in 7th grade anyway, that’s when her mother realized she was serious about drumming and bought Teri her first drums set, a Ludwig Orange Vistalite, for her 13th birthday, she continued in the drum corps through high school, six years total while teaching herself on the kit at home. She had the priceless help with a few drum lessons to get started by a successful female drummer named Cam Davis who played with Fanny, Jethro Tull, Chris Williamson, Tret Fure and more. It wasn’t planned that Teri had a woman as her first drum teacher, she and her mother had just moved into a new house in Altadena, Ca and two female drummers happened to live in the front house on the property. Divine intervention? I do say!

Teri began playing drums professionally at the age of 14 with a family band called The Marcy Brothers, who were signed to Warner Brothers and opened for major acts including George Strait, Eddie Rabbit, Johnny Cash, , Alabama and many others. That was 41 years ago and Teri’s been playing professionally ever since.

The funk was Teri’s inspiration, her first real gig was a country gig and since then she’s played just about every style under the moon and stars since. She sincerely appreciates the traditions and fusions of all music. Her love of music goes way beyond drums, as she writes, sings, plays guitar as well. She has approximately 30 originals songs to her original repertoire which she’s in the process of recording. Teri enjoys helping others find their rhythm within, hence her love for teaching which she’s done for 22+ years.

*Elliott Jr. High School, drum corps 97th grade*

The artists and bands listed below are from several different states in which Teri has lived and played music: California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Massachusetts.

GIGS

(David Cassidy, Karen Lovely, Stephen Bruton, Freddy Powers (Clint Strong), Anita Sarawak, Earl Pool Ball, Bobby Boyd, Jeff Dayton, Extreme Heat, Cory Morrow, Andy Gonsalez, Carmela Ramirez).

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David Cassidy

2003-2017 (an American pop artist, consists of twelve studio albums, three live albums, six compilation albums, three soundtrack albums and twenty-four singles. David Cassidy started recording albums in 1970. His career is most notable for his solo music and his recordings with the Partridge Family.

David also was a Broadway actor/singer, having performed in:

Blood Brothers [Broadway]

Broadway Production, 1993

Mickey [Replacement]

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [Broadway]

Broadway Transfer, 1982

Joseph [Replacement]

The Fig Leaves Are Falling [Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 1969

Billy

The Rat Pack is Back! [Off-Off-Broadway]

Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 2005

Bobby Darin

The Rat Pack is Back!

Bookwriter

Stephen Bruton

Guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer

Bruton worked with such artists and musicians as Kris Kristofferson, NRBQ, T Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt, Gene Clark, Rita Coolidge, Christine McVie, Elvis Costello, Delbert McClinton, Sonny Landreth and Carly Simon.

He produced albums for Alejandro Escovedo, Marcia Ball, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Hal Ketchum, Storyville, Kris Kristofferson, Chris Smither, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Hellbillies.

Music co-writer and co-producer for the movie Crazy Heart, with six albums of his own.

Freddy Powers (Clint Strong)

Artist and singer-songwriter / co-producer on Willie Nelsons Somewhere Over The Rainbow which went on to platinum-selling status, and writer of several hits for Merle Haggard: “Natural High,” “Let’s Chase Each Other Around The Room” and “Looking For A Place To Fall Apart,” he also wrote George Jones’ chart-topping “I Always Get Lucky With You.”

Teri wrote one song with Freddy called “Any Ol’ Stormy Night,” a song she intends to record on her up and coming original album.

Clint Strong

Besides playing with Freddy Powers, Clint has also played with – Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Red Garland, Asleep At The Wheel, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Tom Morrell, Joey Defrancesco, John Cody Carter, Marchel Ivery, Eric Scortia and Rattlesnake Annie.

Clint Strong is a legend in Texas and no doubt one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of his generation. Widely known for his remarkable technique, ideas, and musical vocabulary, his influence upon the musical styles of country, jazz, Western swing and bebop music stand unprecedented.

One of the few jazz players to completely conquer the country music world, while simultaneously setting bebop players on their ear, he easily makes the list of America’s most astounding players. As A very young teenage protege, Clint’s musician father led him to the best teachers and players in Texas, eventually introducing him to Howard Roberts, who was an enormous influence on Clint.

Karen Lovely

American electric blues singer and songwriter. Lovely has released five albums to date, with her most recent being Fish Outta Water (2017). She was a nominee at the 2016 Blues Music Awards as “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year”.

Lovely is known for her “passionate, driven performances”, and her “powerfully sultry” voice.

2018 Blues Music Award Nominee “Contemporary Female Blues Artist”

2018 Blues Blast Music Award Nominee “Female Blues Artist of the Year”

2017 Muddy Award Winner “Best National Recording – Fish Outta Water”

2016 Muddy Award Winner “Performance of the Year”

2016 BMA Nominee “Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist”

2016 Blues Blast Nominee “Best Female Vocalist”

2015 Blues411 Winner “Best Contemporary Female Artist”

2014 Muddy Award Winner “Best Female Vocalist”

2011 BMA Nominee “Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist”

2011 BMA Nominee “Best Contemporary Blues Album”

2011 Blues Blast Nominee “Best Female Artist”

2010 WINNER, 2nd Place Band, International Blues Challenge

Anita Sarawak

Asian pop singer/star with 30 albums with EMI from 1969—2010. Between 1966-2004 she was a tv host (comedian, actress in several tv series, film and movies.

Earl Pool Ball

Buck Owens & The Buckaroos, Gram Parsons, Carl Perkins, Merle Haggard, Freddie Hart, Marty Stuart, Phil Ochs, Michael Nesmith, Marty Robbins, Wynn Stewart, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Byrds. He is best known for his 20 years spent touring and recording with Johnny Cash.(1977-1997)

Bobby Boyd

Songwriter, best known for writing numerous hits, including the Garth Brooks #1 “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House,” Aaron Tippin’s “Working Man’s PHD,” as well as songs for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Earl Thomas Conley, Billy Dean, Martina McBride, Vern Gosdin, Patty Loveless, and many more. Bobby Boyd was a staff writer for Jimmy Bowen at Elektra Asylum Publishing.

Jeff Dayton

His career history spans tours with Kenny Chesney, Hall of Fame legend Glen Campbell and gigs backing Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Bo Diddley, Dizzy Gillespie and Toby Keith. He’s done TV and film work on Hawaii Five-O, Nashville and current Netfilx drama Messiah. Jeff’s songs have been recorded by George Strait, Doug Stone and others and have been used on The Voice and Hawaii Five-O.

Extreme Heat

It is rare when a band performs together for a decade much less two decades….. But Austin’s EXTREME HEAT has a performance life that spans five decades. Formed in 1977 from the critically acclaimed band Steam Heat, EXTREME HEAT cut its musical teeth playing legendary Austin venues like the Armadillo, Liberty Lunch, Steamboat, Antones, and the Saxon Pub.

During the 1980’s and 1990’s EXTREME HEAT’s eclectic, funky, jazz, and rock influenced sound was heard throughout Texas as a constant presence in the clubs and music festivals of Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Amarillo and Tyler. It was also during this period that the band released four albums and were the winners of readers polls and the subject of reviews and articles in music publications across the state.

Cory Morrow

A Texas country singer-songwriter who has gained popularity throughout the Southwest. Morrow has sold over 200,000 albums independently. Morrow’s 2002 release Outside the Lines reached No. 28 on Billboard’s Country Album chart, No. 3 on the magazine’s Internet Sales chart, No. 8 on its Independent Album chart and No. 16 on Heatseekers chart. SoundScan ranked him No. 7 among “country debut artists” that year.

Andy Gonsalez

Veteran multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer Andy Gonzales has been a staple of the Arizona music scene for more than 5 decades. Andy’s talents have also taken him across the US and to Europe where he has performed regularly for years. His deep study of his Latin American heritage and culture is illustrated in his musical works; most notably on his Fervor Records releases with his ensemble, Andy Gonzales Y Sus Amigos.

Carmela Ramirez

Performing Artist, Producer, Creative Consultant.

Carmela is one of the most influential Producers in the greater Phoenix area. She is an award winning performing artist who has used Arts, Culture and Community as her base for creative entertainment, community engagement and building bridges of understanding.

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ONE OFF GIGS

(Nidia Rojas, Eric Martin, Bo Diddley, Tony Lynn Washington, Francine Reed, Ralna English, The Resentments, Rusty Wier).

Nidia Rojas

Mariachi – Latin pop star.

Eric Martin

Lead singer for Mr. Bigg – An American rock singer/musician active throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s both as a solo artist and as a member of various bands. He earned his most prominent success as the frontman for the hard rock band Mr. Big, a supergroup (currently reunited) who scored a big hit in the early 1990s with “To Be with You,” a song that Martin wrote during his teen years.

Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Airplane – Starship)

I sang lead vocals for a show in Florida.

Craig’s an American guitarist, songwriter, composer, and record producer, of Portuguese descent. He is a founding member, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the multi-platinum rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship and the only member of both bands to play on every song, album, tour, and video from 1974 to 1991. Since 1993, Chaquico has had a successful solo career as a Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topping acoustic jazz guitarist and composer.

Bo Diddley

American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including

Boston-based blues singer Toni Lynn Washington recorded and released Blues at Midnight for the Tone-Cool subsidiary of Rounder Records in 1995. Washington is considered Boston’s “queen of the blues,” where she has a long and storied history on the club scene.

Francine Reed

Jazz vocalist on Ichiban Records – An American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett’s Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson, Delbert McClinton Roy Orbison. In Phoenix, Arizona, Francine Reed appeared with Miles Davis, Stanley Jordan, Smokey Robinson, Etta James, and The Crusaders.

Ralna English

An American born singer, who gained fame as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo of Guy & Ralna with then-husband Guy Hovis, both of whom were featured performers on The Lawrence Welk Show.

The Resentments

Stephen Bruton, John Dee Graham and Scrappy Judd Newcomb

(Stephen Bruton – Resentments- above)

(John Dee Graham – Resentments)

An American musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States. Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference in 2006.[1][2] He was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times: as a solo artist in 2000, again in 2008 as a member of The Skunks, and again in 2009 as a member of the True Believers. Graham went on to play with John Doe, Exene Cervenka, James McMurtry, Eliza Gilkyson, Kelly Willis, John Hiatt, Michelle Shocked, Patty Griffin, Calvin Russell, and Lone Justice. STUDIO EXPERIENCE

(Scrappy Judd Newcomb – Resentments)

Scrappy has been playing music with bands, songwriters and late nighters for the last 32 years. The Loose Diamonds, Ian McLagan and The Bump Band, The Resentments, Said Cleaves, Patty Griffin, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Johnny Nicholas, Veela, Beaver Nelson, Walter Tragert, Papa Mali, Jenny Reynolds, Snizz and Friends and many others.

Production credits: Said Cleaves, Jeff Plankenhorn, Johnny Goudie, Beaver Nelson, Jenny Reynolds, Michael Hall and Walter Tragert among others.

Scrappy has 98 recorded albums in his credits as a guitarist. No moss under those boots!

Recording Credits

(David Cassidy, Asleep At The Wheel (band), Craig Chaquico, Norm Kinney, David Scoggin, The Kingston Trio, Jane Potter Trio, Clark Rigsby, Morten Vestly, Lauren Duski).

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David Cassidy

Christmas EP

Songs My Father Taught Me album

Asleep At The Wheel

(band) I played on one song with the band in the studio, a commissioned custom song.

Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Airplane – Starship)

Back up vocals on three short medleys used for promotion.

The Kingston Trio

Merry Arizona Two: Desert Stars Shine at Christmas is the second Christmas album released by United Cerebral Palsy, a leading service provider and advocate for children and adults with disabilities, including cerebral palsy.

Artists involved – Glen Campbell, Ron Herndon, Alice Cooper, Emellio Castillo and several others.

Clarke Rigsby

Engineer Tempest Recordings, best known for his work with: Paul McCartney, Tower of Power, Glen Campbell, The Four Tops, Peter Erskine and more.

Norm Kinney

Engineer at A&M Studios, Hollywood – best known for his work on the following artists albums: Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand, The Yellow Jackets, The Carpenters, Gino Vannelli, Cheech and Chong, Captain and Tennille and many more.

David Scoggin

Pan’s Meadow (track 1, 3, 4, 7, 10)

Jane Potter Trio

Try (single)

Morten Vestly

Norwegian Country Singer

Hometown Heroes – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 9)

SIT IN SITUATIONS

Teri has played with many national players, including: Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin and Chicago) Paul Schaffer (Late Night with David Letterman) Gene Clarke (The Birds) Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard’s “Strangers” with Freddy Powers during Merle’s concert. Rusty Weir, Ray Wiley Hubbard and Lukas Nelson.

DRUMMING EDUCATION

6 years Drum Corps and concert band in elementary, jr. high and high school.

PERSONAL LESSONS RECEIVED

Dom Famularo, Dom Moio, Mark Craney, Jim Chapin, Barry ‘Frosty’ Smith, Mike Catalano, Stacy Henry, Brannen Temple, John Blackwell, Sergio Bellotti.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Austin School of Music and Tommy’s Drum Shop – (Austin, Tx.)

Briscoe Music School and Britt Band Camp – (Ashland, Or).

247 Drums – (Winchester, Ma).

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ROAD WORK/TRAVEL

Teri has performed in:

Italy, Japan, Australia, Asia, United Kingdom, Canada and has performed in almost every state in the US.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Currently Teri teaches drums at 247 Drums and works at her husband and her personal recording studio “The Groove Bakery”, recording tracks for several projects, one being her duo with piano player/singer Jane Potter called “JamProv”. Consisting of intricate rhythms, intermingling vocal parts and odd time meters. High with improvisation and free playing with catchy hooks and vocal melodies. They’re hoping to share some music with you all, soon.

ENDORSED BY:

Yamaha

Remo

Vic Firth Inc.

Sabian

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