Desiree Bassett performs

At just 18 years old, Desiree Apollonio Bassett is taking the world by storm and is set to tour with Cirque du Soleil as the lead guitarist for the Michael Jackson Immortal Tour. And she was on our show about a year and a half ago. We're so excited to have you back. This is such a treat for us. Well, thanks for having me. So tell me about the Michael Jackson Immortal Tour with Cirque du Soleil. Well, it's about 14 months long. I'm going to leave July 30th. It's two months of rehearsals in Canada and then we'll be starting our shows in Canada in October and it'll switch back and forth between the U.S. and Canada. And you've been playing the guitar for how long? Since I was three years old. And you've had a lot of help from your dad along the way. Yep. He's here with you today. In fact, we have some pictures we could show you. There you are. Was that a recent picture? Yeah, a recent picture. We were in Canada a week ago and Triumph had wanted me to play for them in their ceremony for opening of their lane and to help support the troops in Canada. So when you go on tour, you're going to be on that one of those cool tour buses, right? Something like that, between flying and driving, something like that. What a fun adventure you're going to be on. So last month you met a pretty impressive star who actually signed your guitar. Yep. Tell us the details. Well, we went down to Florida for about two weeks and his band needed something to do and, you know, they offered to be my backup band and we did like a small tour with some of my songs and some of their songs too. And Dickie wanted to join in with us on a show and he played a couple songs and I went up and joined him. And he's from the Allman Brothers, correct? Yeah. And he probably didn't realize how great you were, did he? Well, he kind of knew who I was. Great. All right. Well, what are you going to be performing for us today? I'm going to be performing one of my originals today. All right. Well, take it away, Desiree. It's what she needs. It's what she wants. It's what she has. She thinks it's gonna be all right. What she thinks. It's what she needs. It's what she wants. It's what she has. She sits and wonders. It's so surrealized that all she needs is some of my love. Looking at the mirror, she sees a clear reflection of the kind of person that she's supposed to be.