 Demby's first solo album "Skies Above Skies" comprised devotional prayers set to music made entirely by Demby on hammer dulcimer, ch'eng, tambura, synthesizer, cello, piano, organ, and voice reciting lines from sources as wide-ranging as the Bible to Hindi scripture to the "Popol Vuh".Demby made her first pilgrimage to India in 1979.In 1980 she moved back to California, settling in Marin County just north of San Francisco.