Kenny "Road Dog" Anthony
(Sound/Light Engineer)

Kenny "Road Dog" Anthony started his musical career entertaining Central New York as a DJ and co-owner of MKP Sound and Lighting.  Kenny has worked sound and lighting for numerous bands in his 20 years in the field.  He has been life long friends with some of the member of the band and jumped at the chance to work with The Horn Dogs. 

Tony Callisto
(Trumpet/Sax)

Tony Callisto started his musical career nearly 40 years ago at the age of 7 with trumpet lessons through St. Cecilia’s School in Solvay.  By middle school Tony was the lead trumpet player for the school band and during his four years at Solvay High School he led the trumpet sections in both the concert band and jazz ensemble. Senior year he learned to play the sax.  He played trumpet in all-county bands as well as the all-state band senior year.  Tony was the jazz trumpet soloist for the Onondaga Community College Jazz Ensemble in ’81 and ’82.  Tony played professionally with a number of bands after high school, even tooting the um-pa-pa with a German band, Vergbagabuden, in the late 80’s.

Donnie Coker
(Lead Vocals)

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James started his musical career back in 1964 when he and some of his friends banded together to form the Ambassadors of soul. The Ambassadors rocked the city of Syracuse and even successfully auditioned for the Apollo center until James was drafted into the Army. While serving in the military, James was stationed in South Korea where he joined other GIs to form the band The Purple Underground. The Purple Underground played at many clubs in Korea, and toured many NCO and Officer's clubs. After serving in the military, James broke from touring and playing music for 24 years so that he could care for his family. After raising a family with values of music and martial arts, James son began playing guitar leading James to pick up his bass again.Together,James and his son, Germano, started the band RedSea, Which still performs together today. James is skilled in playing bass guitar in the musical styles of Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country,Reggae,R&B,and Gospel. His influences are James Jamerson, the uncredited bass guitarist on most of Motown records and bassist for the Funk Brothers, Sly and The Family Stone, James Brown, and his newest influence, bass phenom Victor Wooten.

John D'Eredita
(Trumpet/Flugelhorn)

Growing up with the crooning of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, John was always drawn to the crisp brass sounds that packed their bands. John began playing trumpet in the 5th grade and now thirty-two years later, he is reunited with the best of friends. John's musical influences range from the Big Band Era to today’s Pop Music.

Erin Donaghy
(Lead Vocals)

Born and raised in Syracuse, Erin has been singing since she was a little girl. Very active in musical theater in high school, she was featured in several productions, including Bye Bye Birdie, Godspell, and The Wiz. Finally, as a senior at Westhill High School, she took the lead role of Reno in Anything Goes. At 17, Erin sang the national anthem at a Syracuse University basketball game in front of 23,000 fans. Continuing on to Ithaca College, Erin took voice lessons throughout her college career. She was the lead singer of the popular college rock band, Glory, who played at many Ithaca bars and clubs. Most recently, Erin was one half of the duo, Clark & Donaghy, and played at many Syracuse area bars and restaurants. Her influences include Janis Joplin, Heart, Madonna, Martin Sexton, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and much more. Erin resides in Syracuse with her husband and 2 dogs, and works in advertising.

Originally hailing from Boston, Jim's musical roots go back over 32 years starting with playing drums and percussion in school bands, shows and jr/senior high bands to sitting in with regional acts playing in his family's restaurant/bar in his teens. After attending the reknown Berklee College of Music, Jim returned to CNY and has been a local music vet for over 20 years playing and recording with a number of bands & performers, most recently with "Harddrive", a 2005 Syracuse Newtimes top 3 best bands reader's pick. Jim's influences include Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcoro, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiutta, Neil Peart, John Bonham, Carter Beufort and many more.

John has been playing and performing for 20 years.  He's played in a variety of regional bands including The Boneheads and RedSea.  He draws from his many influences such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, The Meters, James Brown, and Eddie Van Halen, to create a unique Funk-Rock sound.

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Jeremy Patterson
(Keyboard)

Jeremy joined The Horn Dogs after he saw them on play their debut gig at the Solvay Field Days. After that performance Jeremy knew he had to get a piece of that action. Jeremy started playing piano at the age of 4. Jeremy's influences include Billy Joel, Billy Preston and Jackson Brown.
 

Pete "Chaos" Reynolds: Pete began playing trombone over 36 years in the Syracuse area sitting in with the Stan Colella Orchestra in the late 70's early 80's to working many local bands through the 80's doing sound reinforcement. Pete in recent years has played with the CNY Police and Fire Department Marching Band and John Puma and the Funkin Dangerous Horns, his influences are Tower of Power, James Brown and Earth, wind and Fire, along with many others keeps Pete belting out those big brass sounds