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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cher Ferrara
(Lead Vocals)
More To Come...
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John Weber
(Percussion)
John Weber has been playing drums for over 40 years and has been friends
with the dogs for more years then that; one of his first bands was with
the Cerio brothers. John has been part of several award winning bands
starting with the Freeborn Men and the country band called Crystal Mountain
who was even lucky enough to open for Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker and
many more. John has been with Miss E. in the past few years but wanted to come
on board and play with the Horn Dogs
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Larry Jawarski
(Bass/Vocals)
More To Come...
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Ed "Buddha" Page
(Lead Guitar/Vocals)
More to come...
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Kristen Peenstra
(Lead Vocals)
Kristin started with the Horn Dogs in August of 2010 at Brennan's Beach singing
back-up vocals and was determined to be a part of the band. You can see her
singing lead vocals, back-ups and playing her trumpet at a given gig. Kristin
is a Music Teacher for the Marcellus School District. Her music career began in
third grade when she started playing the organ. She majored in Voice and Piano
at the Crane School of Music where she received her Masters in Music Education.
She is a huge Dave Matthews Band fan and catches them on tour as often as she can.
She can also be seen in the local crowd listening to "The Mere Mortals".
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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.
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Dave Simiele
(Trumpet)Dave Simiele
is no stranger to the Syracuse
music scene, besides his trumpet and keyboard Dave has been an area disc
jockey in many local hot spots. As you will no doubt hear Dave is a very
versatile musician not only is he our second trumpet but Dave also lends
his talents to adding keyboards to many of the Horn Dogs songs. He also
is the lighting engineer behind MKP Sound and Lighting since 1977.
Dave’s influences are Earth, Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang along with
the local groups Under the Gun, Primetime and After F/X.
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