Meet The Band

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.

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.

Cher Ferrara
(Lead Vocals)

More To Come...

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

Larry Jawarski
(Bass/Vocals)

More To Come...

Ed "Buddha" Page
(Lead Guitar/Vocals)

More to come...

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".

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.
 

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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