Birth of a band.....
Back around 2001, JD Snyder was performing around the various clubs on Long Island Sound as a solo acoustic guitarist when his buddy Kingsley McAlpine decided to renew his lost interest in playing the bass guitar. After several successful gigs as a duo, Wayne Nelson approached them with an interest in joining on as a drummer. After their first gig at Skip's Harbor Hut, their friend George Dulin provided the now legendary band name: The Penfield Reefers.
Hey, we figured since Jimmy Buffett had the Coral Reefers and that we were all boaters who had polished our propellers on Penfield Reef once or twice that the name would be quite appropriate.
Well, a lot of guys have come and gone within the band lineup since that night at Skip's. Wayne hooked up with a woman and thus lost all interest in music (yoko?). That opened the floodgate as we've had over a dozen different drummers over the years.
The band added a substitute bass player who evolved into our keyboardist a few years back. Shortly thereafter, the keyboard position was substantially upgraded with the addition of Dan Barletta. Dan was a lifelong musician and upon being forced to get a "real job" in his late-forties for the first time, found himself unable to fullfill all of his gig committments.
Enter the incomparable T-Bone Stone, who often fills in on keys. Ed Chervansky has also been added as a second guitar from time to time..... and there's always the possibility of reverting back to a 3-piece....
JD
Skip and June from the Harbor Hut
JD and King duo on the dock at Skip's a million years ago...
The Band
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JD SNYDER
KING McALPINE
DAN BARLETTA
DENNIS DeMORRO
The Band Alumni
for the Top Ten Reasons that should Get You Fired from the Penfield Reefers Band
Top Five
Goofiest Moments in
Penfield Reefer History
More often times than not, it's the audience that provides the most memorable moments on any given night during a Reefer's show. Over the past 7 years, we've had some classic occurrences that will live alongside Woodstock... Altamont... Monterey...Beatles at Shea Stadium...
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