SAL - Drums, Percussion
Co-founding Dragonfly in 2010, Sal started playing drums when he was 12 years old. Growing up in the Brooklyn projects, he was exposed to different genres of music by listening to a variety of street musicians and the various ethnic sounds they created. His early musical influences were the Motown sound, blues, and classic rock. Later on, Sal found inspiration in Latin and Afro-Cuban sounds. Some of the drummers that influenced him include Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Dino Danelli and John Bonham.
Sal was formerly signed to Infinity records as the drummer for the original rock band "ROC". After ROC's breakup, he continued playing with several original New York bands, but his current project is Dragonfly. "I feel blessed to have music in my life, and people I care about to share it with."
Co-founding Dragonfly in 2010, Sal started playing drums when he was 12 years old. Growing up in the Brooklyn projects, he was exposed to different genres of music by listening to a variety of street musicians and the various ethnic sounds they created. His early musical influences were the Motown sound, blues, and classic rock. Later on, Sal found inspiration in Latin and Afro-Cuban sounds. Some of the drummers that influenced him include Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Dino Danelli and John Bonham.
Sal was formerly signed to Infinity records as the drummer for the original rock band "ROC". After ROC's breakup, he continued playing with several original New York bands, but his current project is Dragonfly. "I feel blessed to have music in my life, and people I care about to share it with."
AUDRA - Lead & Backing Vocals, Percussion
Audra lives to sing and has been performing since the young age of three. She began on the stage in musical theater at the age of 6. A graduate of the American Musical Performance Center in NYC, some of her fondest performances were on stage in the national touring companies of Annie, The Fantasticks and Guys & Dolls.
While Audra began her musical career in the theater, her passion lies with creating live music that gets people moving and shaking. She has performed across Tennessee, Nebraska and Virginia with bands such as Rough Cut and Night Train before returning to her one and only home on the Jersey Shore. Audra grew up listening to the tunes of the 80’s and loves the nostalgic feeling of the hard-hitting female rock legends, but does not discriminate where music is concerned. She enjoys all genres and loves to perform them all equally. “I’m very excited to be a part of this talented group of performers! Rock and Roll!”
KEN - Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Harmonica
Over the years, Ken has performed a variety of musical styles, including rock, pop, jazz, "lounge", musical theater, and even classical. He fronted the alt-rock band The Scam and was the lead vocalist for H.U.J.E., a New York-based "big band" jazz band that opened for comedian Robert Klein. Professionally, Ken sang backing vocals for such artists as The Pointer Sisters, Kenny Rogers, Liza Minnelli, and Manhattan Transfer, recorded a number of commercial radio "jingles", and performed at numerous coffee shops, bars, clubs, weddings, and even at the old Giants Stadium before a capacity crowd of 80,000 broadcast live on ABC-TV.
After some time away from music, Ken began performing again as half of the acoustic duo Misfed Originals before later 'plugging-in' as guitarist / vocalist for the bands HourBack and The Shaykz. Since joining Dragonfly in 2014, "my passion for playing to a live audience has been reinvigorated. Performing with my fellow band-mates has been some of the most fun I've ever had on stage!"
TONY - Bass, Lead & Backing Vocals
Tony started playing guitar at 13 years old, but switched to bass out of necessity after his first band couldn't find anyone to play it (he still plays guitar, but prefers the bass). That switch provided many opportunities to play in several great bands and at numerous great places including The Stone Pony and CBGBs. Paul McCartney and Tony Levin are Tony's musical idols. His main musical influences include The Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra, The Smithereens (who he got to play bass with!), as well as "prog" rock and most groups from the British Invasion era.
He has been a member of bands such as Luna Park, Six O’clock Whistle, Parkway Joe & The Tokens, Fishing with Fredo, and Becky & The Beat - to name but a few. Joining Dragonfly in 2015 "has been gratifying as it has given me the opportunity to renew old friendships and find new ways to express myself musically with a group of outstanding musicians."
Tony started playing guitar at 13 years old, but switched to bass out of necessity after his first band couldn't find anyone to play it (he still plays guitar, but prefers the bass). That switch provided many opportunities to play in several great bands and at numerous great places including The Stone Pony and CBGBs. Paul McCartney and Tony Levin are Tony's musical idols. His main musical influences include The Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra, The Smithereens (who he got to play bass with!), as well as "prog" rock and most groups from the British Invasion era.
He has been a member of bands such as Luna Park, Six O’clock Whistle, Parkway Joe & The Tokens, Fishing with Fredo, and Becky & The Beat - to name but a few. Joining Dragonfly in 2015 "has been gratifying as it has given me the opportunity to renew old friendships and find new ways to express myself musically with a group of outstanding musicians."
MATT - Lead Guitar
Matt started playing piano at age 5, then switched to guitar at age 10. He has studied guitar with various private instructors and later attended the New York School of Commercial Music. Matt has played in cover bands (Shore Bet, The Jim Delre Band, Off the Record, No Bad Days, Majority Rules), acoustic acts (2 If By C, Acoustic Fire), a wedding band (The Vic Pellegrini Orchestra), big band jazz bands (The Richmondaires, The Don Michaels Orchestra), oldies/doo-wop groups (The Mystics, The Salutations, Harmony), The Johnny Maestro Tribute Band, and Christian rock groups (The Ken Perry Band, Patrizsha and the Soulterior Motives) – among others.
Matt enjoys all types of music including jazz, fusion, blues, rock, country, oldies, swing, and pop, and has performed at numerous night clubs, catering halls, theatres, restaurants, township parks, school assemblies, churches, recovery groups and outreach programs. When Matt is not performing, you can find him teaching guitar at the School of Rock in Brick, NJ or New Egypt Music Academy in New Egypt, NJ.
