The BAND

THE BAND MUSICIANS

Woody Holmes / Drums Woody is a resident of Summit, NY. and has been drumming since he was 12. He has been involved with many area bands throughout the years: Roadshow, RD-5 Electric city, Rubberband, and Crawfoot Stew just to name a few. Woody's son Adam, is also a drummer. Woody counts Ginger baker and Terry Bozio among his favorite drummers and cites Frank Zappa as his Music Motivator.

Dennis: O'Neill / Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocals Denny is the lead voice of 5-Zero. Raised in Schenectady, NY and graduating from Linton High school, Denny now resides in Delanson, NY. He has worked as a solo musician for many years. Denny cites as his major influences the bands Yes, Rush, and Led Zeppelin. His favorite solo entertainer is James Taylor. When not singing with 5-Zero Denny can be found playing golf, snowboarding, mountaineering, and traveling.

Bill Trendell / Keyboards and Backup Vocals Bill is from Schoharie, NY and has been playing keyboard over 40 years. He adds excellent backup vocals and harmony to the sound. Some of his previous bands were: Commonground, Exodus, Stagefright, Bill Bear Band, and Rubberband. Bill cites influences from Styx, and the Beatles but is especially influnced by Rick Wakeman, of Yes and Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Beside music, Bill enjoys traveling to Aruba and loves the NY Yankees and NY Giants.

Brian Trendell / Plays congas, bass guitar, and percussion. He also sang vocals with the Trendell Jam Band. Brian's favorite bands are Faith No More, Clutch, Talking Heads, and Dire Straits. His favorite musicians are Robin Trower and Carlos Santana. In addition to playing in the band, Brian is a serious painter and a fanatic Philadelphia Eagles fan.

Jay Wood / Lead Guitar and Vocals    Jay was born in Poughkeepsie New York, and grew up in the nearby town of Fishkill. For his eighth birthday his dad bought him his first guitar, and taught him his first chords. Armed with a chord book and 2-45 rpm instructional records, Jay played night and day, and soon played well enough to join several school groups. In the mid-seventies Jay’s family moved to Summit NY. With a new environment, and new friends, Jay took his playing to the next level, and began playing lead, heavily influenced by the likes of: Jimmy Page, Elton John, Joe Perry, Neal Schon, Joe Walsh, Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent, and Allen Collins, to name a few. In 1986 Jay helped found the band “Von Rudder”, and continues to perform and record with the group to this day. Jay joined 5-Zero in January of 2015 as the lead guitarist, and also sings lead and backing vocals. In his spare time Jay enjoys trout fishing, the beach, and watching N.Y. Mets baseball, and N.Y. Giants football.

John Foote / Base Guitar Player Starting with trombone at age 10 and later switching to bass guitar, John has been playing those low notes for over 50 years on upright and electric bass with genres ranging from traditional bluegrass to progressive rock. Major influences include Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Gary Thain, Chris Squire, Tony Levin, and Frank Zappa. In addition to music, he enjoys skiing, outdoor sports, and living a quiet life on the mountain in Summit, NY.

Fair Street Horns

Dave Henry / Trumpet Leader of the Horns   Dave Henry is a Schoharie, NY resident and has been playing trumpet for over 20 years. Although 5-Zero is his first classic rock band, Dave has played with various jazz and brass ensembles throughout the years. One of his favorite passions is to write horn charts to existing classic rock songs. He is greatly influenced by Chicago’s Lee Loughnane and Lew Soloff of Blood Sweat and Tears' fame.

Jess Gould / Trumpet    Graduated with a bachelors and masters of music Ed from the Crane School of Music. I am in my 19th year of teaching, in my 10th year at Schoharie central school where I teach grades 5-8 instrumental music. My husband and I travel often and have taken groups of kids overseas 10 times. Biggest hobbies are cooking, traveling and hanging with my bulldog.

Barb Perry / Trumpet Barbara is a native of Sharon Springs, currently residing in Cherry Valley, NY. She has been playing the trumpet and flugelhorn for over 40 years, participating in many different ensembles, including concert, drum and bugle corp, jazz, and now rock and roll. inspired by such bands as the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Chicago, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind and Fire, Sly and the Family Stone, to mention a few. Early influences have included such legends as Louie Armstrong, Art Farmer, Maynard Ferguson, Cynthia Robinson and Al Hirt.

Tyler Arnold-Brown / Trombone Tyler is a Schoharie native who has been playing Trombone since he was 12. Tyler has played with different community bands around Schoharie in that time and looks to take his trombone to the world of rock and roll. When not playing in 5-zero you can find Tyler in the mountains hiking, or hanging with friends.

Benjamen Phillips / Tenor Saxaphone Ben is a native of Salem, NY and has been playing music in various school affiliated bands since 2004. Originally a clarinet player, Ben transitioned to Tenor Sax so he could play in his high school jazz band. Since then he has played in college jazz bands in Cortland and Cobleskill. Thanks to friend and fellow musician Tyler, he is now happily a part of The Fair Street Horns.