Dave Haney
Keyboard,
Guitar,Vocals
A native of
Pennsylvania, Dave Haney began his musical career playing accordion at the
age of
7. Upon reaching his teenage years, he discovered that girls
really went crazy over guys who
played guitar – but not so much for accordionists, so
he took up the guitar.
Dave dropped out of
college for a few years to join a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida rock
band called
“Nobody’s Children”. Next, playing bass, he joined a Key
West band that eventually decided to
relocate back to their native
Chicago. Dave went along and the group reformed into
“The Sound of
Soul”.
As Bassist/keyboardist,
he joined the traveling show band, “Mickey Finn and the Knockouts”.
After several years on the road and playing in clubs all over the
Midwest, Dave and his wife
Judy settled down again in Pennsylvania,
where he played keyboards for many years with a
popular
party/wedding/resort band, “Adrian, Priest and Grimes”, working in many
well-known
Pocono Resorts including Caesar's Paradise Stream,
Brookdale, and Pocono Palace (all the
while
teaching elementary school).
After the members of
that band went their separate ways, he did a guitar single at several
different family resorts in the area for several
years.
In late 2004, the
Haney's became permanent Florida residents, and Dave began looking for a
band needing a new member.
In 2005 to mid-2008, he spent some time playing bass for “Gypsy Star” and then joined “Lenny and the Jets” in 2006 as keyboardist. He is now enjoys playing keyboards and guitar for "The Sundance Band ."