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Joe Morello & Anthony WagnerAnthony Wagner began playing drums at the age of 4, and started performing publicly at age 5. Anthony is currently the youngest student ever to study under legendary Jazz Icon and teacher, Joe Morello. He also studies under Doug Martin, a Berklee graduate, and renown Atlantic City jazz drummer, and Marc Dicianni, Head of the Percussion Department at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and former drummer for Frank Sinatra. Anthony has also participated in private clinics with Terry Bozzio, Virgil Donati and Dave Weckl.

He is fluent in all styles of drumming, including jazz, funk, Latin, orchestral, blues, and of course, Rock. He was featured in the
November 2005 issue of DRUM! magazine, and has won several drum competitions, including the Guitar Center Drum Off and The Cherry's Music drum competition.

Anthony has also been very active in charity events through his music, helping to raise nearly one half million dollars for various
causes, including benefits for Hurricane Katrina, The National Hemophilia Foundation, The Shelby Richter Irregular Sarcoma Foundation Cancer Relay For Life, and Alex's Lemonade Stand.
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 2006 found Anthony and his former band Bleak City opening for the Godfather
 of Soul, James Brown, at the House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ., and performing
 in Crystal Springs, Mississippi at The Robert Johnson Blues Museum, where
 Anthony was asked to donate a signed pair of sticks to the museum. After
 touring the east coast playing world renown venues as The Stone Pony and
 Joe Pops in N.J., CBGB's and F.I.T. in New York City, The Trocadero and The
 TLA in Philly, it was off to the west coast to perform at the Whiskey A Go Go
 and world famous, BB King's in Los Angeles.

 Anthony's and his band were selected to perform on the 2006 Bamboozle Tour,
 performing also Riverwinds, West Deptford N.J., as well as 2006 Pete Seeger
 Clearwater Jazz and Blues Festival. Having done this all at the age of 13.

 2007, already has started out to be an incredible year with no end in sight. On
 January 22nd, At the 2007 NAMM Show in L.A., Don Lombardi, President and
 CEO of DW Drums welcomed Anthony into the DW Drums family, stating, "Many
 good things are coming Anthony's direction." Anthony is honored to receive the
 endorsement and the opportunity to represent DW Drums. Anthony currently
 plays a DW Collector Series Ebony Satin Oil with black hardware. 

 Anthony currently attends Charter-TECH High School for the Performing Arts,
 where he majors in instrumental music and minors in Theatre Arts, as Anthony is also interested in pursuing an acting career.

  

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