Dogs In A Pile

Jeremy Kaplan

Jeremy Kaplan sings and plays keyboards in Dogs In A Pile. From Bellmore, New York, he is a multi-instrumentalist who studied at Berklee College of Music after Billy Joel awarded him a scholarship in August 2017. He began working in community-theater pit bands at age 12 and later played rock, big-band, and jazz gigs around the tri-state area. The band's site cites Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Frank Zappa among his influences.

Brian Murray

Brian Murray sings and plays guitar in Dogs In A Pile. From Manhasset, New York, he started playing at age 7 and studied at Berklee, where he met Jeremy Kaplan and Sam Lucid. He has worked with fingerstyle players Tommy Emmanuel and Richard Smith and gypsy-jazz guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo. He joined the band in 2019.

Joey Babick

Joey Babick, also called Joe Babick, is the drummer of Dogs In A Pile. From Forked River, New Jersey, he began studying percussion at age 9 and sitting in with local bands at 11. He spent three years in Rockit, the young-musicians program at the Count Basie Theatre, before focusing on improvisation, and he studies with drummer Ryan Carver. He and Jimmy Law founded the group as college students.

Jimmy Law

Jimmy Law sings and plays lead guitar in Dogs In A Pile. From Point Pleasant, New Jersey, he was playing by age 11 alongside Jersey Shore musicians including Butchy Sochorow, Mark Diomede, and Waynard Scheller. He attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia before working as a professional musician. He and drummer Joe Babick founded the band.

Sam Lucid

Sam Lucid sings and plays bass in Dogs In A Pile. From Sea Girt, New Jersey, he graduated from Berklee College of Music, where he studied jazz theory and improvisation with bassist Lincoln Goines, and first picked up the bass in 2016. He has played blues, rock, jazz, and funk. He joined the group with fellow Berklee student Jeremy Kaplan before guitarist Brian Murray came aboard in 2019.