Jed has agreed to become our new permanent bass player, and he is a great rock bass player. Basically he kicks ass and I'm very excited about progressing within the band with him. He's been playing a lot of Rush and even plays the pedals. I reckon he is definately going to bring a lot to the party and am truly looking forward to working with him and (of course), Luke and Jon in the future. We're already talking about writing our own material, and it will definately have the full on "escher power" that we bring to all our songs. Looks like we might well be playing at next years' Glastonbugdet festival, and the organisers are looking to promote a third stage at the event as well. Bring it on. Mine and the other Escher lads' thanks go to Dave Foley who has stepped up to the mark and played the bass for us over the last umpteen months. Without him we would have been snookered. We've all loved having his company on stage, and I'd be more than happy to share a stage with him anytime.... Thanks Dave. We play what looks like it might well be our last gig with him tomorrow. 13th Oct, at the Looking Glass in Leicester. Quite wierd but the last time we played there was our last gig with Malc our previous long time and original bass player. Hopefully not an omen for when we hit that stage with Jed. Later Dudes.