What are Electric Dog Studios? Once upon a time, a man called Faderus, who had been a Recording Engineer for many years, had to leave his profession and do something completely different, because he had become very ill, and the doctors told him that he must get away from his old environment. Faderus’ health improved greatly, and for a long time he lived a completely new life, far away from microphones, mixing consoles, and monitor speakers. But as the years passed, he found that he missed being in the studio, and the pleasure of adjusting the controls whilst beautiful music played. And so in the end he built his own recording studio, as a labour of love, and he dedicated it to the God or Goddess of Music, whoever they may be. It was indeed a lovely studio, not enormous, but big enough to record a Rock Band, and it was hidden away in a Secret Location. Even if you were very near it, I don’t think you would realise that it was there at all. Faderus called his studio Electric Dog Studios, because he loves dogs (I know that he owns several, including his special friend, Django the Australian Bulldog), and it seemed to him be the right name. This, then, is how the Studios came into existence. So, who are the Wanda and the Electric Dogs? In time, although most people could not find Electric Dog Studios even if they tried, musicians mysteriously began to appear in the studio and play jam sessions together. Eventually a small core of great players became, in effect, the House Band, so they named themselves The Electric Dogs and Faderus happily recorded them. In the same way that the studios were a secret, these musicians seemed to be very private people, and so it would be best if I didn’t tell you their names here, not that I’m even sure whether the names I’ve heard are their real ones! I can say that if you were able to see them playing on one of their sessions, half-hidden behind his 26” bass drum (I think our American friends call this one a Kick drum), and mighty array of cymbals, laying down that powerhouse beat, you would find Mr Savage Styx. Savage has very large arms, with little pictures all over them. Lazily propped up against his amplifier stack, broadcasting bluesful messages through his P90 pickups, you couldn’t fail to notice the tall distinctive figure of Beano Marquee. And that rock-solid electric bass… but wait, I fear that I may have said too much already... maybe the day will come when I am able to tell you a little more about these extraordinary players. The Dogs began to write songs together, as musicians do, but they also discovered that they all had a great love of the wonderful songs from long ago, in the early days of popular music, and they began to record some of these, performed in their own distinctive rocky style. Now there is a PA system set up in the studio, and various members of the band sang; in fact I believe that some of them sang very well. But the Electric Dogs only really came alive when Wanda arrived. The guys didn’t recognize the pretty girl with red hair; and why would they, since they had never visited the little late-night Jazz Joints where she sang? But when she stepped up to the microphone, they recognized something; that she had a beautiful voice, and it just seemed to blend perfectly with the music the band played. They had finally found their singer. I’m hoping to persuade Wanda and the Electric Dogs to allow me to put some of their music here on the Web for you to download and enjoy yourself, so do check back at this site before too long; maybe they’ll let me do it, and perhaps there may even be a way that you can send messages to them! I’ll sign off now, and as I’ve often heard the Electric Dogs themselves say, “May all your dreams come true”.