No, this is nothing to do with The Shadows (although god knows I'm old enough). It's a complete set of deps who have agreed (for a modest fee) to keep the two recording days free and make themselves available to step in at the last minute if anyone in the band has to drop out for whatever reason. Four of them have already depped for us - you can see them in the ‘Deps’ section of the Musicians page (Will, George, Oli and Mike); Dave is ready to stand in for Paul on the bass (they know the music equally well); then there's the excellent Martin Hathaway, who came to our Colchester gig and was very enthusiastic ("if you ever need a sax dep…"); and there are three young players who are completely new to it, Cody Moss (keys), Jonny Akerman (percussion) and Tom Potter (drums). I'll be rehearsing with all of them, and of course even if they're not needed for the recording, the newcomers will be ready briefed for when we do need deps on those instruments.