For the next solid year we would keep the momentum going in the wake of the Gibson tour. We performed constantly in front of increaslingly larger crowds. With our popularity growing and the industry taking notice of the band, offers began to spring up. The only problem was power in numbers didn't apply to the record industry and their interest was focused on one... Not all.

Ed was the primary writer and frontman to an unsually large band. It made fiscal sense for the industry to draw a thick line between us and it quickly became obvious to the guys in the band that we were Ed Ryan and not the Underdogs.

With the truth out in the open, the band had no choice but to leave Ed to persue the artist development that was offered to him. The 'Dogs went back to the drawing board in search of our own destiny, while growing in popularity and improving our craft as songwriters.

The body of music created by this combination was to be a significant turning point for everyone involved. It proved to even the musician's musician that a well crafted pop song performed with sincerity can turn on even the most non-commercial listener. I can't speak for the rest of the band, but I learned alot from Ed Ryan and I'm sure Ed also left the table a little bolder and wiser.