"The most exciting thing about being with Lucid Dreamer is the freedom of performing your own material in the style you want to do it in," says Jeff Wade, Bassist for the band.
"I've been in cover bands that, while they were fun to be a part of, there was always an element of conformity. You don't have that here."
Jeff was born in Farmers Branch, Texas on 12-2-66. He is currently a resident of Irving, TX where he resides with his wife, Tonya and their children, Sean and Renee.
Jeff grew up being influenced by Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan and Steve Harris and it shows in his playing. He actually started out playing drums but switched to bass in his first band, BACKFLASH, whose drummer was Troy Adcox.
After a short and mildly successful stint, the band broke up. Jeff joined RFC, (Radical's For Christ)as the bassist. Troy Adcox, Walter Pierson and Edward Ruiz. The band was together from 1985 to 1988.
In 1988, after the dissolution of RFC, Jeff received call from Troy concerning a new band he was getting into with a guitarist, David Norcross, from Grand Prairie. The band was a cover band of all kinds of music. The band was LUCID DREAMER.
Out of the band's desire to play "Positive Original" tunes, the band moved into a Christian Rock environment and changed their name to ZION.
At the same time, Jeff was asked to help out with a project that David was putting together for a 50's Cafe in Cedar Hill. The project became Vinny and The Jets.
Equipment wise Jeff has an Pedulla Rapture 5 string, a Peavey Cirrus 6 string an Eden Metro and of course Hugo, the colossal peavy bass amp.
It was Jeff's knack for putting more into his bass lines that earned him his nickname, "The Embellisher, " and not a play on the word.
