Hey Haghj -
Thanks for watching and commenting! If you heard the rehearsal the night before, you'd be amazed we did as well as we did! :-). The end of Long Train Running I knew was going to be a mess because that was left fuzzy the night before...we ran out of time. In a way, I'm glad it happened so I got to experience it and know that I can work my way out of it without it being the end of the world. Hard to Handle is another example.
I see you picked up on my guiding the others. I'm glad you think I did a good job of it. I fell into that role...somebody has to do it and people seemed more than happy to let me do it.
We are just starting out picking out members. Next week we are trying out another guitar player with lots of band experience and the following week a bass player with similar experience. Yes, this is going to be fun :-). I agree personalitites have to match or complement eachother. We are focusing more on that than skill. If their skill level isn't quite up to what we are doing, I have no problem having them develop in the band as long as their personality meshes with ours and has a good attitude.