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Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo
Did a casual fajitas-based dinner interview with the other members ensue or did Christine only get a veto when another woman was joining?
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In all seriousness, there was a dinner a day or so later with Mick, Billy, Rick, and Stevie, who insisted on going when she found out, so kind of.
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Originally Posted by bwboy
I’m sure Christine and Stevie got a vote in whether to allow Billy and/or Rick to join. But as already noted, Billy was already known to most of them, so he was probably an automatic yes.
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Billy had played and/or recorded with all of them, even Lindsey. Per Mick, they were going to have him be their second guitarist on the Tango tour even if Lindsey had stayed. (I get the vibe that he was on the top of their shortlist, but hadn't been asked, yet.)
As for Rick, he was an in-demand session player/side man who'd been a Bluesbreaker, had worked with Bonnie Raitt, Roger McGuinn, and Bog Seeger and had been working with Billy, so there was a chemistry there.
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I would bet that with only about six weeks to make a decision, the tour was probably an audition for both of them to see how they did; once they saw how well the tour was received by the public and how well they all got along together, it was easy to then make the decision to record with them.
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Nah. They knew Billy's writing and ability to sing with the girls. No audition needed. Rick probably nailed it during the first rehearsals, so ditto.