Other replacements besides Billy or Rick

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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?

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. 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.