March arrived and the plenary rehearsal was held. Immediately obvious was the group dynamic that would characterize the band from start to finish: five musicians, each talented, composers in their own right; bringing neither pretense nor conceit but rather whatever contribution was necessary for a song.

"When we talk about the band days, we'll mention the ease with which we worked. No arguments, no 'creative differences.' None of us has had an experience where unity, deference and exclusion all occurred at the appropriate times, every time. Not before or since."