I don't think so, Iggy. I'd never do #2 or #3, but I sure would think about #1. It'd depend a lot on the stranger.

I have not used a click track since Time immemorial, except for the situations noted way, way up above. For live performance, and for anything that's going to *sound* like a live performance, I have a work-around. We used it in the band's first two recordings for the album, too.

Rather than doing the "one, two, three, four" count-in to starting a song (which we tried, but couldn't get right), I just do a few bars lead-in--just the solo rhythm guitar; it's something I've done for years, to set the tempo right for myself. The band comes in on the first downbeat, and it's usually perfect.

Joe

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