having once toyed with being in a band myself ( i was crap) i learned the following
_ if you start off as friends you probably wont be for long
- you may become friends as you go along - and then fall out later
- no matter how amateur you all are ego will out !
- a decision based on what is good for the music will probably be bad for the friendshiP!

All in all being in a band is a tricky mix of camaraderie, friendship,PASSION for music and fertile ground for umbridge to be taken! Most folkies are going to be in parttime bands - meeting when you are completely knackered after work or having to sacrifice a saturday lie in to practice - another possible reason for tetchiness!

Bloody good fun though!