Thanks for the encouragement, Ron:

The only thing worse than not having a tenor is having the wrong tenor. We tried someone who is a terrific singer, has a fine sense of rhythm, sings harmony just fine and believes what he sings. It didn't work because he was more interested in singing lead than singing harmony, and he didn't like the straightforward four-part harmony the rest of us do. He wanted something more like Take 6 or the Hi-Lo's (from years ago.) And he really got no enjoyment out of anyone else doing a fine job on a lead.

In music, being a fine singer isn't always enough.

Jerry