Yeah, right... Let us know about that when he shows up, Fran...!

I have often thought that, if you are doing an almost entirely MP3 show, why not hire a killer rhythm section for a day in a modest studio (rates are at an all time low) and use REAL musicians for the tracks? Get all the feel and nuance in, in a fraction of the time it would take to program it (and probably at a fraction of the price of buying high quality SMFs that always STILL need extensive tweaking!).

If you are going audio, why not go the whole way?