I'm blessed to be in an area where are a great number of real pros, maybe 10 guitar players, several drummers and bass men, one tremendous harmonic player and a couple of excellent sax men.
Although as a rule most of them stay fairly busy, I can almost always quickly assemble a great band in a couple of hours when needed. These guys either know everything I do, or are good enough to lay out the first time through and then they will know it.
Most of them have played with big-name artists over the years, but have settled back here for whatever reason as they have gotten older. I'm talking PRO'S here, that can play almost anything on anyone's stage. And most all of them sing at least as well as I do or better. I do not ask them to play cheap, so I can usually get what I need.
It is an honor to share the bandstand with these guys, and I ALWAYS learn something from any of them.