The Call

Description: Other recordings by the Call The Call, 1982 Modern Romans, 1983 US No. 84, AUS No. 50[24] Scene Beyond Dreams, 1984 US No. 204 Reconciled, 1986 US No. 82 Into the Woods, 1987 US No. 123 Let the Day Begin, 1989 US No. 64 Red Moon, 1990 To Heaven and Back, 1997 Live Live Under the Red Moon, 2000 A Tribute to Michael Been featuring Robert Levon Been (BRMC), 2014 The original lineup of the Call was Been (lead vocals, guitar), Musick (drums, percussion), Ferrier (guitar) and Greg Freeman (bass). This lineup grew to include Steve Huddleston on keyboards from 1981 through 1983. Goodwin joined the band as keyboardist in 1983, replacing Huddleston. Freeman departed in 1984 with Joe Read taking over bass duties for Scene Beyond Dreams. Both Been and Musick were originally from Oklahoma but didn't meet until independently moving to California.[1] The Call were earlier known as Motion Pictures and served as Phil Seymour's band at that time. A version of the John Prine / Phil Spector song "If You Don't Want My Love" with Phil backed by the Call was released on the 2020 album If You Don't Want My Love as part of the Phil Seymour archive series. Beginning with their self-titled debut in 1982, they went on to produce and release nine studio albums by 2000. The eponymous premiere album was recorded in England, and Been recalled in a 1987 interview that the band was in an exploratory phase at this point. He further noted, "The Call was a compassionate album, but it probably came out as anger."[2] Peter Gabriel liked the band so much that he called them the "future of American music"[3] and asked them to open for him during his 1982–1983 "Plays Live" tour.[4] Their next album, Modern Romans, was notable for its political content. Been later stated, "There was a great deal happening politically—Grenada, Lebanon, or the government saying the Russians are evil and the Russian government probably saying the same about us. That kind of thinking inspired me to write the last lines of 'Walls Came Down'."[5] Garth Hudson of the Band played keyboards on these first two records.[6][7] This was followed by Scene Beyond Dreams. Been referred to it as the Call's "metaphysical" album.[2] With a strong poetic sense to the lyrics and a change in instrumentation, the change in sound is notable.

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