Calls From Home
Posted November 9, 2006
About a month and a half ago I found out that some friends of ours band "Calls From Home" were calling it quits. It's something that happens a lot in music just because things change, people change, and nothing stays the same. Richie the lead singer of the band and I basically grew up together. He and I have played quite a bit of music together over the years (straight to the top) and I felt like if anyone would "make it" Richie would. I guess just because he and the other guys in Calls From Home were always so on fire for having a career in music. Richie and the guys always seemed so close to breaking through. They played every bigger Christian Music festival that there is. They were courted by 4 or 5 bigger Christian Labels and they constantly had bookings nationwide whether dates they booked on their own or by their booking agent. However, something didn't pan out. The bookings were still there, but the labels either didn't live up to the hype or they lost interest. So for me it was really sad when Richie told me that Calls From Home were calling it quits. I've known all those guys a long time and it blew my mind to think that Calls From Home were not going to "make it." It takes a lot of sacrifice to make it in music and sometimes the sacrifices may not be worth the cost. Or maybe it just wasn't meant to be, however, they still made some awesome music that moved people whether you've ever heard them or not, they rocked.
You can still check out Calls From Home @ www.purevolume.com/callsfromhome
8th Plague is currently working on the finishing touches of new material for our next recording. We'll be in studio in the next few months and look forward to spring and summer show dates. Thanks to Nathan P. Murphy's for finding Joey's guitar. We don't know what we'd do without you!
Later 8th Plague
