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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I don't think anyone knows who Michael Been was, he died this last week of a heart attack while in Belgium with his son who is in the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Michael was the lead singer and guitarist of a great band out of Santa Cruz Ca called The Call. I don't think they made much of a name outside the bay area and college radio but they should have, great great band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272T8hZUqcs&feature=related Their other music is great as well. |
LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
I couldn't have picked him out of a lineup, but I liked "Walls Came Down" when it got heavy airplay in the 80's. Although I didn't listen to much of their stuff, it wouldn't surprise me if they were an underrated band that mainly just hit the college market. See also: Husker Du.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I know who he was, and who The Call were.
I loved "Reconciled", "Into the Woods", "Let the Day Begin", and "Red Moon". I listened to the tapes over and over. Michael also played "John the Apostle" in "The Last Temptation of Christ." He was one of the reasons I went to see the movie. - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I use to see them in clubs, Santa Cruz had a huge club where bigger names played, same with SF. He was very talented.
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts |
Caught them in the 1980's. Great band.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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