@45RPM - Rolling Lost Tape with Jim Goodwin of The Call

Even with champions like Peter Gabriel, U2, Jim Kerr, and others
singing their praises, and songs like “The Walls Came Down,” “I
Still Believe” and “Let The Day Begin” scratching out a presence
on college and alternative radio, The Call never lived up to the
commercial potential their fans knew they deserved. And when
frontman, vocalist, and primary songwriter Michael Been passed
away in 2010 while on the road with his son Robert Levon Been’s
band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, it became heartbreakingly clear
that The Call was on 80s band we would not be hearing more music
from.


 


Or would we?


 


Recently the band found several previously unreleased – and in
some cases unfinished songs. The surviving members regathered,
adding fresh tracks to fill in the empty spaces, and giving them
an incredible polish. They then reached out to fans via a new
Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds necessary to release this
LOST TAPES project – a campaign that closes in late February
2024. When the band reached out to us, to see if we would like to
talk about this incredible project, we jumped at the chance. So
on this special episode we sit down with keyboardist Jim Goodwin
to hear not only about The Lost Tapes, but about what it was like
to write songs, record, and perform with the band back in the
day.


 


Hopefully you heard our full-length special episode featuring a
previously unheard 1994 interview with Been, rescued and restored
from an ancient cassette tape. If not, please do. And if you have
not backed the Kickstarter campaign, you can do that HERE. (We
certainly hope you will.)


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