Hey everyone, Bryan here. Back in April of 2004 I had the pleasure of traveling to Ecuador with Caedmon’s Call on a Compassion International sponsored trip. The band was in the process of making the Share The Well CD, and as a result of that trip, songs like “VolcanoLand”, “Did Not Catch Her Name”, and “Roses” were crafted.
I kept an abbreviated journal with me during the trip, and I just recently put the entries up on my blog. If you’d like a peek into what its like to travel overseas with the band, or just want to see some of the pictures from the trip, click on over and check it out.
If you haven’t kept track, Derek has been doing the NoiseTrade thing. It’s pretty awesome, and we think you should check it out. [And the only reason that Andy didn't choose NoiseTrade to distribute the Letters to the Editor EP was because I was willing to do it for free. ;) ]
Cliff and Danielle have been without power since Hurricane Ike, so they weren’t able to play this weekend’s show in Ohio. We’d love to thank Kevin and Mandy Mann for filling in to keep it from totally being Andrew’s Call.
We’re all hoping that the Youngs will make this upcoming weekend’s shows. We’ll advise when we know.
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Now, before anyone asks: no, we don’t have any information as to whether or not Derek will be at these shows. We know that it’s been discussed, and we’re not ruling it in or out either way. What we would advise is that you expect that he won’t be there until the dates show up on his Web site or we tell you here [which we will when we know]. But it’s also important to remember that, like, there’s still a lot of people on stage if Derek’s not there. We just know that you’re going to ask about it. :)
Here are the dates we’ve seen for the summer so far:
Please bear with us as we work on some technical issues here, which have driven us to the use of this bland, neutral site template.
Update, 1620 CDT: A-ha. Apparently leading an entry with the term “CC” gets the post-slug written in such a way that it triggers mod_security rules. Such a pain. We’re back to the old style now. Sorry for any confusion.
This is Jeff Miller.