Noel McCalla (1991 - to date)
Lead Vocals
On leaving school Noel joined the band Moon who were signed up with the Epic label. When Moon
split up, Noel remained with Epic releasing the album 'Night Time Emotions'. Trevor Rabin produced and played on the album whilst Chris Thompson provided backing vocals. Around this time Noel also
sang on Mike Rutherford's 'Small Creep Day'. Noel went on to work with many other bands including Mezzoforte, Morrisey Mullen and Sniff and the Tears. In 1987 Noel at last achieved his ambition of
forming his own band Contact. Contact was working hard and becoming popular on the London circuit and produced a cassette to sell at gigs. This cassette is well worth tracking down. In 1993
the band changed its name to McCalla and released a 14 track CD, 'Push And Pull', which was received with enormous critical acclaim. Blues and Soul magazine suggested that Noel must be one
of Britain's best Soul Singers. Noel's first involvement with Manfred was as a vocalist on the Plains Music album. When Manfred reformed the Earth Band he asked Noel to join the new band which he
did for the 91, 92 and 93 European Tours. Noel has also been busy recording for the latest Earth Band album 'Soft Vengeance'. An interview with Noel appears in All About McCalla - appears in
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