Editing The Call (band) (section)

== Reunion and legacy ==
Been's solo releases in the early 1990s, including the song "To Feel This Way" for the 1992 film ''[[Light Sleeper]]''<ref>{{Citation |title=Light Sleeper (1992) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102307/soundtrack |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> and the 1994 solo album ''On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough'' fueled rumors about the band's dissolution.  However, in 1996, [[Warner Bros. Records]]. released ''[[The Best of The Call]]'', which featured a selection of old favorites and a few new songs, including full-band re-recordings of Been's solo songs "Us" and "To Feel This Way".<ref name=":1" />

In 1997, they released a new studio album, ''To Heaven and Back'', on [[Fingerprint Records]].  A few years later, a music fan tracked Been down and helped him master a recording from their 1990 tour, leading to the release of their first live album, ''Live Under the Red Moon'', in 2000 on the indie label [[Conspiracy Music]]. The band disbanded that same year.

[[Al Gore]] used "Let the Day Begin" as his campaign song in the [[2000 U.S. Presidential Election]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1123237/song-by-80s-rockers-the-call-revived-as-campaign-theme/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124165414/http://www.mtv.com/news/1123237/song-by-80s-rockers-the-call-revived-as-campaign-theme/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |title=Song By '80s Rockers The Call Revived As Campaign Theme |last=Comerford |first=Will |date=August 18, 2000 |publisher=MTV News  |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> and [[Tom Vilsack]] used it as his song during his brief [[2008 U.S. Presidential Election]] campaign.

In 2009, the [[Oklahoma History Center]] held a temporary exhibition titled "Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Exhibit", which presented the state's contribution to the history of rock music.  The exhibition derived its name from a line in The Call's song "Oklahoma", which was also one of the ten finalists in a 2009 vote for Oklahoma's official state rock song.<ref>Gene Triplett, [http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-born-rocker-michael-been-dies-in-belgium/article/3486996?custom_click=lead_story_title "Oklahoma-born rocker Michael Been dies in Belgium"], ''[[The Oklahoman]]'', August 20, 2010.</ref><ref>Barbara Hoberock, "[http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20090302_297_0_OLHMIY145710 "Flaming Lips' 'Do You Realize??' named state rock song"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', March 2, 2009.</ref> A book of the same name was published that featured The Call and other Oklahoma musicians.

Michael Been died on August 19, 2010, after suffering a heart attack backstage at the [[Pukkelpop]] music festival in [[Hasselt]], Belgium, where he was working as the sound engineer for his son's, [[Robert Levon Been]], band [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]], also known as BRMC.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/20/the.call.death/ "The Call's Been dies of heart attack"], [[CNN]], August 20, 2010.</ref>

On April 18 and 19, 2013, band members Scott Musick, Tom Ferrier and Jim Goodwin reunited for a series of shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles with BRMC's Robert Levon Been taking over bass and lead vocal duties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/09/16/interview-robert-black-rebel-motorcycle-club-answers-call-preserves-fathers-legacy/ |title=Interview: Robert Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club answers the Call, preserves his father's musical legacy |last=Kravitz |first=Kayley |date=September 16, 2014 |publisher=Vanyaland.com |access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> ''A Tribute to Michael Been featuring Robert Levon Been (of BRMC)'' was released on September 2, 2014, and featured songs recorded during those two 2013 shows. The CD version included 14 songs, while the special CD/DVD combo pack and a digital deluxe version featured 19 songs. The band also released the set on limited-edition vinyl. In 2015, an hour-long TV special using footage from the DVD was shown on VH1 Classic and Palladia.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

On April 22, 2017, the Call reunited and played a show in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Siberia, with special guest vocalists Ray Ganucheau, Michael Divita, and J.D. Buhl.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

On August 28, 2021, the Call was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.  Scott Musick and Steve Huddleston were present to accept their awards, and Michael Been's sister accepted his posthumous award on his behalf.

In 2023, the remaining band members (Tom Ferrier, Jim Goodwin, and Scott Musick, along with Ralph Patlan) went back to the archives and discovered some live recordings and nearly complete studio tracks featuring Michael Been's voice. They resolved to go back into the studio to finish off these recordings and issue them on a brand new studio album, ''The Lost Tapes'', set to be released in 2024. ''The Lost Tapes'' is a new studio album of tracks from prior sessions which were never released. All of these newly finished recordings feature Michael Been, Jim Goodwin, Tom Ferrier and Scott Musick. The album will also include several rarities from 1978–1981 when the band was known as Airtight and Motion Pictures. The remastered versions of ''Reconciled'' and ''Into the Woods'' are also set for release.

On January 26, 2024, the band released the first new single "Welcome to My World" from ''The Lost Tapes'' on Spotify and other digital services.