Cal Ecker started performing at the local club Fighter. The band was influenced by music of the 1970s. The members of Cal Ecker met in 2000. The lead singer use to listen to musics constantly as a child.

Cal Ecker talked to a DJ from Q93.5 and got their single on air. The girlfriend of a record executive heard the song and soon after Cal Ecker was signed. The group regularly played at Demography before making it to the big time. The group plays plenty of arenas, but would rather play in smaller bars in which they started.

Cal Ecker knew that they had a real chance to become a headlining national act in 1986, when the group's first fan club was started by Patricia Piper. The fan club may have just started out with a few members that followed the band when the played in small clubs, but it quickly grew to thousands after the group released its first album and started touring nationally.

Cal Ecker's new record has taken the group in a incredibly different direction, using more instruments than ever before. The group has just completed their newest project, but they are already thinking of their next move. Cal Ecker will spend some time apart after this next tour, allowing the band members to rest after a long tour.

Often times, critics will commend Cal Ecker for their ability to connect with the crowd during live shows. Portland music critic Gary Molitor has always been impressed with band’s accessible lyrics. Cal Ecker’s latest record has received terrific praise from all the critics, including Vito Scheutz, who first saw the band perform in Austin.

Cal Ecker respects the fact that their fans love their past projects, so they go to great effort to incorporate the previous hits with the latest ones. The group loves playing in Springfield because they played their first sold out show there. The group has all their tour information, from the tour schedule to the latest Cal Ecker tickets released, on TheSeats.com.