Derek Walsh Webb

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Derek Walsh Webb (born May 27, 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter who first entered the music industry as a member of the band Caedmon’s Call, and later embarked on a successful solo career. Webb graduated from Klein High School in Klein, Texas in 1992.

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He was active in Young Life and spent a month working at Young Life’s Frontier Ranch in 1999. As a member of the Houston, Texas-based Caedmon’s Call, Webb has seen career sales approaching 1 million records, along with 10 GMA Dove Award nominations and three Dove Award wins and six #1 Christian radio hits.

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In 2003, Webb left Caedmon’s Call to pursue a solo career. Since his departure, he has released six studio albums (his latest being instrumental), a live album, two compilation albums, a covers project, two DVDs and an EP (with his wife, Sandra McCracken).

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While these have been less commercially successful than his work with Caedmon’s Call, Webb has had more of a free hand to shape his work to be exactly how he wants it.

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On May 22, 2007, it was announced that Webb had re-joined Caedmon’s Call, writing and recording for their album, entitled Overdressed, and would be joining the band on their subsequent tour.

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