Jesse McCall, born in Stillwater, Minnesota 1979 and raised in Plano, Texas, started dreaming of playing the guitar at age 4 while sitting in front of the TV with his older sister watching Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same" concert film and KISS Meets the Phantom Of The Park film (at that moment he became a huge ACE FREHLEY fan). At a very early age his attention spread to other bands like Motley Crue, Scorpions, Van Halen, Rush, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, and Def Leppard.
At age 14 he started to take lessons and also picked up his first experimental Fender P bass in junior high school. Jesse then started himself up as a rhythm/lead guitar player for numerous party bands with added influences ranging from Nirvana, Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, Soundgarden, and AC/DC until the end of '99. Jesse has previously worked with talented musicians such as Jasonic (Advent), Chris Gentry (Panic Value), Sarah King, Scott Lauderdale, Rick Adkins, and Matt Adkins. Since then he's converted the full time switch to his beloved bass, and in Spring of 2002 he joined Dallas Texas' local hard rock machine "Omega 7" with high school friend Justin Elliot and talented musicians Charlie Wigington and Mark Moore.
--Late 2002--
Jesse, guitarist Charlie Wigington, and drummer Mark Moore soon decided to leave Omega 7 to take a new musical direction along with fellow musician and close friend guitarist Ed Carson (now currently with Save Radio). One such direction that totally surprised their past fans and sparked a brand new interest in the instrumental side of rock. Their band, Low Tolerance, turned many heads with songs influenced from Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, John Petrucci, Dream Theater, Mr. Big, Symphony X, Racer X, and many others.
--Late 2004--
However, due to personal reasons and different interests, the band sadly could not continue with its founding members. Mark left to join local heavy metal band, Black Halo. This led to Charlie and Jesse recruiting a good friend and talented musician, Fernando Jaurigui on the drums for a short lived weekly party jam at O'Riley's open mic nights under the name "SatchRated" -- paying tribute to the great Joe Satriani.
---Late 2006-2008---
Jesse joins ANCESTOR and BACK IN THE DAY.
ANCESTOR
David Swayze - Vocals
Louie Shoop - Rhythm/Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals
Jesse McCall - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Ron Wagner - Drums
BACK IN THE DAY
Steve Giglio - Vocals
Chris Rawlings - Rhythm/Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals
Jesse McCall - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Gary Luther - Rhythm/Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals
Beaker Willingham - Drums
---Early 2009 - Present---PHALANGIE
After a friendly leave from Back In The Day, Jesse decides to temporarily put the bass down, dust off the cobwebs from his guitar, and join up again with Chris to form Phalangie.PHALANGIE
Shane Hayworth - Vocals
Chris Rawlings - Rhythm/Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals
Jesse McCall - Rhythm/Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals
Max Droz - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
David Hale - Drums