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Andrew Osenga is a husband, father and singer songwriter from Nashville,TN. He is a founding member of the band The Normals and is a current member of Caedmon’s Call.

He has also released three independent albums, the most recent of which, was named by ChristianityToday.com as one of the Top Albums of 2006.

How did you get involved in Caedmon’s Call and what is your role?

I met Derek Webb years ago, when I was still in my old band The Normals.  We became friends and he invited us to open a leg of Caedmon’s “Long Line of Leavers” tour.  That’s where I met the rest of the band.  A few years later, Derek was leaving Caedmon’s and The Normals had just ended.  They wanted to have somebody to fill in who wasn’t a hired gun, to keep it in the family, so to speak, and they asked me.  Derek actually told them to call me when he left, knowing that I was needing a job.  I filled in for a year or so and we had a good time.  They asked me to join officially somewhere in that first year, and it’s been just over four years now.

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