Thirty-five years ago, a group of local musicians calling themselves Artists United for Wilmington got together to record a song titled "Call This Place Home."
Inspired by the 1985 hit "We Are the World," which was recorded by the biggest pop stars of the day under the banner of U.S.A. for Africa, "Call This Place Home," which also featured multiple singers, was released in 1986 as a 7-inch vinyl record to benefit the children’s floor of what was then called New Hanover Memorial Hospital.
“There was the song and there was the venue that was very supportive and the people that were there," said Brad Thomas, who spearheaded the project. "We were young."