Brian & His Band of Brothers
By Gary Wien
Sometimes you see something
while driving that captures your
eye. It could be the way the
sky is incredibly clear that day
or someone walking along the
side of the road. For Brian Fitzpatrick (leader of Brian Fitzpatrick and the Band of Brothers)
it was a sign saying, “Welcome
to the Heart of the Black Dirt.”
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He jotted it down in his phone
that day so he wouldn’t lose
the wording. Within a week
later he had written the song
which would be the title track of
the band’s latest record. But it
wasn’t until the band played the
song at a show in Middletown,
New York that he learned one
of the meanings of the sign.
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