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Fitzsimmons, Morris calm, rejuvenate
Posted by:
Stephanie De Pasquale on
March 19, 2009 at
10:26PM CST
 The Daytrotter Presents show at RIBCO Thursday night was unlike any performance I’ve ever been to. Michael Morris and William Fitzsimmons’ acoustic stylings and calm soothing vocals had the crowd sitting cross-legged on the dance floor and shooshing those who got too loud. Morris, who opened the show, sang about love in heavily punctuated phrases. Losing love, cultivating love, making babies out of love and of course screwing up love. Fitzsimmons’ songs were also mostly about love, or rather what happens when it goes away. His last two albums dealt with the divorce of his parents. The songs were sad, but there were moments of hope in them, such as the line “Love again, just not each other.” The intimate concert created a calming effect, almost in the same way as a mid-week candle-light prayer service. I left feeling rejuvenated. And it’s only fitting that a show unlike any other feature merchandise unlike any other. Fitzsimmons, who is known for his facial hair almost as much as his music, had T-shirts for sale that depicted just the outline of his thick-rimmed glasses and his big bushy beard. I just might have to order one on my next payday. 
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