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William Fitzsimmons is one of the oddest people you will ever meet. Born the youngest child of two blind parents, William was raised in the outskirts of the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the family’s inability to communicate through normal visual means, William’s childhood home was filled with a myriad of sounds to replace what eyes could not see. The house was suffused with pianos, guitars, trombones, talking birds, classical records, family sing-a-longs, bedtime stories, and the bellowing of a pipe organ, which his father built into the house with his own hands. When his father’s orchestral records were not resonating through the walls, his mother would educate him on the folk stylings of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Simon & Garfunkel. By the completion of his youth and schooling, Fitzsimmons had become well-versed at a variety of instruments, at the minor expense of social standing, interactional skills, and a knowledge of proper shaving technique.

Fitzsimmons’ path into music was likewise unusual, forsaking the hobby for many years to work with the mentally ill and pursue an education in the field of mental health. It was during his last semester of graduate school that William pooled monies from past birthday’s, holidays, and snow shoveling outings, and bought cheap home recording equipment to begin creating songs again (the first collection of which eventually became his debut album).

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1	Passion Play full track	872
2	Funeral Dress full track	550
3	Please Don't Go full track	416
4	It's Not True full track	415
5	When You Were young full track	403
6	My Life Changed full track	382
7	Everything has Changed full track	357
8	I Don't Feel It Anymore (Song of the Sparrow)	354
9	You Broke My Heart full track	350
10	If You Would Come Back Home	345
11	Shattered full track	324
12	After Afterall	317
13	You Still Hurt Me	290
14	We Feel Alone	284
15	Please Forgive Me (Song of the Crow)	276

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robball_wm wrote:
yesterday morning

Last.fm recommendations led me here, yesterday... I now have all 3 albums and new favorite artist! Nice one :)

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JarrahTree wrote:
Wednesday evening

absolutely love this guy , all albums are just great!

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Plarg wrote:
Tuesday evening

I would like to shake his beard.

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lavita8 wrote:
last week

i really love his new album .. great voice <3

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BlackSheeepBoy wrote:
last week

Glad Lastfm recommanded me that guy, thanks to lastfm, then.

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SIA-08 wrote:
last week

concert in my city and i can't go :(

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garunz wrote:
last month

Glad to find u

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as0514 wrote:
last month

what a fantastic beard!

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trufaxbb wrote:
last month

i'm in love.

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erikdardan wrote:
last month

Were he to tour with Iron & Wine the combined beard power would be staggering enough to generate the instantaneous growth of stubble on the faces of any infants in the vicinity.

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demberlache wrote:
last month

please dont go.

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Oplopanax wrote:
last month

You have a noble beard, I admire it.

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Ruefulstar wrote:
last month

agreed

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stephenmelo wrote:
last month

superbe

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mklatsky wrote:
last month

We just saw you last night at the Iron Horse in Northampton. Absolutely fantastic.

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Zunny wrote:
last month

I'm absolutely obsessed with When I Come Home. It's so amazingly beautiful. He needs to come to Norway!

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joshkouri wrote:
last month

Excellent

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peaganeutro wrote:
last month

Wow! Passion Play sounds beautiful! I'll certainly be back again and again.

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mlaure89 wrote:
last month

if you would come back home, i swear it would be better... Call the surgeon,mend the pieces.. Words so simple it's heartbreaking!!thank you

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worldgirl1 wrote:
last month

dude you are amazing

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Dec 2 William Fitzsimmons KFZ, Marburg, Germany
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11/7 - New Tour Blog, Video, and More

7 Nov 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/williamfitzsimmons

* Paste Presents Tour Blog 2 From William!* Boston Herald Review Calls The Sparrow and The Crow "...a near-masterpiece"* Solo Acoustic "Goodmorning" Video * Full List of Tour Dates! * Paste Presen. …

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10/27 - Paste Presents Tour Starts Tomorrow!
30 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/williamfitzsimmons
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10/21 - William Fitzsimmons Merch Volunteers Needed for Paste Tour…
21 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/williamfitzsimmons
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