Donnie Witt

Donald William Witt (born June 18th, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, poet and musician. Witt has performed across the United States and has sold music in the United States, Europe, the UK, and Canada.
Witt currently resides in Independence, Kentucky. His lyrics incorporate social, political, as well as contemporary ideals often inspired by poetry; influencing original thought and expressing truth to musical form. Witt places emphasis on writing music true to his thoughts and feelings and less about commercialized interests. One review of Witt's material calls him "raw and straight forward, gonzo-esque"
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Biography
Early life
Witt was born in Covington, Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in both Covington and Independence, Kentucky, attending Simon Kenton High School and graduating at Scott, where he was editor of the high school newspaper. Witt shares a birthday with Beatle Paul McCartney.
He began playing guitar and keyboards at age twelve, and played with several local bands around the tri-state area of Cincinnati, Ohio. Witt did not start seriously writing songs until 2003, where he began a solo career. He also learned bass and harmonica and plays all the instruments on his solo discs.
His music influences range from folk masters Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, Ani Difranco to old school blues such as Robert Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis to such individuals as Daniel Johnston, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Petty. Witt has cited lyrical inspiration by such poets as Charles Bukowski, Walt Whitman; as well as writers such as Hunter S. Thompson.
Music career
Witt performed at Bloomfest in Brooksville, Kentucky in September 2006, opening the all day music festival.
In February 2007 he opened for bloodshot records national recording artist Split Lip Rayfield of Kansas, performing at the Madison Theater in Covington.
In April 2007 Witt released Inside The Mind of Donnie Witt. One review called Witt's material, "Songs of life and love...taking you straight into the heart of madness and passion"
In May 2007 Witt performed at the annual Flying Pig Marathon, the third largest marathon in the United States which occurs in Cincinnati, Ohio.
On November 10th, 2008 Witt was a guest on ClassX radio where two songs from his album Delicate Ordinary Need were played on the radio, and Witt performed his song "Drunken Hearted Woman" live over the air.
Witt's "Delicate Ordinary Need" was released with a celebration CD release party on November 15th in Covington, Kentucky.. Witt received critical acclaim for a tribute to writer Hunter S. Thompson on his song "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride".
Review of Delicate Ordinary Need:

Witt's concentrated effort as a poet, with no limit to musicial boundaries, transforms to original material that goes places most would never dare. He has the courage to put himself out there, raw and straight forward, and this is what I ultimately find so appealing about him. One song talks about his fears while the next talks about his passions...with elements of among the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, as well as old school blues/storyteller style folk music

In December of 2008 Witt announced he was working on his new album, titled "Outsider" and gave an April of 2009 target release date. .
Discography
*"The Don Witt Band"
*"Second Time Around"
*"Inside The Mind of Donnie Witt"
*"Delicate Ordinary Need"
*"Outsider"

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