William Fitzsimmons - Charleroi: Pittsburgh, Vol. 2 Music CD

On April 8, William Fitzsimmons will release Charleroi: Pittsburgh Volume 2, the companion piece to the previously released 7-song mini-album Pittsburgh. Best told in his own words, Fitzsimmons candidly explains the inspiration behind Charleroi.

"Charleroi is the second half of the Pittsburgh story. The Pittsburgh album was about the grandmother I knew. Charleroi is about the one I never did. My father was returned to the hospital as an infant, ill with whooping cough. He was left there for several months as an orphan. Finally, he was adopted by a kind doctor who became his father. Never knowing his birth family it was assumed that mystery would always remain.