Flat River Band

Flat River Band - Biography<br />One thing is apparent when you listen to The Flat River Band. The trio, comprised of siblings Andy,<br />Dennijo, and Chad Sitze, love to have fun when they are playing music – and it shows.<br />This bond has carried the success of the band throughout the years as the trio has opened for the<br />Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, TG Sheppard, among<br />others. <br />The brothers have also charted #1 hits on the bluegrass gospel charts as well as have had their<br />songs featured in the 2018 movie “The Least of These — A Christmas Story” featuring Duane Allen<br />(Oak Ridge Boys), Deborah Allen, and Tayla Lynn (Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter). <br />That unabandoned joy and love of music comes to the forefront when you listen to the band’s new<br />album, Every Dog Has Its Day. The trio’s fifth effort is one that the band is very excited to bring to<br />the attention of its fans.<br />Aaron McDaris who plays with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage was brought into play banjo, and<br />much to the brothers’ surprise, he brought with him his 1934 Gibson RB-3 that was owned by<br />Sonny Osborne who recorded the University of Tennessee’s theme song “Rocky Top” with that<br />same banjo in 1967. One of Dennijo’s guitar superheroes, Johnny Hiland who is legally blind was<br />brought in to play the electric guitar, while Stuart Duncan played fiddle.<br />Those all-star names only add to the first—rate musicianship that fans have expected from The Flat<br />River Band over the years. Again, Chad chalks that up to the undeniable bond between the three<br />brothers that grew through a dozen years performing at Branson’s Silver Dollar City and five at<br />Dollywood in Pigeon Forge.<br />And just as the band features some special guests on instrumentation, they also include some of<br />Nashville’s top tunesmiths on the disc, such as “In Another World,” a co-write with the highly<br />respected John Scott Sherrill (“Some Fools Never Learn,” “The Church