Transplanted to the black dirt of Iowa via the housing projects of east Los Angeles and the working class industry of Long Island’s Southern shore, Patrick Brickel’s feet have taken root in the rich and muddy musical history carried along the Mississippi River. He’s been labeled a “masterful songwriter” by the Grand Island Independent, and a reviewer from Modern Vertebrate once wrote “every time I listen to his lyrics, I think to myself, ‘Man, I wish I could write like that!’ Then I hide in my closet and cry.” He currently has surrendered to the violent weather patterns of the Midwest where he lives with his wife and baby daughter.