Brian Pitzer

Jimmy and Ren have the opportunity to catch up with a high school classmate, Brian Pitzer. Brian is a former college football quarterback (Mt. St. Joes) former assistant football coach at Anderson high school and Loveland high school, former Head coach at Norwood high school and was recently hired as a high school gym teacher and the Head Football coach at New Richmond high school.

On our Monday edition of the Joel Natalie Show, we talked about transportation, from Point A to B in Erie, and beyond, and President Biden's goals for train and transit infrastructure.  Our first guest was Jeremy Peterson, Chief Executive Officer of the Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority to find out what’s new with EMTA’s buses, routes, and the new building on 14th Street.  Then we spoke with Brian Pitzer, Executive Director of All Aboard Erie, to hear about the exciting possibility of Amtrak expanding service to and from Erie, and the latest on high speed rail.

Episode #2 Features: Norwood High School Head Coach - Brian Pitzer Cincinnati, Ohio

On the Tuesday edition of the Joel Natalie Show, we waded into the waters of alternative energy. Across Erie County, homeowners and business owners have turned to being more sustainable in their energy use. We heard from Brian Pitzer, a local homeowner who has made the investment in alternative energy by installing solar panels on his own house, and John Purvis of Solar Revolution Erie who supplied and installed the solar system. We will answer questions like, what does it cost? Does the sun shine enough here in Erie to make solar panels a reliable option?

As with the last episode, this week's show has been a long time in the making and completes our two-part look into the Frankfort music scene (see ) as we sample the music of Brian Pitzer.  Brian is another one of those multi-faceted players who easily blends and moves between several styles of music – blues, folk, rock, modern country just to name a few.  Talking to Brian, you quickly understand that he is a very savvy guy with a lot going on beneath the surface than just playing a few restaurants, coffee houses, and open-air markets.  Only hinted at in his lyrics is a wisdom, and often a dark one, that bears closer scrutiny than one listen, or one podcast interview, can sufficiently explore.As the interview indicates, however, his current body of music only scratches the surface of where his true loves and influences lie.   During the show, he talks a lot about his marketing and business strategies through various networking and organizational memberships which channeled him into professional coaching and mentoring, and finally into working directly with the Nashville recording scene.  Always evolving, he is currently working on his next album, which promises to lean more on the rock-and-roll side of the spectrum, and is in the early stages of forming a band to take his music to the next level.  A sharp contrast when one considers all of the singer/songwriters in the area who have been getting away from the “band setting” and into to more intimate settings where Brian has already made his mark. Links referenced in the show: Brian Pitzer can be found here: | | |  His latest album, "The Hall" is available via his Reverb Nation page.  His prior album, "A Few Good Songs" can be purchased from , , and . "The Hall" was recorded at by   (who also played bass)The album also features Derek Marsh of the band .It takes takes it's name (and chorus) from a quote by writer/journalist .He is a member of , who connected him with were instrumental in helping him get the song American Dream produced in Nashville.He is also working closely with Robin Taylor Drake of , to hone his songwriting craft. Next month he will be hosting an on-going songwriters showcase at He is appearing, and contributing mu.sic to, an indiependent short film called "Insider's Perspective" for the .The song Dark Blue will be appearing in ' film Leah not Leia.You can enter to win one of five copies of "The Hall" by logging into the site and going to the .