LEXINGTON, Ky. — Today Jeffersonville, Indiana based Americana songsmith Nick Dittmeier releases “City of God” from his forthcoming album All Damn Day, out October 26, exclusively on Big Blue Tunes.
According to Dittmeier, the song is about a 1937 flood of biblical proportions that caused destruction up and down the Ohio River, including in Jeffersonville where Dittmeier’s great-grandfather lived. In the song Dittmeier recalls the flood and stories of his great-grandfather, who built many houses in the riverbank neighborhood, traversing to the roof of one of his homes to escape the rising floodwaters.
“All the dreams we’ve planned / They slip through my fingers like the river sands / It’s a deafening sound / My dreams turn to mud and slammed to the ground” Dittmeier sings in reference to the uprooting of lives resulting from the flood. “I’m in control, I’m in control / Even though you don’t think I am / In the city of God we don’t give a damn.”……..READ MORE