‘Songs for Presidents’ makes Chicago debut
Christian Kiefer and his friends J. Matthew Gerken and Jefferson Pitcher – songwriters and history buffs all – gave themselves a little homework assignment in 2006. They were part of the community of musicians who gathered at the February Album Writing Month Web site (www.fawm.org), which challenges songwriters to write 14 songs in 28 days. So Kiefer, Gerken and Pitcher decided to write songs – 14 each in 28 days — about every American president.