The Score Magazine - Archive August 2009 Issue | Page 43

Healing
that
FITTS
 Gayatri Kalyanaraman
Supernaturally natural – That’s how Bob Fitts and the
people who love him choose to catalog his songs. Hav-
ing grown up around men of god, his awakening came
quite early. This awakening manifested itself in the form
of country infused gospel music. The country tinge to his
music has its roots in Texas, since both his parents grew
up there, and the gospel side of it looks to be inspired
from his education. After a bachelors degree in Theol-
ogy, he went on to head the DTS (Discipleship Training
Schools) but his passion for songwriting never wavered
and it was just a matter of time before he was contacted
by Integrity Music to release his first solo album Take
My Healing To The Nations in 1988 . An intriguing fact is
that Bob has not written very many songs other than the
ones recorded and he claims to have lived every one of
the song situations and not composed them for the sake