Like all great bands, Fitzgerald came together in a musty basement permeated by stale beer and cigarette smoke. The band's foundations are really quite self-evident: keep it honest, keep it simple, keep it rockin', and people will respond. And people have. In just a year together, the band has gone from playing primarily small shows with friends in attendance, to playing packed clubs in major Iowa markets like The Reverb in Waterloo and the Blue Moose Tap House in Iowa City.