Dennijo Sitze

 Dennijo Sitze 

Dennijo Sitze, the middle child of The Sitze Family, is known for his mandolin prowess, electric guitar, piano playing and harmony vocals.

When Dennijo was only eight years old a tragic house fire consumed the Sitze family home and everything in it. To help the family get by in their time of a need, a church donated a trailer for the family to live in that was previously used as a Sunday school house. The loaner trailer also contained an old upright piano for singing hymns. This non-secular instrument is where Dennijo would learn to play the piano and write his first song that was recorded by a local southern gospel group. His Grandpa Sitze would soon introduce him to Bluegrass music by taking him to bluegrass festivals in Missouri and Arkansas with his brother. Mandolin would soon become Dennijo’s primary instrument of choice. Growing up playing music in a family band he played and sang with The Sitze Family and toured the country playing weekly shows at amusement parks across the US. While attending (SPC) South Plains college in Leveland Texas Dennijo played harmonica on several weekly TV shows along with Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks. He also formed a band along with his brother called “Smokin’ Grass” that gained popularity playing venues throughout the panhandle and Lubbock Texas. After returning to Missouri from his college experience he continued to play shows with the family band landing multiple songs in the top 10 in Bluegrass Gospel Music billboards. He moved to Nashville to fulfill a desire to play Americana / and country music with his brothers forming what is now called Flat River Band.