He's a poet, a singer/songwriter, a photographer, and we hear he can cook. Why is Nathaniel Rockarts so talented? Who knows, we are just excited that he is lending a portion of those talents to the "Rage Against the Wind" benefit CD.Nathaniel is from Tuscaloosa, the heart of one of the most devastated areas struck by the April 27th storms. He was in Tuscaloosa when the storm hit. Only a few days into the aftermath Rockarts took a pen and paper and released the emotions of what he saw in a powerful work of poetic prose entitled, "This Hope Inside."
Initially he was contacted about providing the poem for the inlay of the CD, but producer Daniel L. Bamberg then decided to ask Rockarts to speak the piece to music. On June 9th Rockarts entered a friend's studio in Tuscaloosa and did just that, providing RATW with an appropriate introduction to what has become a deeply inspirational benefit music compilation.
"I remember several years ago going through something personal and finding a piece of paper on the ground which read, 'If you have Jesus that is all you need.' I kept that paper in my wallet until the ink faded," recalls Bamberg. "Nathaniel's poetic work reminded me of that moment.
