The alchemy of tragedy renders the elixir of love
The true events that inspired "No Greater Love" are important and colorful threads woven into Butte's historical fabric over the past 100 years. It is events such as the Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine fire that have played a role in forming the unique character of this gritty city. The people featured in "No Greater Love" are quintessential Butte. They don't take "crap" from anyone.
In writing the script and music of "No Greater Love" over the past many months, we have concluded that the Hill is Butte, itself, with its tough, hard rock surface. The copper ore that was mined out of the "Richest Hill on Earth" serves as a beautiful metaphor of the powerful love between miners themselves and among Butte families. People who get to know the citizens of this remarkably unique town eventually dig down deep enough to uncover the motherlode: Butte's deep and tender heart that shines like brilliant copper.
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