Citizen Bare

Hello Everybody

Citizen Bare has another gig at the Monkey House on Tuesday, August 5th, at 8pm. Like always, they will be playing a mix of original and cover songs. Of course you can look forward to the comedy that they (Andrew) bring(s) to the stage too.

A special treat that everybody can look forward to is that John’s cousin Jason will be sitting in on a CB song. Jason is from Connecticut and is an excellent guitar player. He is currently studying Music Business at University of New Haven.

Yet another special treat is the blues jam that will be happening after CB’s set at 10pm. John, Jason, and as far as we know…John’s dad (Allen) will all be participating. I know what you are thinking…10PM on a Tuesday night??? I can’t possibly stay up that late. The last blues jam John participated in finished around 12:15am on Wednesday morning… But it was a blast! If you are able to ward off the sandman…the blues jam is a lot of fun.

So…

Dust off your dancing shoes
Come to the Monkey House and have a couple brews
Watch your friends Citizen Bare
Then dance to the blues without a care

Be there or be…Rhombus!

Citizen Bare

The Monkey House
30 Main Street
Winooski, VT 05404

At the roundabout by Sneakers

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Alright… I’m finally going to post one of the songs that I have contributed to Citizen Bare. I have always hoped that I would have an outlet for this song and am pleased to finally be able to perform it.

If you watch this YouTube video, you will see that Ricochet is not a parody of the entire song. Instead it is a parody of the beginning and tries to offer up the ideal that we can prevent violence/war if we would get together and let love in.

Oh yeah…in case you are wondering…I got an “A” on my project.

Ricochet
by John Gratton

When the revolution begins
We’re gonna have a world
A world in despair
But after awhile
We’ll see the results
Of their actions

A world without love
A world without care
A world with a problem
And nothin’ to share

That’s all we need
Is you and me
To bring this world
Back to what it used to be
We can do it if we try
As hard as we can
It’s time to make a plan

Love will come back to you
The world will revive
Everybody get together
This time lets keep our world alive
Everybody get together
Let love come in
Everybody get together
Let love come in
Everybody get together
Let love come in
Let’s keep that bullet from ricocheting
Into our world

Last night was a blast!

Thank you to all of our friends and family that came out to see us at the Monkey House last night.  We had an enjoyably indulgent night of musical expression that took us places that we did not expect.   From the debut of our song “Drop”, a bluesy version of “For What it’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield, to our psychosomatic rendering of the Beatles “Helter Skelter” CB truly had a good time.

Thanks to Max @ The Monkey House for doing a tremendous job with the sound!  He also did a spectacular job heading up the blues jam last night.  Jam on Max!  Anybody who is interested in seeing and hearing some good blues can go down to the Monkey House on the first and third Tuesday of each month to enjoy their blues jam starting around 10pm.

Here is the set list that Citizen Bare performed last night, and the extra songs that we played.  All songs are written by Andrew Patterson, John Gratton, or Citizen Bare unless otherwise noted.

Set List
Ricochet
It Won’t Be Long
Peaceful Easy Feelin’ – The Eagles
Imagining Everything
Drop
Dance Dance Dance – Steve Miller
Da Da Da
In His Eyes
Behind – Michelle Miyamoto & John Gratton
Enough
Helter Skelter – The Beatles

Extra’s
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Oh Boy – Buddy Holly
Rock N’ Me – Steve Miller
Apartment Song – Tom Petty
Melissa – The Allman Brothers