Citizen Bare

Hey Guys,

Thanks to all who came out last night in the snow. Hard to believe that it’s December in Vermont and we are just finally getting snow:)

We had a great time last night & it was nice to have Kevin Sheltra opening for us. It’s always nice to connect with other musicians and hear what they are upto.

Citizen Bare will be playing a holiday show with the Gratton Brothers & friends @ the Winooski Senior Center  on December 19th. I imagine that this will be the last show of the 2009 for CB.

Here is the set list from last night

Set 1
1)Special Kind
2)Da Da Da
3)Behind
4)Melissa
5)On and On
6)Ricochet
7)Apartment Song
8)Dance Dance Dance
9)Enough
10)Rockin’ Me

Set 2
Unwind(spontaneous song)
1)In His Eyes
2)It Won’t Be Long
3)Peaceful Easy Feeling
4)For What It’s Worth
5)Helter Skeltor
6)Drop
7)Imagining Everything
8)Sand Man
9)Oh Boy
10)All Along The Watchtower

ENJOY YOUR DAY!!

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ok that’s it, seriously

AndrewJames & John

Hey Guys,

First off and foremost thanks everyone for the support that you have shown us. The summer was a super busy time for Citizen Bare we had and we had a bunch going on. WE made some new friends Barefoot Souls, Mellow Yellow & OhM from Ohio. We had the some great opportunities to play some sweet events like the South End Art Hop & The North end Ramble. We also of course played our regular monthly jam @ the Monkey House as well as playing @ Nectars.

We also want to send out an update to let you know what the next couple of months look like.
10/20 @ Nectars Andrew James plays in a Singer/Songwriter Competition http://www.soundclick.com/andrewjames
12/7 @ Monkey House Citizen Bare w/ Kevin Sheltra http://www.myspace.com/kevinsheltra

We may be looking at adding more dates and there is plenty of room on the calender for more shows to be added so don’t you be worrying about that.

Some different things we will be exploring in the near future is times to record (I know I know we’ve talking about it for 2 years now) & expanding the band. What no more accoustic duo? Maybe yes Maybe no 2010 should be a blasty for CB.

Hope to see you all out tomorrow night and I will make sure I send out an update about how I did in the Singer/Songwriter competition as well.

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ok that’s it, seriously

AndrewJames & John

Hey Guys,

I just uploaded a new song to our myspace page. Da Da Da

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What a great busy time for Citizen Bare:) In the past two months we have been super busy picking a few last minute gigs here and there. On September 11th we played the South End Art Hop @ The Rotary Club’s “Toast for Literacy”. That was a terrific time, always nice to get out to different venues and to play an event that has such a positive impact on the community. We played an hour long set and by the end of it John had lost his voice.

On September 17th we played a show @ Nectars with Adam King and Barefoot Shoes. That was a blasty Adam King is a great quirky piano player and Barefoot Shoes is another acoustic duo in the Burlington area.

We are looking forward to playing with Barefoot shoes again this coming Monday @ the Monkey House. Show starts @ 8pm

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take care

Andy

Hey Guys,

It’s good to finally have some time to write up a few quick reflections about the last couple months for Citizen Bare as well as what’s coming up in the future for us.
First off we would like to thank everyone for their support and to everyone who came out to the shows that we opened up for OhM THANKS!!! http://www.myspace.com/ohmmusic . We had a great time with the band from Youngstown Ohio and hope to see them again in the future. We sure did appreciate them opening up the door for us at Nectars.
John and I had a really good time in Portland, ME. He did great at the guitar competition but did not win. I will let him write more about that. We ended up hanging out with my brother Dave and his band This Way. They are a great rock band in the Portland area!! http://www.myspace.com/thiswayband

We have two upcoming gigs 9/11/09 & 9/28/09

South End Art Hop “A Toast to Literacy”

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This is the kind of gig that really excites John and I. We are both very focused on making a positive contribution to our communities. We see literacy as a basic need to be able excel in our society and are pleased to have the opportunity to support this cause.

Citizen Bare will playing a benefit concert for the Burlington Sunrise Rotary Club. The proceeds for the show will benefit the Imagination Library project, with the goal of sending a brand-new book every month to children in Burlington, from birth until their fifth birthdays!

Monkey House w/ Barefoot Shoes

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This is just our regular once a month gig at the Monkey House. It offers good drinks, good people and a great atmosphere. The Monkey House usually offers some art from unknown local artists. We are hoping to have another Accoustic Duo open up for us and maybe even get on stage an rock out a bit together. Should be a terrific time.

Passing Thoughts

John and I have been wrestling for the past two years about what to do about recording. A couple of months ago we tried to record on our own but didn’t like the results. A friend suggested that we go to his father for help and we may do this soon if we can come up with the time. At this point time seems to be the biggest hinderance for us.

The other thing John and I have been discussing has been the possibility of adding more pieces.  This is not anything that will happen immediately and just because we add more pieces that does not mean that we will never play another duo gig. Nothing is set in stone as far as this goes for right now it is just something we are toying with.

Thanks again so much for all of your support we look forward to seeing you out @ the gigs:)

AndrewJames

What happens when you combine Andys absentmindedness and Johns work overload? You don’t have a blog post for a good 3 months:) So anyways we have a lot of things to catch you up on now.

First off the June 15th Monkey House gig was a ton of fun. Thanks to Darin for opening up for us. We had a ton of fun and also thanks to all those who came out to that show.

The June 17th Higher Ground gig was a ton of fun and we had a terrific showing. You guys were so great coming out in droves on a wednesday night, the guy running sound said that he would definitely be seeing us again. So that is encouraging.

We played our first wedding gig on June 27th and that was an absolute blasty. Seriously the food was terrific, the views were amazing, the people danced and the music was out of this world….ummm I mean we had fun:)

Ok and our last show was the North Street Ramble on July 25th. It was definitely a different crowd than we were used to but it was a ton fun of as well. John and I have a ton fun playing music together I am not sure if you could tell by this post:)

The last couple of months for us have been busy and it looks like we are only going to get busier. Thanks to all of you who support us for that boost in gigs:) we couldn’t do it without you.

Upcoming gigs August 24th @ the Monkey House w/ the Breezeway and OhM. On August 26th we have been invited to open for Ohm @ Metronome but that show is still in the works.

The big news is that John is going to be playing in the King of the Blues competition on August 27th in Portland, ME and if he does well in that first round there could be more rounds to follow. There will be a separate post about that later:)

Lastly and certainly not leastly wanted to let you guys know just how much we appreciate all of the support you have shown us over the past two years. Hopefully we can keep our communication fresh and the music coming. The best way to catch us is at the following links.

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http://www.myspace.com/citizenbare

Man that’s a lot links, also don’t forget the email citizenbare@gmail.com

ok that’s it, seriously

Hope to c’ya around

AndrewJames & John