Citizen Bare

Hey Guys,

This is a quick note to let you know what is going with Citizen Bare. Our last show @ the Monkey House was a ton of fun we had the opportunity to play at the holiday party:) Our next show will be at the Monkey House on March 15th @ 8PM, Milton Busker will be rocking the house with us and we are super excited. If you have not had a chance to see Mr Busker than you will be in store for a very special treat.

Also Citizen Bare has joined an online music community ( http://www.reverbnation.com/citizenbare ) , hopefully we will have some of the new tracks in future up on this site and the myspace. Stay tuned I think we should have some news come this summer:)

We are always looking to set up new gigs, We are willing to travel:D

As always we really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you out in the wild world.

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

ok that’s it, seriously

AndrewJames & John

Hey Fans of Citizen Bare!

Thanks for your patience and your support with Citizen Bare trying to find some different venues to play at. We have some good news regarding summer dates; Not only do we have a gig at the Monkey House on June 15th, we also have been given a date for a gig at Higher Ground. Citizen Bare has been given the June 17th, 8:30PM to 9:10PM time slot for one of their Northern Exposure Wednesday’s. We are really excited about this opportunity and appreciate all of your support. What a great opportunity to be in the unique position to promote two shows at two very different venues within the same week. We hope that we can entice you all into coming to both events and having a good time with Citizen Bare.

Gig’s

Monday – June 15, 2009

Venue: The Monkey House
Event: Citizen Bare
Time: 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Charge: No Cover
Location: The Monkey House, 30 Main Street, Winooski, VT 05404 – (802) 655-4563

Citizen Bare has been playing at the Monkey House for almost two years now and we really like showing our appreciation for the opportunity that they have given us in their venue by bringing in lots of people. We know that 9pm on a Monday is hard for many of you to make it out to see only Citizen Bare, so we are working on getting some special guests to come and grace the stage from 8pm to 9pm. As soon as we firm up those plans, we will let you know in another update.

Wednesday – June 17, 2009

Venue: Higher Ground
Event: Northern Exposure
Event time: 8:30pm to Closing
Citizen Bare time slot: 8:30pm to 9:10pm
Charge: $5/ticket
Location: Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, VT 05403 – (802) 652-0777

This will be the first time that Citizen Bare gets a chance to play at Higher Ground and we really need as many of you to come out to this show as possible because the more people who can make it, the better our chances of getting future gig opportunities.

Citizen Bare understands that two nights out in one week can be a rough one. We hope to see you at both gigs but will be so honored if you can make it to even one of them. We really appreciate the support of all you; our fans, friends, and family. Our opportunities would have dwindled long ago without you.

Other News

Citizen Bare is starting to create some merchandise like t-shirts, bumper stickers, and possibly/hopefully an EP CD. In the coming days we will post a poll on our blog/website to gain your help in selecting our first t-shirt design.

Thanks
Andy and John

Hey Guys,

I had mentioned before that John and I were looking at other possibilities for Citizen Bare to play in the area.  We are exploring an opportunity to play at higher ground in the Northern Exposure summer concert series but we have to be able to presell 25 tickets for 5$ a pop. This means that Citizen Bare needs to make a $125 investment that will need to be recovered by selling the tickets to you…our fans, friends, and family.  We were wondering what the interest may be in coming to see Citizen Bare play on a Wednesday night in July.  If we can sell more than 25 tickets, it is even better for Citizen Bare in getting future gigs.

Please e-mail back to let us know whether or not you would make time for a Wednesday in July and if you would purchase a $5 ticket so we can recoup our $125.

A Little More Info
The event would be an All Ages show on some Wednesday night in July.

Hey Y’all,

I guess this is kind of coming at the 10th hour but I did want to write a quick blog to inform all of our friends that we are playing a gig at the Monkey House in Winooski, VT on Monday May 4th.

John and I are really looking forward to this one, feels like it has been forever since we have played out, even though it was only last month. But I guess since we played like 3 times in two weeks it seemed like we should start playing more. Ah but with John and I both being full time IT guys, part time students, full time dads and husbands that just doesn’t appear possible. So for the time being we will have to settle for doing a one month gig in the Burlington area.

We are going to try to set up some shows at some different venues and recording is always a possibility. Well like I said this was going to be quick so this is end of my blog. I look forward to seeing you out at shows and hearing from you via email, facebook and twitter.

Enjoy it while you got it:)

Andy and John

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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

Citizen Bare will be playing live at The Monkey House on July 1, 2008 @ 8pm

The Monkey House
30 Main Street
Winooski, VT 05404
@ The roundabout by sneakers

See you there!

CB

Last night Citizen Bare played at the Monkey House in Winooski, VT. As always, Citizen Bare really enjoyed playing there. Thanks to everybody who could make it out. We look forward to playing the next gig…which we will post sometime in the near future.

Keep it Real,

CB

Monkey House – Set List – March 25, 2008

It Won’t Be Long – Citizen Bare

Apartment Song – Tom Petty

Imagining Everything – Citizen Bare

A Murder of One – Counting Crowes

Melissa – Allman Brothers

Ricochet – John Gratton

In His Eyes – Patterson, Patterson, & Gratton

Behind – Michele Miyamoto-Hadley, & John Gratton

Enough – Citizen Bare

I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles

Friends of the Bare Citizen otherwise known as Citizen Bare…

Citizen Bare will be playing Live at the New Moon Cafe on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 @ 7pm. Last time they played at the New Moon, Andrew and John brought you some Christmas music.  We had a bunch of friends come out and participate in the 12 days of Christmas too.

For those reading this post that have not been to the New Moon, you will find it to be quite the warm environment with good eats, good espresso, and good music. (John still recommends the White Mocha espresso…) The New Moon is very easy to find at 150 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401. It’s right next door to the Outdoor Gear Exchange and just a few doors down from Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop.

Like always, it should be a good time and Citizen Bare will have something to say.

See you there!

Citizen Bare

Citizen Bare had a good time at the Monkey House.  We changed up the set list a little bit; cycling some new material into the mix.  That is one nice thing about playing for about an hour.  We don’t need to use everything including the kitchen sink to fill the time.  It was especially nice to see some of our friends/fans come out to enjoy our music.  We look forward to the opportunity to entertain and hopefully surprise you.

As always, thanks to Paddy Reagan of The Monkey House for allowing us to play and share our inner thoughts with their patrons.  Whether we are on or off, it is always a friendly environment and we feel welcome.

Andrew got to stick around and see Nicole Erin Carey.  She has a great voice and is a good at finger picker from what Andrew saw and I heard on MySpace.  Make sure you give her a listen on her MySpace page.  She is considering moving to Vermont if people want to see her perform.  Make sure to drop her a line if you want to see her.

Citizen Bare

Citizen Bare played at the New Moon Café on Dec. 22, 2007 to quite the mix of friends and family. We definitely had a good time and thank them all for coming.



It was an interesting night for Citizen Bare. Starting with Go Tell it on the Mountain…. We never did get all the chords right on that one… We definitely were a little challenged by throwing together some Christmas tunes, but felt like it was important to try to do a few. Needless to say, we are looking forward to removing them from the list for at least another year.



Highlights of the Night
It was great to have so many people to help us with the 12 Days of Christmas. It took a little bit to get everybody on board, but once we got going, it was a really good time.

A Partridge in A Pear Tree – Everybody including Citizen Bare
2 Turtle Doves – Allen Gratton
3 French Hens – Matt Magnuson
4 Calling Birds – Elizabeth Patterson
5 Golden Rings – Mike Benevento
6 Geese A Laying – Susan Edelman
7 Swans A Swimming – Becca Baker
8 Maids A Milking – Kim Manley
9 Ladies Dancing – Stephanie Edelman
10 Lords A Leaping – Cheri Coleman
11 Pipers Piping – Myles Miller
12 Drummers Drumming – Pete Murphy

It was great to have Allen Gratton and his Mandolin join John on a couple of songs. Their performance of Dance, Dance, Dance by Steve Miller, and Heart in a Cage in the styling of Chris Thile was quite good.



Elizabeth Patterson added a wonderful harmony and excellent solo to the end of Nautical Disaster by the T-Hip.



Low Point of the Night

Andrew broke a string during American Dream. What a bummer…



Citizen Bare wants to thank everybody for coming out so close to Christmas and wish you all a warm one.



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