In the words of Citizen Bare’s bass player Jesse Cowan, “Happy Last Year!” Seriously though, Happy 2012 from all of us at Citizen Bare. We had our first gig of the year on January 5th at the Monkey House. Milton Busker opened for us and really rocked the house. Make sure to get out to see him if you come across his name on a bill somewhere. Unfortunately for Citizen Bare, we were without Mr. John Gratton. His contributions were missed sorely by everyone. Thanks so much to Tyson Valyou for filing in on drums for us. We look forward to playing one more show with him in February. That brings us to our upcoming shows.
Upcoming Shows
February 3rd @The Monkey House with This Way and Kingsley Flood. This Way is a great band from Portand, Maine that happens to be Andrew James’ brother and sister-in-law’s band. There aren’t too many times you can come out to see four Pattersons share the stage. We are also very excited to play with Kingsley Flood. They won New Artist of the Year honors at the 2010 Boston Music Awards. Its going to be a fun night with some fantastic music! Thanks to Billy Lynch for setting the show up.
February 24th @The Radiobean. This is a great local venue and should be a fantastic evening!
More shows in the works stay tuned!
Merchandise
We have merchandise! T-shirts for both men and women, our new LP cd and stickers are available. We’ll have new tracks and videos up on YouTube soon. Contact citizenbare@gmail.com for all your merch needs or come see us at our next show. The Carnival LP is also available now on ITunes, Amazon and CDBaby.
We wanted to tell our readers and fans that Citizen Bare is proudly taking part in the NAMIWalks Vermont 2011 fundraiser that supports NAMI Vermont in providing programs for support, education, and advocacy for families and individuals living with mental illness. When you consider that 1 in 4 adults (57.7 million Americans) experience a mental health disorder in any given year, I think it highlights the need for such programs.
Please come down to the Burlington Waterfront in Burlington, VT on Saturday, September 24, 2011 starting @ 9:30am to register and/or walk for the 5k event starting @ 10:30am. Citizen Bare will play some music during the registration & kickoff…as well as when people return from the walk. Hopefully you can help NAMI meet their fundraising goals too. To join a walking team, donate, or sponsor, go to http://www.nami.org/namiwalks/vt
In other Citizen Bare news…
We are psyched to be putting on a big show @ Higher Ground with The Aerolites in December. We will nail down the details and add another post about that pretty soon.
Also…
We are finally working on creating an album! What do you think of that? I know that we are thrilled for the undertaking. Anybody that is interested in investing into this Citizen Bare project is welcome. And of course we appreciate your support.
Finally…in an anticlimatic way…
Its that time of year again where CB’s website and overall graphical content will be getting an update and some revamping. So please, keep an eye on the website, facebook, and around the town for your Citizen Bare.
Come out to the Monkey House on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 and take part in the Halloween Bash with Gneiss, Cobastella, and Citizen Bare! This IS a COSTUME PARTY, so get creative and you could win a prize. We look forward to seeing everybody at the show! 8:30pm, $3 @ door
Other News:
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 - Monkey House - more details to follow
Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 – First Night – First Congregational Church @ 5pm
Here is the final push for Citizen Bare’s gig at the New Moon this Friday. The New Moon Cafe at 150 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT is one of the first venues that Citizen Bare played at as an acoustic duo. This Friday we return as an electric quartet, playing our first acoustic gig.
In previous communications we had been stating that the gig was a benefit for Freedom in Creation, which is an organization that is meant to help bring healing and rehabilitation for former child soldiers through art. Freedom in Creation was June’s benefit organization for the Sound Effect Series at the New Moon.
July’s benefit organization for the Sound Effect Series is Love 146. Love 146 is an organization with a mission for ending child slavery and sex trafficking, which is a cause that Citizen Bare has been raising awareness for through their music since their inception. It’s great to be returning to New Moon and supporting an organization with a purpose that is so important to us.
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