Embracing the Bear

Lots of fantastical things going on in Bare camp! As I am sure some of you noticed that Andrew James posted a picture of a flashing bear on facebook a couple weeks back. The response was great. So be looking for the new t-shirt to be available sometime in the near future!

We are excited that we broke the 500 “like” mark on our facebook page! We plan on giving away prizes every time we reach a milestone so the more you get your friends to “like” us on facebook, watch our videos on youtube, follow us on Twitter, listen to our music online and requests our songs in the local media the more Bare Gear you have an opportunity to get! Thanks so much to everyone for their constant support. You guys help us keep the Americana Rock coming.

We will be hanging out at Monkey House in Winooski this coming Wednesday, May 2nd checking out our friends The Aerolites who are opening up for Jim Keller (the guy who wrote 8675309).

Past Shows

What an exciting March for Citizen Bare playing a couple of shows and making more than a couple of new friends. We had an extremely successful show at Rusty Nail and we can’t say thanks enough to all who came out to see us. You guys really rock! Everyone who could stick around after our set got a real treat. Enter The Haggis was absolutely amazing! A huge thanks to Coop for helping out on drums! Check him out at Youtube Vibesville.

Aside from the CB car towings the Manhattan Pizza gig with The Owl Stars and Gneiss was fantastic! St. Patty’s weekend was started off right this year thanks to Dwayne for sitting in on that set!

Upcoming Shows

5/4 Friday 9pm @ The Hub in Johnson VT – This show should be an absolute blast! 3 hours of classic Citizen Bare. We will be breaking out all the tricks for this one. We plan on playing some new material at this gig as well so come on out for some fantastic pizza and fancy dancing!

5/10 Thursday 9:30pm @ Manhattan Pizza in Burlington VT – Back in downtown Burlington again after a bit of a hiatus this show is gonna rock! Phil Yates and the Affiliates will be joining us for this show and we couldn’t be more jacked. You can also hear Professor Yates every Thursday at 2pm SPORK on 88.7 The Mike.

There will definitely be more shows announced and some that are already up on http://citizenbare.com so be sure you keep checking in!

Last but not least….

Please be sure to check out our YouTube page as we are going to be uploading some new videos in the next few weeks. Feel free to subscribe to our page if you like what you see. We will be recording in the next few months so keep your eyes out for that as well. We plan on doing things a little differently this time around probably releasing a single song at a time and possibly even letting you pick which songs we work on. Check out the poll on our website!

Until next time,

Citizen Bare

Live Free Die Naked

We have a lot of other cool stuff going on, like opening up for Enter The Haggis at the Rusty Nail, remaining on the charts for Free Radio Vermont and playing at the Cambridge Music Festival this July. There will have to be another post to tell you about the rest of the excitement later.  Until then – Live free, die naked.

Citizen Bare

Citizen Bare Radio Bean gig

Hard to believe It’s been nearly a month since our last post and so many fantastic things have transpired since then. First lets start off with the present…as in tomorrow.

The Present
We have a gig tomorrow night at Radio Bean, in downtown Burlington. We go on at 10:30PM. Dwayne Doner, a Jericho local will be joining us on drums that evening. It should be a blast! There will be at least 3 other bands playing so come on down and hang out with us for a bit.  Fingers crossed that we do not have another snow storm like we did the last time we played at Radio Bean.

We still have physical copies of our new EP Carnival if you are interested.  They are $6. You can also find it online at itunes, Amazon or cdbaby. We also have t-shirts in men and women’s sizes for $15. You can place orders here at citizenbare@gmail.com

The Past
What a stupendous first few months of 2012 for CB! We have played 3 super gigs with some pretty damn amazing bands and folks! Our show on February 3 at The Monkey House was a huge success. Pretty amazing that for one night in Burlington there were count em four Patterson’s on stage! This Way and Kingsley Flood were fantastic!  These two bands are playing another show together on Saturday in Portland, Maine. Check them out if you are headed that way. We owe many thanks to Tyson Valyou who did a fantastic job playing drums for us.  Be sure to check out his other bands: Husbands AKA and Vetica, playing tonight at The Monkey House.

Citizen Bare played a short set this month at the open mic at On Tap in Essex.

Air Time
Carrie Henry from The Local Spotlight on The Point was at the Monkey House show that night.  She loved what she saw and decided to highlight Citizen Bare, This Way and Kingsley flood on the point that weekend.  Carrie gave us a great compliment on air saying Citizen Bare was “out of this world”.  Thanks to Carrie and the point for giving us some great press.

Andrew James got a great opportunity to interview on Radio Free New England this month.  Listen to his interview at RadioFreeNewEngland.

Phil Yates has been playing our tunes on St. Michael’s College radio station, The Mike.  Phil’s band… Phil Yates and the Affiliates has been rocking around town.

Citizen Bare has remained at the top of the charts on FreeRadioVermont for the last month.  Its exciting to get to hear our tunes on the air and we really appreciate the support!

And last but certainly not least our Carnival EP was reviewed in Seven Days by music critic Dan Bolles, which you can read by clicking on the link above. We really appreciate Dan’s reviewing this album!

“While the bulk of the band’s material falls in the alt-country rubric, Citizen Bare do dabble outside the genre’s twangy constraints. Traces of jam, soul and straight-up rock can be heard throughout. That deference to myriad stylistic influences is largely a strength, and suggests a healthy sonic curiosity and willingness to take risks. “ Dan Bolles, Seven Days

The Future
We have a few gigs coming up that we are super psyched about.

February 24th @ 10:30pm, Radio Bean, Burlington.

March 16th @ 9:30pm, Manhattan Pizza, Burlington.  Start your St. Paddy’s day celebration weekend with us downtown.  It will be a fantastic night to come out and hear some CB tunes.

March 31st @ The Rusty Nail, Stowe.  We are opening for Enter the Haggis, a Toronto band.  We have tickets to sell for $12.  They are $15 at the door so be sure to contact your favorite CB member to get yours early.  Of course, you can always email us to tell us how many tickets you want.  This should be a great show for CB so don’t miss it!

Lastly don’t forget that you can find us on Facebook & Twitter giving up to the minute updates!

See you soon!

Citizen Bare
Live Free, Die Naked

Rocking at Higher Ground

Greetings

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.

See you in February!

Citizen Bare

Live Free, Die Naked

Citizen Bare "Carnival" Album Cover

Its been a marathon this month finishing up the Citizen Bare Carnival LP and prepping for the sold-outHigher Ground show with The Aerolites!  We had a great time performing for all those that were able to attend!  For those that were unable to attend, stay tuned. We have a video on the way.

Citizen Bare would like to thank Kevin, Nick, Z, and Andy at Higher Ground, Oggy for doing a great job with the sound, and Chris Maille for doing a great job on the lighting.

Thank you to The Aerolites for putting on a great show and sharing the stage with us.

Many thanks to Brian Ling for his clown, MC and balloon skills.  He was fun and we all enjoyed him.

We also want to thank Hell’n Fury for her act, and The Burlington Bombers who were there in part to promote “The Great Derby Social” in Enfield, NH on January 28, 2012. This event will raise funds for breast cancer research.

Thanks to Vickie Gratton Photography, Brian McDonald, Jeff Cooper of cooperAV and his crew (special thanks to John Meli), and Darci Pepin-LaCroix for running the merch table.

Thank you to all of the sponsors that helped make the event a success:

Eric Hoffman Guitars

Mountain Ear Magazine

Farm Fresh Radio – 102.9

Beverage Warehouse of Winooski, VT

GTG Hydroponics

If you are on facebook don’t forget to “LIKE” the pages for our sponsors as well!

And last but not least… this event was put on for you, our fans.  The biggest thanks goes to YOU! Thank you for your support over the past 4+ years; from the humble beginnings of the acoustic duo to where Citizen Bare is now! A full band with a newly released LP.  Without your support we know that we would not continue to grow our fanbase or have the success we’ve experienced.  We sincerely thank you and look forward to more opportunities to perform for you in the coming year.

Salutations to all our friends, family and fans! Hopefully you had a terrific Turkey day. Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Monkey House last Sunday night and started off your Thanksgiving week with a bang. Halle Petro and the Jilt and Hillside Hooligans were absolutely fantastic and had us all up and on our feet!

Upcoming Gigs
Wow! So much to talk about right now and so many great things going on for us.  Our next show coming up is @ Higher Ground with The Aerolites (http://theaerolites.com/)  AUDIO CARNIVAL!! is a sold-out show!  This is going to be a very exciting event featuring two great local bands and a couple of surprises along the way. A custom Eric Hoffmann Guitar will be given away! If you did not get tickets do not fret. There will be some giveaways coming up soon. Please tune in to Farm Fresh Radio @ 102.9 on your FM dial. We want to give very special thanks to our sponsors for this show: Beverage Warehouse, The Mountain Ear, GTG Hydroponics, Eric Hoffmann Guitars and Farm Fresh Radio!

If you are out of town or just can’t make this show you can always catch us at the Monkey House on January 5th. Hope to see you out!

We are also excited to be playing The GREAT DERBY SOCIAL 2012 in Enfield, New Hampshire on January 28th! Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/210048

Upcoming LP

We are pleased to announce that we have finished our first LP (Thank you so much to John & Vickie for all your hard work) and it has gone off to the press! We will also have downloads available if you are one of those people who likes to upload songs directly to your mp3 player from the interwebs.

Merchandise
Oh man! Have we got some news for you! Citizen Bare finally has more T-shirts available including the mantis design. Stickers will also be available if you would like to be able to have a little CB on your laptop or other mobile devices (such as but not limited to your car).

The Past, Present and Future
Citizen Bare would love to thank everyone for making 2011 a very successful year for us where lots of fancy dancing occurred! We look forward to seeing you at our SOLD-OUT show @ Higher Ground on December 10th! 2012 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for us with many good things to come!

Sincerely,

Citizen bare
Live Free, Die Naked

Citizen Bare is proud to present…

Audio Carnival

A night of music, art, carnival sideshows, and shenannigans, featuring:

The Aerolites & Citizen Bare

Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge

Show starts at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm.  $10 adv/door

Attendees are sure to have a great experience that will include music from both The Aerolites & Citizen Bare including several sideshow type performances, and performance art that one would expect at a carnival.  Come and join them in the experience.

~CB

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.

~ CB

No matter… Posters have been posted around various locations for this show…all pointing to the website. Which we are thrilled about because you can listen to an old demo we made. But we don’t actually have any posts about the gig.  Well here it goes…

Next Wednesday (July 20)…the moment you have all been waiting for.

Citizen Plays an EARLY outdoor gig (that’s free by the way)

@ Mills Riverside Park in Jericho, VT

Show starts @ 6pm
Cost – Free

Have a picnic, throw the frisbee, burp the baby, wag the dog….oh wait…  COME OUT & have a good time w/ us!  We may even play a few tunes that are new to Citizen Bare.

See you there!

Live Free, Die Naked!

~ CB