Bobby Bare Jr. (full band) with Carey Kotsionis and Gabriel Mintz and The Minztrels

Bobby Bare Jr.

BOBBY BARE JR'S QUICK FACTS

- has a degree in psychology from the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

- made 2 albums for Immortal Records with his band BARE JR. one for sony records in 1998 and one for virgin records in 2001

- releasing a 7 song EP of songs by the bands BREAD and/or AMERICA called "THE AMERICAN BREAD EP" on aug 11th 2009

- born raised and still lives in Nashville, TN

- VERY afraid of elves

- has 2 children - one boy one girl

- nominated for a grammy at the age of 6 years old for a duet with his dad called "daddy what if"-written by Shel Silverstein

- that year the grammy for country duet went to THE POINTER SISTERS

- believes that blue is a flavor and not a color nor a feeling

- has made 3 albums and 1 ep for BLOODSHOT RECORDS since 2003

- co-produced his dad's last record THE MOON WAS BLUE in 2006

- grew up in HENDERSONVILLE, TN with George Jones and Tammy Wynette as his next door neighbors

- recorded his last album "THE LONGEST MEOW" in 1 day - 11 songs 11 people, 11 hours (there were a couple of overdubs during mixing)

- is only making music in the hopes of getting one step closer to his ultimate dream of being STEVEN PATRICK MORRISSEY'S personal bicycle mechanic

- has toured with DR. DOG, THE WALKMEN, THE DECEMBERISTS, THE BLACK CROWES, BOB DYLAN, AREOSMITH, MY MORNING JACKET, CENTRO-MATIC, THE BOTTLE ROCKETS, THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS, ANDREW BIRD, and THE OLD 97's

- has been romantically linked to the BOB'S BIG BOY boy

- has played BONNAROO, SASQUATCH and AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL

- in June of 2007 Bobby was asked by a casting company to audition for the role of "Shrek" for "Shrek the Musical" on Broadway

- is on HOUSTON PARTY RECORDS in spain and HAZELWOOD RECORDS in germany

- did a family album of all SHEL SILVERSTEIN songs called "SINGIN' IN THE KITCHEN" in 1975

- can NOT speak mandrin chinese

- wrote with and had all his songs critiqued by SHEL SILVERSTEIN till Shel passed on in may of 1999

- sang on the song "getting back into you" on THE SILVER JEWS album "TANGLEWOOD NUMBERS"

- sang on the song "riding" on WILL OLDHAM's album "bonnie prince billie sings Greatest Palace Music" 

Carey Kotsionis

Gabriel Mintz and The Minztrels

Seattle-based GABRIEL MINTZ has a need to write songs. Lots of them. From his West Village days on Bleeker Street to his Greyhound Bus desert individuations, Mintz has written more than a hundred songs that tell of characters and sketched out scenes. He’s roots type Americana-leaning with a warm spatial drone.

Mintz released Volume One this spring. The expansive beauty of tracks like “Western Days,’ “Atom Bomb” and “Firefly” amble along the mental throughway. The moods that reverberate on Volume One are many; from the gritty thump of “Safeway” to the 60’s pop harmonies of “Sofa Bed” to the pondering stream-of-consciousness “Desert Sky”.

Anchoring Gabriel’s visceral ruminations are Trent Moorman (Head Like A Kite) on drums and producer Geoff Stanfield (Sun Kil Moon) on bass who both recently joined him for a four-song live session at Seattle’s world-famous KEXP studios. The radio station’s Morning Show host/producer John Richards quipped “This new Gabriel Mintz is pretty stunning stuff, emotional & beautiful music.”

This tastemaker endorsement joined lofty accolades from the cities’ leading publications including Seattle Weekly, SOUND Magazine and the Stranger. Also on board is GIVE Seattle (http://giveseattle.org) a thirty-plus business and non-profit collective initiated by Seattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita whom hand-selected the song “Safeway” for their 2009 “Best-of” compilation benefitting Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit arts educator and a pipeline to local area foodbanks. Alongside Mintz, the GIVE Seattle compilation features artists such as Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes and Visqueen.