Did you know that Eight to the Bar is on Pandora? Add us to your favorite station or create an Eight to the Bar station on Pandora. You'll hear lots of good music by other bands as well as ours-- and it's free! www.pandora.com
BIG NEWS! Here's a few videos from one of our concerts in the Republic of Georgia (city of Kutaisi, 8/22/11). We were invited to perform by the U.S. Embassy located there and it's been the experience of a lifetime!
We've just been named "Best Live Band 2013" by Hartford Magazine! (as well as "Best Live Band 2010" by Hartford Magazine, and "Best
Band 2008" by Connecticut Magazine (view video!)
and "Best Jazz Band" in the 2008 Hartford Advocate Readers
Poll! (as well as being named "Best Old School R&B/Swing
Band" in the
2007 Hartford Advocate Readers Poll,"Best Vocal Group 2007", "Best Vocal
Group 2006", & "Best Dance Band 2005" by Connecticut Magazine!)
We're on TV! Check us out on Channel 8's "CT Style", which aired on
5/4!
FOR MORE UPCOMING SHOWS, CLICK ON "SHOW DATES" (ABOVE)
Mon 5/27
Memorial Day Blowout
at Captain's Cove!
1 Bostwick Ave.
3:30-7
Bridgeport, CT
203-335-1433 www.captainscoveseaport.com
Dear Fans: Need some hip vintage
clothes for your next swing dance?
Check out my baby sister
(and former ETTB lead singer)
Todd Lyon's store, FASHIONISTA,
AT THEIR BEAUTIFUL LOCATION ON THE CORNER OF TRUMBULL ST. & WHITNEY
AVE. New Haven, CT
203-777-4434 www.fashionista-vintage-v
ariety.com
(see below)
Our Story
Want to know more about us? Our 38-year history can be summed up in this wonderful article by Rona Mann in Ink Magazine.
We think it’s the best piece of writing about us that’s ever been done. Check it out..
Our new CD, "The Romper Room" (our 11th) is HERE and is
getting great critical reviews and being played nationwide! Be
the first one on your block to get it!
Looking for something to do? Check out our favorite new website, www.ctoutandabout.com,"The Ultimate Guide to Everything Happening in Connecticut". Arts, Entertainment, Fairs, Dining, Music. You name it, Ed's (Ed Bartlett) got it! And he adds more every day!
Don't miss these special upcoming public shows!
Keep scrolling down! (more
details in "Show Dates")
For a complete listing of our shows,(both public and
private) see "Show Dates"
Fri 5/31
Kickoff for summer season at the Owenego Beach & Tennis Club!
(public!)
40 Linden Ave.
8-11
Branford, CT
203-488-3805 www.owenego.com
Sat 6/1
Yale Class Reunion (Private)
8-12
New Haven, CT
Thur 6/6
"Music & Dancing at the Towers"
(swing)
35 Ocean Rd.
7-10pm
Narragansett, RI
401-782-2597 www.thetowersri.com
Fri 6/7
Swing Dance!
W. Hartford Town Hall
50 So. Main St.
9-12
W. Hartford, CT www.havetodance.com
Sat 6/8
The Swingin' Parrot Pub
(mostly Motown)
200 New Hartford Rd.
8-12
Winsted, CT
860-379-5534
Sat 6/15
The Old Well (mostly Motown)
20 Tarrifville Rd.
8:30-12:30
Simsbury, CT
860-658-0050 www.oldwelltavern.com
Tues 6/18
Outdoor Show
Gatehouse Concert Series
on grounds of
Southbury Training School
(rte 172)
6:30-8
Southbury, CT
Thur 6/20
Outdoor Show
Summer SoundWaves 2013
Esker Point Beach
(rain date 8/16)
6-8pm
Groton Long Point, CT www.grotonrec.com/soundwaves
Fri 6/21
The Knickerbocker (swing & blues)
35 Railroad Ave.
8:15-11:30
Westerly, RI
Tix: $10pp
401-596-4425 www.theknickerbockercafe.com
Tues 6/25
Outdoor Show
"Summer Nights on the Beach"
Jackson Cove on Lake Zoar
Jackson Cove Rd.
6:30-8
Oxford, CT www.oxfordrec.com/info/activities
Wed 6/26
Outdoor Show
Elizabeth Park
1555 Asylum Ave.
6:30-8:15
W. Hartford, CT
860-231-8823 www.elizabethpark.org
Fri 6/28
The Southside Cafe
361 So. Main St.
9-1
Torrington, CT
860-489-5888
Sun 6/30
Outdoor Show
Levitt Pavilion
Jessup Rd (behind the Public Library)
evening hours tba
Westport, CT
203-226-7600 www.levittpavilion.com
ETTB On-line Store!
For years, you've been asking us to put out T-shirts, hats, mugs, etc. Well
we've
finally hooked up with CafePress.com and we now have our own internet store!
You can buy all kinds of products- and they make great holiday gifts for the
ETTB fans in your life!
Simply go to www.cafeshops.com/eighttotheba
r
and look at the array of items you can buy with our image on it!
T
odd
Lyon Wants to Marry You!
Former ETTB lead singer Todd Lyon is now a Justice of the Peace, State of
Connecticut,
specializing in personalized vows and unconventional ceremonies. Creative
couples
can contact her at
cowardlylyon@gmail.com.
Fifty
Ways to Read Your Lover Yes, there really are 50 ways to spy
on your loved one's soul, including palmistry,
tea leaves, handwriting analysis, Chinese astrology, interactive quizzes,
and more. Todd Lyon, former ETTB female vocalist, guides you through the
secret languages
of romance with her newest book, 50 WAYS TO READ YOUR LOVER (Fireside). Look
for it at your local book store, or buy it on
Amazon.com.