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EIGHT TO THE BAR HAS TURNED 50 YEARS OLD LAST YEAR (2025)! WE HAVE HAD 4 WONDERFUL 50TH ANNIVERSARY/75ERS REUNION SHOWS AT THE KNICK (WESTERLY, RI) IN MAY, THE LITCHFIELD (CT) COMMUNITY CENTER IN JULY, TOAD'S PLACE ON AUGUST 28, AND “THE KATE” IN OLD SAYBROOK, CT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T GO BACK THAT FAR WITH US, ETTB STARTED OUT IN 1975 AS AN 8-PIECE WESTERN SWING BAND WITH A PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, A FEMALE VOCAL TRIO, AND A GREAT MALE LEAD VOCALIST. THIS LINEUP SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS RECORDING A CD OF ALL THE SONGS WE USED TO PLAY BACK IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN WE STARTED OUT. THIS SPECIAL LIMITED-RELEASE CD ("EIGHT TO THE BAR- THE WILD WESTER YEARS") WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT SHOWS AND YOU CAN ORDER ONE FROM US FOR ONLY $15.00 WHILE THEY LAST; (WE HAVE LESS THAN 20 LEFT RIGHT NOW). YOU CAN CALL US AT 203-484-4749 OR EMAIL US AT ETTB2@COMCAST.NET..
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Our latest CD, "The Light Fantastic" is out! This is our 13th CD! You can collect 'em all, starting with our 1979 debut, recorded live at Toad's Place in New Haven. All CDs are available on Amazon, I-Tunes, Spotify, or Apple Music. You can also buy our latest CD direct from us by clicking on the "Store" link of this website or click on the icons below to buy it from Amazon or Itunes.
“Review of our performance at Daryl's (as in Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates) House, November, 2017 by Wayne J. Keeley & Stephanie C. Lyons-Keely of Pillow Talk blog. "a six-person group of consummate musicians and vocalists who can play everything including jazz, swing, the blues, and even country and pop. The band has been around since 1975 and is still going strong. That is worth repeating even though you are not supposed to appear redundant in a review: the band has been around since 1975 and is still going strong. The band's founder, principal songwriter and arranger, vocalist, and keyboardist Cynthia Lyon, has more energy than that drum-playing rabbit you see on television all the time. The rest of the band members also possess some nice pedigrees. On tenor and also tax and flute is Collin Tilton who played on Van Morrison's iconic Moondance album. Just hearing Collin play his flute solo from Moondance was worth the price of admission."” - Wayne J. Keeley & Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley
“ Eight to the Bar really brings it in [their]12th album…worth owning for the first three tracks alone.. the high-energy group is known for its swing, boogie-woogie.. but there’s even country themes in the new CD’s “Rock Me” (written by lead singer Brinna Jones), “Schoolhouse Rock”-echoes in “The Law of Attraction” (written by [Mike] Corsini) and a fun doo-wop number in “Never Let You Go”. The first three songs are ETTB at its swingin’ best: “That’s Neat, That’s Nice” (written by Terry Adams of NRBQ), “That Man” (a splendid David Schreurs tune recorded previously by European singer Caro Emerald) and “Baby, Why Can’t You Come on Home?” (written by Tilton and Lyon). The title cut is the last on the album, a 1 minute, 31 second ditty referencing the group’s amazing longevity (“bringin’ our swing to your green”).” - Joe Amarante
— New Haven Register