Bits from Berryville: Bitter Liberals Play the Barns 7.20.19

The Bitter Liberals played an intimate show to a fully packed house in Berryville Saturday night July 20th. Thanks to all who came. We really appreciate performing for you. We designed this show with a twist by starting things out with a set of slow, meaningful ballads and working our way into a frenzy at […]

Upcoming Bitter Liberals Show Featured in the Winchester Star

Thanks to the Winchester Star and ace reporter Jackie Puglisi for writing a great feature article about the Bitter Liberals in today’s Winchester Star (Saturday May 28). We’re proud of the band and what we’ve accomplished together, and we had fun talking to Jackie about that and about our upcoming show at the Barns of […]

Six Days to the WV Civil War Show 4.2.16

  SIX DAYS TO THE BITTER LIBERALS CIVIL WAR SHOW Who: Clark Hansbarger backed by the Bitter Liberals What: Dream of a Good Death (the Civil War show) Where: Ames Clair Hall in Union, West Virginia When: Saturday April 2nd, 7:30 pm Tickets: $10 adults, $6 students (sorry, no tickets on the net…yeah, I know) […]

West Virginians Dream of a Good Death 4.2.16

Who: Clark Hansbarger backed by the Bitter Liberals What: Dream of a Good Death (the Civil War show) Where: Ames Clair Hall in Union, West Virginia When: Saturday April 2nd, 7:30 pm Tickets: $10 adults, $6 students (sorry, no tickets on the net…yeah, I know) At musica last night we were reminded of just how […]

Stories, stories, stories

Wednesday has almost passed us by—a terrible side effect of Board meetings and cocktails. But we’re here for you! So we thought we would remind you about the stories behind each and every Bitter Liberals ballad. That’s right, all of our songs have a story. Makes for some good early summer reading. Going to the […]

The story behind “Pick One”

As you know, almost all of the songs we write tell stories. We want to share those stories with you.  Just as we did for the songs on our first CD 13, we’ll post the story behind each song on our new CD Again here for you to read. The plan is to feature one […]

The story behind “Train Above Miami”

As you know, almost all of the songs we write tell stories. We want to share those stories with you.  Just as we did for the songs on our first CD 13, we’ll post the story behind each song on our new CD Again here for you to read. The plan is to feature one […]

The story behind “Scarlet at Midnight”

As you know, almost all of the songs we write tell stories. We want to share those stories with you.  Just as we did for the songs on our first CD 13, we’ll post the story behind each song on our new CD Again here for you to read. The plan is to feature one […]

Civil War Show Dream of a Good Death in Purcellville 10.9.14

We’re doing another iteration on Clark Hansbarger’s fantastic Civil War show Dream of a Good Death. Come see the show if you have not seen it yet. It is excellent. The show is very high concept, and fortunately it works like a charm in practice. Clark sets up each song with some historical data (including […]

The story behind “Paint Your Joy on the Wall”

As you know, almost all of the songs we write tell stories. We want to share those stories with you.  Just as we did for the songs on our first CD 13, we’ll post the story behind each song on our new CD Again here for you to read. The plan is to feature one […]