About Model Citizen
Long-running Alabama based band featuring members of the Dexateens, Necronomikids, Lee Bains III & Gloryfires and more. Matt Patton (guitar, vocals), Mike Gaut (drums), and Ronnie Lee Gipson (bass, vocals). Read Full Bio
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Save It For The Campfire – Re-released.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, and more. In 2006 Model Citizen was at a crossroads. Led by guitarist / songwriter / producer Matt Patton (who you may know as the grinning visage holding down the low-notes for Drive-By Truckers) and the careening-yet-precise blasts of drummer Mike … Continue reading
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50 Years of The Upsidedown Plaza
On Saturday, December 1st Model Citizen will join in celebration of half a century of one of the south’s finest dive bars. I first descended the stairwell back in the summer of 1999 and almost immediately made a friend in … Continue reading
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Halloween 2012: Model Citizen releases Evil Wing digital single, supports Diamond Rugs at Workplay.
Press release, October 31, 2012: Long before he contributed his first snaking, gospel-rooted bassline to Southern musical luminaries like the Drive-By Truckers, Dexateens, Paul “Wine” Jones, Candi Staton and countless others, Matt Patton was fronting the Alabama garage-punk progenitors Model … Continue reading
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Christmas show, Birds of Prey mp3
Birds of Prey was written on the spot one night at 600 Studios in Tuscaloosa. I believe we were doing some additional tracking there following the Inner Fool sessions. The song was eventually recorded at the Sweatbox in Austin, TX … Continue reading
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Au Ras Au Ras debut full-length out now
I went to Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, MS a few months back to do a little bass work on this record. Tess Brunet is the songstress and visionary at the helm of Au Ras Au Ras. I first … Continue reading
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Tagged Au Ras Au Ras, Deadboy & Elephant Men, Dial Back Sound, Tess Brunet, The Generationals
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Guess who’s coming to practice? Model Citizen shows feature special guest bassist this weekend!
We have had more than our fair share of bass players over the years. There were those who went away mad and those who just went away. For the past three years or more our friend Justin Colburn of Lee … Continue reading
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Hot August Nights, end of summer weekender with 13 Ghosts, August 25-27
Way back in 2005 13 Ghosts released a full-length record called Cicada. Among its many great songs there’s one called A Model Citizen Flip. If you read liner notes you’ll discover I actually played guitar on it. And, it’s a … Continue reading
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07/09/11: AHMEN Benefit at Egan’s in Tuscaloosa
We played a show benefiting the AHMEN charity this past weekend. Our friends Black Willis also participated. Together we raised about $500. AHMEN works to feed children living off of a dump site in Honduras. I was watching Anthony Bourdain’s … Continue reading
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