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Mr. Bear

About Me


"THESE MACHINES" is now available HERE ! Hand made Limited Edition CD Packages no longer available.
These Machines available from www.thruandthrurecords.com! $10 (USA)

Click options to buy CD:
Hand Made Limited Edition copies of These Machines are Out of Print. The These Machines re-release is now available. Buy it here on myspace or at the Mr. Bear Online Store along with other Mr. Bear merchandise you can purchase right now! You can also purchase These Machines straight from the Thru & Thru Records Store !
ORDER These Machines through Paypal HERE ! Or at Thru & Thru Records !
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LOOK!!! > Mr. Bear is featured on NPR's Second Stage program !
The Newest Episode of MR. BEAR on the Channel 5 Kids Club with Cadet Kelsie!
Remember Mario Paint on Super Nintendo? With it's amazing composer feature?
Mr. Bear is Jack Bishop.
Instruments include:
12 string acoustic
6 string acoustic
3 string acoustic guitar
4 string electric guitar
banjo
keyboard
organ
violin
accordion
jaw harp
melodica
recorder
trumpet
trombone
electric drum machine
bass drum(First Act)
snair drum
saw
mouth

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/09/2005
Band Website: http://www.mrbearmusic.com
Band Members: Jack Bishop - vocals, instruments
Taylor Galloway - backup vocals
Influences: Nostalgia, movies and music. And yarns. Can't forget yarns.
Sounds Like: Class. Straight up bona fide Class all the way.
Record Label: Thru & Thru Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mr. Bear on Road Trip Nation!

PBS' Road Trip Nation: Australia have featured a few Mr. Bear songs in their 2008 season.  Catch them on PBS or purchase the DVDs when they come available.Take care,Mr. Bear
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Mr. Bear on NPR!

Hiya everybody,"These Machines" was just featured on NPRs Second Stage segment of All Songs Considered.NPRs Second Stage - "Rubber Duckies"Check it!Also, don't forget that the "These Machines" re-re...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Pre-Order "These Machines" Re-Release NOW!

"These Machines" will be available on Thru & Thru Records (http://thruandthrurecords.com) on January 13th, 2009.  Pre-Orders for it are available right now!ORDER HERE:http://www.thruandthrure...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:29:00 GMT

A Few Words About "Mistletoe, Friend or Foe?"

          The folklore behind the Mistletoe is somewhat of a Christmas mystery to me as to how it came to be what the English speaking world considers a pa...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT

New Website... Free Download... Announcement!

Mr. Bear now has a brand new official website at... http://www.mrbearmusic.com There you can: - get Mr. Bear news - learn all about Mr. Bear - listen to Mr. Bear - purchase all your necessary Mr. Be...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:11:00 GMT

MB show w/ Jack 2 The Future in LR Thanksgiving weekend

Hiya,Good buddy, Jack To The Future, has invited me to open his post Thanksgiving show on Saturday, November 29th while I'm visiting Little Rock for the weekend.WHERE?:  Vino's Pizza Pub - 923 W ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:33:00 GMT

Easy Street blows. or The CD Release show.

Well, the reputation of Easy Street finally became a reality to me last night.  That reputation being that the one in charge of managing booking tends to pay absolutely no attention to anything a...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

the show at Downtown Music

the show on Friday at Downtown went really great.  way better than i had expected from a show at Downtown Music.  nothing against Downtown, it's actually a great place, but i hear i'm not th...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:23:00 GMT

Downtown Music Show

i still need to sell a bunch more tickets for my Downtown Music show and it's coming up in a few weeks.  I really wish there wasn't this whole sell 30 tickets thing, for obvious reasons.  I ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:14:00 GMT

Live for the first time!

the first ever Mr. Bear live show.  i will be playing a 3 to 4 song set along with Sounds Me and My Friends Make, Fat Pat's Water Rats, the Saritas (clap!)Kidz Pop! and maybe Jackson Diner and Ch...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:53:00 GMT