Comments on: 100 Greatest Men: #56. Bobby Bare

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:55:12 +0000

I guess that makes him… a winner.

By: Rachael Sarah Williams

Rachael Sarah Williams — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:32:49 +0000

Bobby Bare is a songwriting genius. I point my students to his work as one example of why country music songwriters are among the greatest. (Though I must confess that I think he should rank higher than #56, LOL.)

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:52:26 +0000

…i’m not exactly sure, whether i’m a born-sucker for songs that have city names in it, or whether it was bobby bare’s “detroit city”, which was showing up regularly on all kinds of non-country radio playlists here in europe, that opened my young ears further for the genre.

that song fittet in very well with french chansons, italian canzone or with the bee gees’ “massachusetts”, scott mckenzie’s “san francisco”, glen campell’s “wichita lineman” and “galveston” or dave loggins’ “please come to boston”. by the time the eagles were hangin’ around on a street corner in winslow, arizona, taking it easy (which could be taken as early recorded evidence that “chillin’” is possible even in hot places), i surely had passed the point of no return, when it comes to city name-dropping.

bobbie bare was in the line-up of the mervin conn country music festival tour coming to london, frankfurt and zurich regularly in the springtime of the late seventies and early eigthies. i remember that particular april still and how i just wanted to hear him sing “detroit city” live. discovering the “streets of baltimore” on the same occasion was probably an early “bonus track” experience for me. splendid artist, bobbie bare is.

By: Benny

Benny — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:59:46 +0000

He’s my favorite Country singer, you can pick any of his albums from the 60s to the 80s or also 2005s ‘The Moon was Blue’ and find some great songs there.. the Shel Silverstein collaborations are unmatched as a songwriter/singer-relationship..

By: bob

bob — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:18:02 +0000

The only song familiar to me is Detroit City.

I see that “Daddy What If?” (with Bobby Bare, Jr.), is one of the essential singles. Bobby Bare Jr. is appearing May 1st at the Bluebird Cafe with Eef Barzelay (9 o’clock show).

By: SamB

SamB — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:55:05 +0000

For some bizarre reason that I’ve never quite figured out, he wrote and performed a song in Melodi Grand Prix this year, a show that chooses the Norwegian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest.

He and his duet partner Petter Øien qualified for the Norwegian final, and finished a creditable third.

His song is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDIF2gOyQzc

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:06:31 +0000

I’ve seen Bobby perform a number of times – his dry sense of humor makes his shows different from anhy other performer out there today

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:03:09 +0000

I love “Detroit City.”

By: Darla

Darla — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:08:57 +0000

Bobby is one-of-a-kind. I met him about 7 years ago when he was in Minnesota. Then I saw him about a year later in Illinois. He knew I was from Iowa and asked me to sell merchandise for him that year when he played the Iowa State Fair. I was thrilled! We’ve kept in touch since then and I hope to see him later this year.