Bobby Bare: Difference between revisions

Silverstein penned other songs for Bare including a Grammy-nominated hit, "Daddy What If", which he recorded with his five-year-old son, [[Bobby Bare Jr.]]<ref name="Larkin"/> The song was an immediate success as well, not only reaching No. 2 on the country charts, but nearly reaching the Top 40 on the pop charts. Bare's album, ''Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies'', became his most commercially successful album, finding him a new audience with pop radio once again playing his songs and also gaining a new following with college kids.<ref name="Larkin"/> These songs, all 14 written or co-written by Shel Silverstein, however, would become Bare's last Top 10 hits.

 

His biggest hits during this time included "Alimony" (1975), "The Winner" (1976), and "[[Drop kick|Drop Kick]] Me, Jesus (Through The Goalposts Of Life)" (an unusual [[Christians|Christian]]-[[American football|football]] [[waltz]], and a 1976 [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Grammy nominee for Best Country Song]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/paul-craft-who-wrote-country-classics-including-dropkick-me-jesus-dies-at-76/2014/10/20/ca893f5e-5870-11e4-b812-38518ae74c67_story.html |title=Paul Craft, who wrote country classics including 'Dropkick Me, Jesus,' dies at 76 |date=October 20, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref> In 1977 he recorded "Redneck Hippie Romance"<ref>{{cite news |last=Halsey |first=Derek |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/george-jones-bobby-bare-to-headline-annual-concert-in-catlettsburg/article_c1d4e34c-8ff6-58d8-b08d-d536ee161446.html |title=George Jones, Bobby Bare to headline annual concert in Catlettsburg |date=September 5, 2010 |work=The Herald-Dispatch |access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref> and "Vegas" (a duet with his wife Jeannie).

==Career at Columbia (1978–1983)==

Bare signed with [[Columbia Records]] and continued to have hits like "Sleep Tight Good Night Man", which barely cracked the Top 10 in 1978, alongside continuing to score critical acclaim with his releases ''Bare'' and ''Sleeper Wherever I Fall''.<ref name="Larkin"/> In 1979, he started off [[Rosanne Cash]]'s career in a big way by being her duet partner on the Top 20 hit "No Memories Hangin' Round".<ref name="Larkin"/> In 1980, he almost cracked the Top 10 with "Numbers", which came from his album ''Down and Dirty''.<ref name="Larkin"/> On that album, Bare started to experiment with [[Southern rock]], which continued with his following album, ''Drunk and Crazy'' (1980).<ref name="Larkin"/> The next year, Bare returned to his country roots with his [[Rodney Crowell]]-produced album ''As Is'', featuring the single "New Cut Road". Bare was still doing well chartwise into the early 1980s. In 1983, his duet with [[Lacy J. Dalton]], "It's A Dirty Job", hit the Top 30. His last trip into the Top 30 came that summer with the novelty song "The Jogger". He also released "Used Cars", the theme song from the [[Used Cars|film of the same name]].

 

==Film career==

In 2012, Bare performed a duet of the song "I'd Fight The World" on the [[Jamey Johnson]] album ''[[Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran]]''.

 

 

After being inducted in the 1960s but gradually drifting away, Bare was reinstated as a member of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] on April 7, 2018, by [[Garth Brooks]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/07/garth-brooks-welcomes-bobby-bare-into-opry-membership/496748002/|title=Garth Brooks welcomes Bobby Bare into Opry membership|first=Cindy|last=Watts|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

 

==Filmography==