20 Bare Essentials

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Total Tracks: 20   Total Length: 53:59

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These sides are drawn from Bare's short-lived stint at Mercury Records 1970-72 from such LPs as "This is Bare Country" and "Where Have All the Seasons Gone". This was one of his most interesting periods, when he was championing and recording songs by 'outlaw' songwriters like Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Tom T Hall and Shel Silverstein. This was the first cover and the hit version of Tom T Hall's song "How I Got To Memphis". Good stuff.

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There are too few Bobby Bare compilations out there that matter. 20 Bare Essentials from Music Hill is one of the great exceptions, and it’s even more so because it’s not an import. These 20 tracks offer a solid aural view of what made Bobby Bare such a fine performer and song interpreter during the 1960s and ’70s. From “That’s How I Got to Memphis,” and “The Year Clayton Delaney Died,” “Crazy Arms,” and any of his readings of Kris Kristofferson’s tunes, these are top shelf performances by a singer and stylist who deserves more than he got. – Thom Jurek