Shel Silverstein’s reputation rests on his children’s books, but he also had a long, illustrious songwriting career in Nashville. No one performed his ribald, irreverent songs more than the ...

Bare, however, became Silverstein's unlikely champion, digging beyond the humorist's infamous wit to mine an iconoclast's poignant narratives in song. For his part, Silverstein offered the country ...

Bobby Bare and author/songwriter Shel Silverstein were great friends, as well as mutual admirers of each other's work. Now Bobby is producing a tribute to his late friend titled 'Turnable, Twistable ...

They were the unlikeliest of collaborators. Bobby Bare was a country star raised on the north bank of the Ohio River. Shel Silverstein was a hipster raised in a Jewish neighborhood in Chicago. Bare ...

Legendary singer-songwriter Bobby Bare, whose best-known hits include "Detroit City" and "Marie Laveau," will release his latest album, Darker Than Light, on Nov. 13 on the Plowboy Records label.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Bobby Bare had huge, Grammy-winning hits on RCA Victor in the 1960s, with a ...

When the fourth annual Outlaw Country Cruise docked in Nassau in the Bahamas on Wednesday morning, it picked up a new passenger: Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Bare. The 83-year-old singer, ...

On April 7, Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Bobby Bare's 90th birthday will be feted via a star-studded Americana Music Association-sponsored event in Nashville. Though the ...

Alisha Sweeney and Bobby Bare Jr. Bobby Bare Jr. joined Guided By Voices last year as a touring guitarist. The Nashville musician and son of country singer Bobby Bare has released five solo albums and ...

Bobby Bare, the Country Music Hall of Famer who scored a Top Ten country smash in 1963 with the Mel Tillis-Danny Dill classic, “ Detroit City,” will release his first album in five years on May 26th.

In spite of having 70 songs on the country music charts - and 13 of them in the Top 10 – a singer's very first single release does not make the country music charts but does peak at No. 2 on the pop ...

It’s nearing midnight, and Bobby Bare is holding court in the crowded green room of The Mercy Lounge, one of Nashville’s premier venues. He’s about to showcase material from his new record, The Moon ...