About
Despite the fact that his work was consistently critically acclaimed, Bare's record sales began to slip in the early '80s, as the 1982 Silverstein collaboration Drinkin' from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart and his 1985 record for EMI failed to launch any major hit singles. Nevertheless, Bare continued to retain a devoted following in the U.S. and the U.K., and his influence on contemporary country music remained evident. In 2005, the Dualtone label coaxed Bare out of retirement and released a new album, The Moon Was Blue, produced by his son Bobby Bare, Jr. The elder Bare continued to perform concerts regularly over the next few years but didn't return to the recording studio until 2012, when he cut a collection of folk songs called Darker Than Light. Five years later, Bare released Things Change, an album issued by Hypermedia and featuring a duet with Chris Stapleton on Bare's old hit "Detroit City" plus a version of the title track that the country singer performed with Petter Øien at 2012's Eurovision. Early in 2018, Things Change received another promotional push with Bare's version of Mary Gauthier's "I Drink" pulled as a single. Also in 2018, Bobby Bare was re-inducted into the Grand Ole Opry; he became part of the institution in the early 1960s, but drifted away from the Opry during the 1970s.
From 🇺🇸 United States
Genres
