BOBBY BARE (344)

Cowboys and Daddys / Me and McDill (2-for-1)
RVCD-344

Raven presents for the first time on CD two original, outstanding albums by BOBBY BARE – Cowboys and Daddys (1975) and Me and McDill (1977). Bare is one of the greats of “Outlaw” country, having scored million-selling hits in the 1960s with the likes of ‘Detroit City’ and ‘500 Miles Away from Home’. By the mid-1970s he was attracting rock audiences as well as country, following a number of freewheeling and rollicking collaborations with songwriter Shel Silverstein. Bare dedicated Cowboys and Daddys to the modern-day cowboy, “the Ropers and Dopers, the Red Neck Mothers, the Cosmics, the Drinkers and Thinkers and all the other Bi-Centennial cowboys”. Highlights included the bittersweet title cut, Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Cowboy and the Poet (Faster Horses)’ and Ray Hubbard’s ‘Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother’.

For Me and McDill, Bare cut eleven songs by prolific hit making songwriter Bob McDill, including ‘If You Think I’m Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was a Kid)’ and ‘Look Who I’m Cheating on Tonight’. This great value 2-for-1 collection adds two bonus tracks from the Bare / Silverstein collaborative concept album Lullabys, Legends and Lies, including the #1 hit ‘Marie Laveau’. Cowboys and Daddys / Me and McDill follows on from Raven’s other exceptional Bare releases: Bare / Sleeper Wherever I Fall (RAV-CD-285), Drunk & Crazy ... Plus (RAV-CD-267) and Down & Dirty ... Plus (RAV-CD-243). Featuring superb quality audio, color booklet and informative liner notes

TRACK LISTING
Cowboys and Daddys (1975)
1. THE COWBOY AND THE POET (Faster Horses)
2. COWBOYS AND DADDYS
3. HIGH PLAINS JAMBOREE
4. CHESTER
5. UP AGAINST THE WALL REDNECK MOTHER
6. THE STRANGER
7. AMARILLO HIGHWAY
8. SPECKLED PONY
9. PRETTY PAINTED LADIES
10. HE’S A COWBOY
11. CALGARY SNOW
12. LAST DANCE AT THE OLD TEXAS MOON
Me and McDill (1977)
13. IF YOU THINK I’M CRAZY NOW (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was a Kid)
14. HILLBILLY HELL
15. DON’T THINK YOU’RE TOO GOOD FOR COUNTRY MUSIC (Just Because You Can Rock and Roll)
16. TILL I GET ON MY FEET
17. DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHT
18. WILMA LOU
19. LOOK WHO I’M CHEATING ON TONIGHT
20. YOU MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME
21. THE WOMAN IN EVERY MAN’S LIFE
22. CAN’T SEEM TO GET NOWHERE
23. TIRED OF THE ROAD JOE
Bonus Tracks
24. DADDY WHAT IF
25. MARIE LAVAUX

Also available on Raven
BOBBY BARE - Down & Dirty ... Plus (RAV-CD-243)
BOBBY BARE - Drunk & Crazy ... Plus (RAV-CD-267)
BOBBY BARE - Bare / Sleeper Wherever I Fall (RAV-CD-285)
BOBBY BARE - As Is / Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose (RAV-CD-358)

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AUD$ 15.95 (available)