Country Music Hall of Fame Member Announces First Release in Five Years on HYPERMEDIA Nashville
Chris Stapleton Joins Legend on Iconic Song "Detroit City"
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 29, 2017) – Country Music Hall of Famer and GRAMMY® award-winning living legend Bobby Bare will release THINGS CHANGE May 26, which features a collaboration with Chris Stapleton. The album is Bare’s first studio project in five years and is available for pre-sale now at BobbyBare.com.
THINGS CHANGE will feature 10 tracks written by Bare, Mary Gauthier, Guy Clark and the producer of the project, hit singer/songwriter Max T. Barnes. THINGS CHANGE will be released by HYPERMEDIA Nashville and BFD through RED Distribution.
The album features a special collaboration on Bare’s iconic hit, “Detroit City” with Chris Stapleton adding his unique vocals. The song was written by Mel Tillis and Danny Dill and was originally released by Bare in 1963. It would become one of his most highly requested songs to this day and won a GRAMMY® in 1964 for Best Country/Western Recording.
“This is a special collection of songs to me, not just another record. Great songs from Mary Gauthier, a song I co-wrote with Guy Clark that turned out to be his last and a song that my buddy Hoyt Axton inspired me to write called ‘Things Change.’ That’s the title of the album and the first single. Things do change but my love for songwriters and the fans never, ever will!” said Bobby Bare.
“I hit the road as a lead guitar player with Bobby Bare when I was 20 years old. To imagine I would produce my hero all these years later is a dream come true. We had so much fun touring the world in the 1980s. We laughed until we hurt! That’s what it was like in the studio with Bare on this album. He has a wicked smart song sense, and a delivery that will cut you to the bone. Bare is a true giant,” said Max T. Barnes, President of HYPERMEDIA Nashville.
Bobby Bare to Release New Album "Things Change" on May 26th
THINGS CHANGE Track Listing:
1. Things Change
2. The End
3. Ain’t No Sure Thing
4. The Trouble With Angels
5. I Drink
6. Mercy Now
7. Trophy Girl
8. Where Did It Go
9. You Got The Light
10. Detroit City feat. Chris Stapleton
Country Music Hall of Famer, Bobby Bare is one of the most iconic country artists of our time, with chart-topping songs like “Detroit City,” “500 Miles,” “Shame On Me” and many more. Artists from Little Jimmy Dickens and Hank Williams to big band acts like Phil Harris and the Dominoes all influenced his unique style leading to nearly five dozen top 40 hits from 1962 to 1983. The often referred to “Bruce Springsteen of Country” went on to earn multiple Grammy nominations and wins along with induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 among many other awards and accolades.
For more information on Bobby Bare visit www.bobbybare.com.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 4, 2017) – Webster Public Relations is excited to announce the signing of Country Music Hall of Fame Member Bobby Bare to its’ roster for publicity representation. “Bobby Bare is an icon of country music. He has had an incredible amount of hits and blazed trails throughout his career,” said the company’s Kirt Webster in a statement, “our team is incredibly excited to work with him to continue showing the world what real music is all about.”
Bare was born in Ironton, Ohio to a farm family and raised mostly by his father after his mother’s death when he was five. Growing up, he developed an eclectic love for music listening to music from Little Jimmy Dickens and Hank Williams to big band acts like Phil Harris and the Dominoes. These all influenced his forthcoming unique style leading to nearly five dozen top 40 hits from 1962 to 1983, multiple Grammy nominations and wins and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 among many other awards and accolades.
After a stint in the military and some time spent on the West Coast, Bare landed in Nashville recording for RCA with producer Chet Atkins. Though none of the executives in California listened to the singer’s ideas, Atkins not only listened to them but followed through with them. This resulted in successful hits like “Shame on Me” and “Detroit City,” the first of which was the first country song to feature horns, a daring move for the young artist to make on his breakout hit.
Due to his outsider stance and willingness to record material by Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, and the Rolling Stones, Bare has always had credibility with rock audiences. Acknowledging his ability to convey a song's story, famed promoter Bill Graham christened Bare the "Bruce Springsteen of country" in 1977. One of the few country veterans to regularly receive airplay on FM rock radio, he garnered a surprisingly strong following among college audiences of the era.