Biography bobby bare

American country singer

Musical artist

Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, ) is an American country singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and " Miles Away from Home".^[2] He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.

Early career

Bare was born in Ironton, Ohio.^[3] In the s, he repeatedly tried and failed to sell his songs.^[4] He finally got a record deal, with Capitol Records, and recorded a few unsuccessful rock and roll singles.^[2] Just before he was drafted into the United States Army, he wrote a song called "The All American Boy"^[5] and did a demo for his friend, Bill Parsons, to learn how to record.

Instead of using Parsons' later version, the record company, Fraternity Records, decided to go with Bare's original demo.^[2] The record reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot , but Fraternity erroneously credited Bill Parsons on the label.^[6]&#