Down & Dirty Plus (Reis)

Bobby Bare | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000IFSFE0
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Country Folk

Track Listings

1. Good For Nothin’ Blues

2. Numbers

3. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

4. Tequila Sheila

5. Rock Star's Lament

6. Crazy Again

7. Tecumseh Valley

8. Blind Willie Harper

9. Rough On The Living

10. Down To My Last Come And Get Me

11. Qualudes Again

12. Goin' Back To Texas

13. I Can’T Watch The Movie Anymore

14. Gambler (Bonus Track)

15. This Guitar Is For Sale (Bonus Track)

16. Goin' Up's Easy, Comin' Down's Hard (Bonus Track)

17. Sleep Tight, Good Night Man (Bonus Track)

18. Summer Wages (Bonus Track)

19. Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) (Bonus Track)

20. Goodnight Irene (Bonus Track)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Raven presents, for the first time on CD, one of the greatest live recordings ever! By 1979, BOBBY BARE had been recording for 25 years yet when he strapped on a Fender Telecaster and recorded live in the studio a rough and rowdy album with a bunch of Nashville's finest musicians, he was set to hit new highs in an illustrious career. Down & Dirty was both a glorious last hurrah for the ‘outlaw' movement and a touchstone for the ‘new country' of current darlings Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson etc. According to AMG's Thom Jurek it is, "Bare in his element: live, rowdy, and dangerous. This is good-time outlaw country. Bare's band rocks and rolls, swings and strolls through 13 tracks from a rejuvenated Bare. The humor is in large supply; the poignancy is everywhere. But it's the tune selection that makes this is such a killer record." For every outrageous Shel Silverstein song (Numbers, Qualudes Again) there is a tender, sensitive or just plain poetic masterpiece. In the words of Bill Graham, "Bobby Bare is the Bruce Springstein of country music". Embellished with eight stunning bonus tracks, circa 1978-1980, this is good time outlaw country at its finest. Comes with an 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The True Country Outlaw, November 26, 2006

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C. J. Lock (Centurion South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down & Dirty Plus (Reis) (Audio CD)

I can't add much more to the terrific and comprehensive album review that sums up in a nutshell what Bobby Bare has done for Country Music.
I have this album as well as the bonus tracks on vinyl and although the quality of the tracks are excellent and the fact that I have already converted them to a cd, this has not stopped me ordering this album.

There has never been an equal to Bobby Bare in song rendition. He interprets the songs with such meaning that you can actually live inside of them.

Because he was so many years ahead of the dreary country scene at the time, he never received the recognition that was due to him. Therefore, this album will be appreciated in this day and age much more than it did in its time.

I rate this as a true masterpiece from a man that should have been inducted to the Country Hall Of Fame a long time ago. If I as a South African can appreciate the "Bare" then all I can say is "Wake up American country fans and smell the roses". Do something about this injustice to Country Music

C. J. Lock

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic! It was worth the wait., March 1, 2007

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Lily Courthope - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down & Dirty Plus (Reis) (Audio CD)

Of course this cd finally is released after I jumped through all the necessary hoops to convert my vinyl LP to CD! Even so, I'm thrilled to have the cd at last, not only for the improved sound quality over my converted format, but for the additional tunes. Bare was never better than on this album, and that's saying something. Pointed, poignant, facetious, playful, even angry and bitter -- he displays the full range of emotions here, and never, ever goes over the top. IMHO this is one of the top 10 country LPs of all time. When the Tim McGraws and the Kenny Chesneys of the entertainment world can display this kind of range and talent, I'll buy'em, but not until.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY!, December 10, 2006

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HOG( I WANT IT ALL) (HOUSTON,TEXAS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down & Dirty Plus (Reis) (Audio CD)

Finally on cd,some of the most fun music recorded ever.Urban Cowboy music at it's best.According to the liner notes "DRUNK AND CRAZY" to be released soon.Looking forward to that!