Buckeye Bobby Bare's first boffo biscuit, "The All American Boy," was recorded under the nom-du-disque Bill Parsons for the Cincinnati-based Fraternity label (thankfully available along with many other great and now-obscure US 45's on Volume 3 of the presently 8-volume Golden Age of American Rock and Roll on UK Ace). He's had huge pop hits in a style best described as "pop-folk" ("Detroit City" and "500 Miles") and has a knack for piking classic material like Tom T. Hall's "Margie's At the Lincoln Park Inn" and "That's How I Got To Memphis" as well as tuneage by the late great Shel Silverstein ("Marie Laveau" and "Daddy What If?"). If'n you crave some Bobby Bare, go for the label-spanning Best Of Bobby Bare on Razor & Tie. (Charlie Burton)