bobby bare great american saturday night

​Bobby Bare  (from the album Great American Saturday Night  available on RCA/Legacy) (by Bryant Liggett)
Doing double-duty, Great American Saturday Night is a record that is funny and musically entertaining. Bobby Bare supplies pre-song banter for the live recording that introduces the Shel Silverstein penned-cuts that make up all of Great American Saturday Night, giving the album a loose comedic feel without running the risk of becoming a Red Sovine or CW McCall-influenced novelty cuts, even if some of the songs he leads into carry an air of contemplative seriousness. 
The anthemic, title-track opener toasts a universal Saturday night party theme of ‘anybody here want to f*** or fight?’ as the study of the Great American Saturday Night continues throughout the recording. “Red-Neck Hippie Romance” clearly defines the dividing line between hippies and red-necks, one of many irreverent blasts of humor that offer bar stool opinions on Great American Saturday Night. “The Diet” is a song about keeping things slim, “They Won’t Let Us Show It At The Beach” champions the issue of banning nude beaches violating our constitutional rights, and “Whiplash Will” is a laughable tale of a man willing to take on a Saturday night car crash to bulk up his wallet.  Bobby Bare throws out some ballads in “Time” while “Me and Jimmie Rodgers” and “Someone To Talk To” are heftier cuts, vivid and image heavy stories of aging and loneliness. Sitting on the shelf since it was recorded in the late 1970’s, Great American Saturday Night is a strong dose of a classic era of Country before the genre was infiltrated and infected by Pop music. Bobby Bare is a humorous and charming frontman, his band laying out a perfect bed for his re-telling of a batch of Shel Silverstein tales. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
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