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Music

Bobby Bare Jr. / Blue Giant

When

Monday Sep 27, 2010 (7pm)

Where

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The Mercury Lounge (Venue Partner)

217 E Houston St

212.260.4700

Directions: F, JMZ at Essex and Delancey or F, V at 2nd Ave

Price

$10

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The Mercury Lounge says…

Nominated for a grammy at the age of 6 years old for a duet with his dad called "daddy what if"-written by Shel Silverstein - has a degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee- is very afraid of elves - made 2 albums for Immortal Records with his band Bare Jr. One for sony records in 1998 and one for virgin records in 2001- born in Nashville, TN june 28, 1966- has 2 children and one soon to be ex-wife- believes that blue is a flavor and not a color nor a feeling- you can see bobby's mother singing on the "Town Hall Party" Dvd set under the stage name Jeannie Sterling or on you tube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=ncX-a3fDSdM -- has made 3 albums and 1 ep for Bloodshoot Records since 2003- co-produced his dad's last record The Moon was Blue in 2006- grew up in Hendersonville, Tennesse with George Jones and Tammy Wynette as his next door neighbors- is only making music in the hopes of getting one step closer to his ultimate dream of being Steven Patrick Morrissey's personal bicycle mechanic- has toured with- Dr. Dog, The Walkmen, The Decemberists, The Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Areosmith, Mm Morning Jacket, Centro-Matic, The Bottel Rockets, The Drive by Truckers, Anrew Bird and The Old 97's has been romantically linked to the Bob's Big Boy- in June of 2007 Bobby was asked by a casting company to audition for the role of "Shrek" for "Shrek the Musical" on Broadway- is on Houston Party Records in Spain and Hazelwood Records in Germany- did a family album of all Shel Silversteikn songs called "Singin' in the Kitchen" in 1975- can not speak mandrin chinese- had all his songs critiqued by Shel Silverstein till shel died in may of 1999- sang on the song "getting back into you" on The Silver Jews album "Tanglewood Numbers"- sang on the song "horses" on Will Oldhams' album "bonnie prince billie sings Greatest Palace Music"