Travelin Bare / Constant Sorrow / Streets Of (2 CD)

UK two CD set containing a trio of albums from the country music legend. Bobby Bare, and what was to become known as The Nashville Sound, go hand in hand. He was one of the most successful exponents of the sound and it opened up the doorway for his success in Nashville. The three albums in this collection - The Travelin’ Bare (1964), Constant Sorrow (1965) and The Streets of Baltimore (1966) - perfectly fitted RCA’s folk/country marketing tag. The recordings covered a diverse music field that moved from Dylan and ’60s pop culture to Nashville’s new breed of writers like Harlan Howard, Willie Nelson and Hank Cochran, plus a few of his own originals thrown into the mix. The albums give an early indication of Bare’s ability as a talented judge of songs, a skill that led Waylon Jennings to later cite him as the best song hound in the world. He achieved 69 chart singles and 28 chart albums - an illustrious career. All three albums appear on CD for the first time.