Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare is the kind of country artist I find deeply genuine. Songs like "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home" capture the ache of leaving your roots better than almost anyone, and that homesick honesty is what keeps me coming back to his catalog. As a singer-songwriter from Ironton, Ohio, he carries the unpretentious warmth of real American country rather than its polished commercial version. I also love that the musical thread runs to his son, Bobby Bare Jr. Born in 1935 and still active, his sheer longevity earns my admiration. This is a man who simply lived the music he sang.

Name (English)

Bobby Bare

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・ベア

Reading

ぼびー・べあ

Born

April 7, 1935 (age 91)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

Origin

Ironton, Ohio, United States

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / musician / recording artist / bandleader

• Official sitehttps://www.bobbybaredarkerthanlight.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Bare
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888450

Tags

• Ohio
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.