NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Straight off the heels of releasing the title track from Great American Saturday Night, country music legend Bobby Bare releases the cheeky “They Won’t Let Us Show It At The Beach.” Only the dynamic duo of Shel Silverstein and Bare could get away with a song about nude beaches. The two strike gold with this song prior to next week’s album release. Listen to the song and pre-order the album here.
“For a taste of Bare’s comedic delivery and Silverstein’s wit and wisdom, check out ‘They Won’t Let Us Show It at the Beach,’ premiering today via Wide Open Country. Silverstein’s lyrics about nude beaches getting shut down are about as subtle as those of ZZ Top’s ‘Legs.’” – Bobby Moore, Wide Open Country
“Bobby Bare’s new Great American Saturday Night album will include a rebel-rouser that’s perhaps even more relevant today than it was when he first recorded it” – Billy Dukes, Taste of Country
Rolling Stone says of the lead single “Living Legend”: “Bare’s weather-beaten narrator wrings every ounce of vintage honky-tonk pathos from the tune without a hint of self-pity or resentment.” – Stephen L. Betts
Great American Saturday Night, releasing on April 17, is a Sony Legacy/BFD release in partnership with 117 Music. This album is the end cap to the many critically-acclaimed collaborations between Bare and Silverstein, which includes Lullabys, Legends and Lies, Singin’ in the Kitchen, Hard Time Hungrys, The Winner and Other Losers, Bare, Down and Dirty, Drunk and Crazy, Drinkin’ From the Bottle, Singin’ From the Heart, Old Dogs (w/ Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed).
Great American Saturday Night Track Listing:
1. “Great American Saturday Night”
2. “Red-Neck Hippie Romance”
3. “The Diet”
4. “Painting Her Fingernails”
5. “Goodnight Little House Plant”
6. “Livin’ Legend”
7. “They Won’t Let Us Show It At The Beach”
8. “The Day All The Yes Men Said No”
9. “Time”
10. “Whiplash Will”
11. “Me And Jimmie Rodgers”
12. “Someone To Talk To”
13. “Great American Saturday Night (Reprise)”
*All songs written by Shel Silverstein except No. 5 and 10 written by Silverstein with Fred Koller