Raven [Australia]
2007
Drunk & Crazy...Plus
About This Album
How did Bobby Bare follow up 1979's rowdy, bawdy "live" Down & Dirty? By getting Drunk & Crazy, of course. From its title to its collection of cheerfully vulgar Shel Silverstein tunes, 1980's Drunk & Crazy is a cousin of Down & Dirty, revving up the loose, boozy, roguish charm of that 1979 platter's "Numbers" and "Tequila" until things almost get boorish. Almost, but not quite: the nasty black humor of "If That Ain't Love" -- where Silverstein ponders "I slapped your face and I stepped on his/And if that ain't love, what is" -- is saved from meanness thanks to Bare's sly delivery, which also keeps Edward Lee Pangborn's "Bathroom Tissue Paper Letter" from descending down the toilet. These are hardly the only dirty jokes here -- there's also Royal C. Bannon's timeless "I've Never Gone to Bed with an Ugly Woman," with its punchline "but I sure woke up with a few," along with a host of other Shel songs, the best of which are the title track, "Food Blues," the positively debauched "Drinkin' and Druggin' and Watchin' TV" (complete with an offhand dig at Jim Bakker's PTL ministry), and the blues boogie "Gotta Get Rid of This Band," all songs Dr.
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