From the End of Your Leash (2004) By pedigree, Bare Jr. gets tagged as alt-country, but the label seldom fits. His nifty little signature sound is actually an arch folk-pop based in… Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League
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Details Release Date: Jun 22, 2004; Lead Performance: Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League

By pedigree, Bare Jr. gets tagged as alt-country, but the label seldom fits. His nifty little signature sound is actually an arch folk-pop based in acoustic guitars and brushes on snares, sometimes driven into rock by, of all things, a sax section. But the No Depression set will adore ''Visit Me in Music City,'' a lovingly sarcastic ode to a Nashville where the ''greatest living guitar pickers can deliver you a pizza.''

Originally posted Jul 30, 2004 Published in issue #776 Jul 30, 2004 Order article reprints