BOBBY BARE JR - “THE BEGINNING OF THE
END”
Bloodshot
Records is proud to release the soundtrack to the Bobby Bare Jr.
documentary Don’t
Follow Me (I’m Lost). The album will be released through digital
retailers and via a limited edition screen printed poster with digital download
code. Pre-orders
are available now. The lone studio recording on the live
collection, a previously unreleased track titled “The Beginning of the
End,” is streaming
on Consequence of Sound.
Back in 2010 and 2011, visionary, charismatic singer/songwriter
and musician’s musician Bobby Bare Jr. was followed on tour by a film crew led
by filmmaker William Miller. What resulted is Don’t Follow Me (I’m Lost),
a touching, funny, and genuine rock doc about the struggles of maintaining a
modestly successful touring career (which is a hell of a task in and of itself)
whilst remaining a loving family man back in his hometown of Nashville. The
film, which features appearances and commentary by Justin Townes Earle, My
Morning Jacket, Hayes Carll, Bobby Bare Sr., and more, was
released in a limited capacity in 2012, and then in 2014 screened in theaters
and clubs in major U.S. cities, including a stint at Austin’s South By
Southwest music festival. It is now widely released online (Hulu,
iTunes, Amazon, Vimeo, etc.) and on
DVD.
What also resulted from those months of documenting Bobby Bare Jr.
on the road is a film soundtrack, consisting of some of Bobby Bare Jr.’s most
energetic and sonically sharp live performances put to tape. Don’t Follow Me
(I’m Lost) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack includes new versions of
fan-favorites and deep cuts from Bobby’s classic Bloodshot albums like The
Longest Meow and From the End of Your Leash, as well as songs from his 2010
Thirty Tigers album A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head. Recorded at
beloved venues like Portland, OR’s Crystal Ballroom, Chapel Hill, NC’s Local
506, and Nashville’s The Basement, these songs span the genre-busting gamut
that Bobby is known to trample, while evoking many of the emotions felt by
viewers of the documentary - love, heartbreak, joy, homesickness, anticipation,
despair, and hope.
