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This is a very special album, bringing together the poetic genious of Shel Silverstein and the expressive talents of the Great Bobby Bare. This album, conceived by Silverstein tells the story of the "real" people in society. The battlers at the bottom of the ladder who are losers because of when and where they were born, not what they can do. This album will bring a tear to your eye with "Two For A Dollar", which paints the picture of the dispersal of treasured family furniture and effects through the impersonal reality of an auction sale. It takes you into the hard world of prison with "Back Home In Huntsville Again" and shows the family dislocation caused when "Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long". It will have you smiling with "Warm and Free" as we learn how to make the best of an opportunity. "$100,000 In Pennies" teaches us with a smile that even a successful crime can have problems. "Bottles And Boxes" contributed by Roger Murrah is a classic in the vein of "Streets of London". The album finishes in the "Unemployment Line". 
It takes true genious to use a single subject to evoke a range of emotions. This album achieves this eloquently. When you have listened to it a few times you will realise that you have laughed, cried and loved, all based on the fact that for some, life is hard or just dead unfair. But it is done so well that that you will feel lifted by the experience of hearing it, and, if you have a soul, a lot closer to those people in society who are doing it "hard". This album introduced me to Shell Silverstein and Bobby Bare, it was a revelation for me. If you have any poetry in your soul you must hear it! Then you will find you must have to have it 

Track Listing:
01 – Hard Time Hungrys
02 – The Farmer Feeds Us All
03 – Alimony
04 – Two For A Dollar
05 – Back Home In Huntsville Again
06 – Daddy’s Been Around The House Too Long
07 – Warm And Free
08 – Able Bodied Man
09 – $100,000 In Pennies
10 – Bottles And Boxes
11 – Truck Driver, Truck Driver
12 – The Unemployment Line
13 – Climbin’ The Ladder And Climbin’ The Wall
14 – Baby Wants To Boogie
15 – Keeping Rosie Proud Of Me
16 – Bald Headed Woman
17 – Vince
18 – Lost In Austin
19 – Put A Little Lovin’ On Me
20 – Yes, Mr. Rodgers
21 – Brian Hennessey
22 – My Better Half
23 – Dropkick Me, Jesus
24 – The Winner

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Country
Format: MP3 @ 320 kbit
CD Release Year: 2012 (1998)
Speelduur: 80 minuten
Cover: Frontje is in de RARs verwerkt