'Storyteller: The Anthology 1960-1983' is a definitive, career-defining multi-label overview of country maverick and Grammy Award winner Bobby Bare. With 51 tracks licensed from 3 labels (RCA, Mercury and Columbia) and over 155 minutes of music this remarkable collection is the perfect compilation.

'Storyteller: The Anthology 1960-1983' boasts all 12 of his Top 10 Country hits, plus a further 16 Top 20 hits – including 'Detroit City', '500 Miles Away From Home', 'Miller's Cave', 'Four Strong Winds', 'A Dear John Letter' (with Skeeter Davis), 'The Streets Of Baltimore', 'God Bless America Again', 'Come Sundown', 'Ride Me Down Easy', 'Daddy, What If', 'Sleep Tight, Good Night Man', 'No Memories Hangin' Round' (with Rosanne Cash) and the #1 'Marie Laveau'.

Bare is clearly one of the greats of "Outlaw" country, having scored million-selling hits in the 1960s with the likes of 'Detroit City' and '500 Miles Away from Home'. His career defining albums such as Lullabys, Legends & Lies, Down & Dirty and Drunk & Crazy consolidated his rambunctious yet poetic style.

By the mid-1970s he was attracting rock audiences as well as country, following a number of freewheeling and rollicking collaborations with the late great songwriter Shel Silverstein. Highlights of the Bare / Silverstein collaborative force include 'Marie Laveau', 'Sylvia's Mother', 'Alimony', 'The Winner', 'Greasy Grit Gravy', 'Red-Neck Hippie Romance', 'Tequila Sheila', 'Rough On The Living' and 'The Jogger' – all present here. Bare has garnered acclaim from all sections of the music world.

In 1977 legendary rock promoter Bill Graham proclaimed Bare to be "the Springsteen of country music." With superb audio, color booklet, rare photos and detailed liner notes