Name: Bobby Bare Jr. & Kevn Kinney [Drivin N Cryin]
Start: 2025-02-15T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-15T22:30:00-06:00
Location: 3057 North Rockwell Street, Chicago, Illinois 60618, United States

Bobby Bare Jr. & Kevn Kinney [Drivin N Cryin]

Bobby Bare, Jr. may have begun his career when he was eight years old by the side of his dad, but as a grownup he's carved out a respectable niche with music that falls somewhere between hard rock, roots rock, indie rock, and alt-country. Bobby Bare, Jr. was born on June 28, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee; his father was the successful country singer Bobby Bare. The Bare family lived just outside Nashville in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where their neighbors were George Jones and Tammy Wynette. In 1974, Bare brought his son into the studio to record "Daddy, What If," a Shel Silverstein tune that imagined a conversation between a father and son. The tune became a hit and went on to win a Grammy, and Bare Jr. became a regular presence at his father's concerts, singing the tune with his dad; when he was too old to perform the song, he worked as part of Bare's stage crew and at the merchandise table.
In 2002, Bare started recording under his own name, his effort was a personal and stylistically diverse independent album with a rotating cast of musicians; the band and the album were called Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League, and the album was Bare's first for pioneering alt-country imprint Bloodshot Records.
Kevn Kinney is most widely known as founder and frontman of Atlanta-based rock band Drivin- N-Cryin. A highly-acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician, performer, visual artist and poet, he has recently been inducted into both the Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame and Georgia Music Hall of Fame for his impactful legacy of art.
Kinney has released multiple critically acclaimed solo and band recordings during his career having also collaborated with Warren Haynes, REM, The Who and John Popper, among others. Peter Buck of REM has produced and performed on several of Kevn’s albums and continues to be involved in his career.