Steve Forbert
189 Public House
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Event Description
Steve Forbert’s 1978 debut album proclaimed the
singer-songwriter Alive on Arrival and indeed, the artist made a strong
impression with a set of personal, sometimes gentle, musical reflections on
life and love. Forbert departed Mississippi for New York City in the
mid-seventies and managed to carve out a niche in the vibrant club scene of the
day, playing famous venues like Gerde’s Folk City and even CBGB’s. That heady
period was captured on Alive on Arrival and on Forbert’s 1979 follow-up,
Jackrabbit Slim.
Rolling Stone contributing editor, David Wild, recently wrote that "now or
then, you would be hard-pressed to find a debut effort that was simultaneously
as fresh and accomplished as Alive on Arrival . . . it was like a great first
novel by a young author who somehow managed to split the difference between
Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger.”
Producer, John Simon, renowned for his collaborations with The Band and Leonard
Cohen, shepherded Forbert's second release, Jackrabbit Slim, to success.
Forbert credits Simon with helping him nail “Romeo’s Tune” for the
Nashville-recorded album, and the song became the artist’s only Top 20 U.S.
hit. (It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.)
Though further chart success has eluded Steve Forbert, he’s continued to write
particularly insightful songs and has grown an impressive legacy. His most
recent studio album was 2012’s Over with You. He’s received a Grammy
nomination, seen his songs performed by Keith Urban, Rosanne Cash and Marty
Stuart, and even appeared opposite Cyndi Lauper in her music video for “Girls
Just Wanna Have Fun.” Forbert continues to tour, both solo and with his band,
and has a string of upcoming dates scheduled both in the United States and
abroad.
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