Steve Forbert
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Steve Forbert (born December 15, 1954, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American popular singer. He is best known for his song, "Romeo's Tune", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980.
The song, although "dedicated to the memory of Florence Ballard" on the sleeve of the album, Jackrabbit Slim, is not about Supremes singer Ballard who died in 1976. "Forbert admits that Ballard became a timely connection for "Romeo's Tune", written about a girl from Meridian. "That seemed like such bad news to me and such sad news. She wasn't really taken care of by the music business, which is not a new story" (see[1]).
Critics hailed him at the time as "The new Bob Dylan" because of a similar vocal timbre and thoughtful songwriting. The front cover of his second album, Jackrabbit Slim encourages such comparisons with its simplicity: a black and white photo of Forbert playing a well-worn Martin acoustic guitar with a capo on it, his shirt tinted green. The record was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by John Simon who had worked with The Band. Forbert has a cameo appearance in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, playing her boyfriend.
[edit] Discography
- Alive on Arrival Nemperor/CBS Records, 1978
- Jackrabbit Slim Nemperor, 1979
- Little Stevie Orbit Nemperor, 1980
- Steve Forbert Nemperor, 1982
- Streets Of This Town Geffen Records, 1988
- The American In Me Geffen Records, 1992
- Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? 1993
- Be Here Now: Solo Live 1994
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Steve Forbert
- Mission of the Crossroad Palms Giant/Warner Bros. Records, 1995
- Rocking Horse Head Giant/Warner Bros. 1996
- Here's Your Pizza 1997
- Be Here Again: Solo Live 1998
- Evergreen Boy 2000
- Acoustic Live: The WFUV Concert 2000
- Live at the Bottom Line 2000
- Young Guitar Days 2001
- More Young Guitar Days 2002
- Any Old Time (Songs of Jimmie Rodgers) 2002
- Solo Live in Bethlehem 2002
- Rock While I Can Rock: The Geffen Years 2003
- Just Like There's Nothin' to It 2004
- Good Soul Food - Live at the Ark Rolling Tide Records 2004
- DVD Anthology: You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play 2005
- It's Been A Long Time: Live Acoustic With Paul Errico 2006
- Strange Names & New Sensations 2007
