Steve Forbert, Peter Holsapple
George McMorrow
A close-up of Steve Forbert.
Steve Forbert
The 1979 hit album Jackrabbit Slim moved critics to proclaim Steve Forbert as a member of “The Next Bob Dylan” club. That’s praise mixed with a curse, but Forbert never looked back, writing hook-filled, lyrically abstract folk rock songs for the next 45 years. Last year’s Daylight Savings Time is filled with the 70-year-old Mississippi native’s honest, clever songs. Who knows? Maybe he will be the next Dylan. With dB’s founder Peter Holsapple.
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media release: Legendary singer/songwriter Steve Forbert will perform at The Bur Oak on October 24 in support of his latest album Daylight Savings Time, released via Blue Rose Music.
The Grammy-nominated artist arrived in New York City from his Meridian, Mississippi in 1976 and slotted seamlessly into the "new folk" revival. He quickly won a major label deal with the Nemperor/CBS Records, where he released his heralded debut, Alive on Arrival. It was on his second album, Jackrabbit Slim, that yielded his career-defining hit, “Romeo’s Tune,” that hit #1 on the Billboard pop charts
A songwriter's songwriter, Forbert's songs have been recorded by many, including Rosanne Cash, Keith Urban, Marty Stuart and Webb Wilder. In 2017, a tribute album, was released, with covers of his songs by twenty-one artists.
"Like Warren Zevon, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbert has left his unmistakable imprint on the landscape of American music," says American Songwriter.
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