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STEVE FORBERT

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0	LEEDS: Brudenell Social Club
P	Friday 12th June, 2009
N	7:30pm

Event information

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Steve Forbert (born December 13, 1955, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980.
Even though it states that "Romeo's Tune" is "dedicated to the memory of Florence Ballard" on the sleeve of the album Jackrabbit Slim (1979), the song is not really about the Supremes singer who died in 1976. The song was actually written about a girl from his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, but was dedicated to Ballard because, as Forbert explains, "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." .
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. On the comparison to Dylan, Forbert said, "You can't pay any attention to that. It was just a cliche back then, and it's nothing I take seriously. I'm off the hook — I don't have to be smarter than everybody else and know all the answers like Bob Dylan."
Forbert has a cameo appearance in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, playing her boyfriend.
In 1984, Forbert had a disagreement with his record company (Nemperor), which apparently did not want to release a recording he made. The record was shelved, and contractual issues prevented Forbert from recording for a number of years afterwards. Although he has never again recorded a song as commercially successful as "Romeo's Tune," his first recording for Geffen Records, 1988's Streets of This Town, has been credited with "intelligence and maturity that bested most of his previous work." His The American in Me follow-up in 1992 was praised as "equally strong." Both Geffen releases however were ineptly promoted, and Forbert's work there has been called under appreciated. Although his fame has subsequently waned, Forbert has made music "steadily ever since, writing songs and singing them, on CDs and on the road."

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
Best of the Downloads Vols. 1 + 2 2008
The Time and The Place - release date 3/31/09

Venue information

LEEDS: Brudenell Social Club

0	33 Queens Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 1NY
>	www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
!	01132752411
`	Live music will generally begin around 30 minutes after doors open.