Steve Forbert & The New Renditions Steve Forbert's folk-rock career
has spanned four decades and counting. In June 1976, the twenty-one
year old boarded a train in Meridian, Mississippi bound for New York
City, then the epicenter of folk music. His combination of
musicianship and authenticity demanded notice. In less than two years,
he went from being a street performer and living at the YMCA to
filling historic Greenwich Village clubs and signing a major label
record contract with Nemperor Records. From 1978 to 1982, Forbert
released four acclaimed albums. Rolling Stone contributing editor
David Wild 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. Forberts second studio release, Jackrabbit Slim
went RIAA Gold Certified with its Billboard #11 hit "Romeo's Tune".
Recording success vaulted Steve onto a broader musical stage, touring
the U.S. and Europe many times over. Forbert even appeared opposite
Cyndi Lauper in her music video for Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. His
early accomplishments would be a career for most artists, but he
continues to write, record, and perform to this day. His artistic
pursuit has resulted in twenty studio albums and numerous live
releases, compilations, and accolades. His songs have been recorded by
Keith Urban, Rosanne Cash and Marty Stuart.Any Old Time, a
retrospective of the music of Meridian's Jimmie Rodgers, received a
2003 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album. As Rodgers'
music has inspired Forbert, so has Forbert's music influenced a new
generation of artists. In 2017, twenty-one artists paid tribute to
Steve by recording a compilation titled: An American Troubadour: The
Songs of Steve Forbert, further validating his artistic legacy.
Forbert's 2018 memoir Big City Cat: My Life in Folk-Rock serves as a
primer for young musicians setting out on their own journeys. ...His
perspective on what life was like for a 20-something recently arrived
in NYC is sharp. Forbert offers a sparkling observation about the pull
of music as excellent as any I have seen, said Entertainment
Today.Forberts latest studio album release The Magic Tree serves as
sound track to his memoir. The album rings with the verve and vitality
that Forberts fans have always come to expect. The Magic Tree
underscores what revered critic the late Paul Nelson wrote about
Forbert in Rolling Stone almost 40 years ago: Nothing, nothing in this
world, is going to stop Steve Forbert, and on that Ill bet anything
youd care to wager.Anyone who reviews Steve's catalogue of music can
see the writer in the musician. His songs are as literary as they are
musically vibrant. Brutally honest lyrics delivered with sensitivity
create an uncommon trust with his listeners. Excelling in every decade
of his career, Forbert exemplifies the best of the troubadour
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