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Steve Forbert is an American popular singer. He is best known for his song Romeo's Tune, which reached #11 on the Billboard 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".
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 Steve Forbert playing a well-worn Martin acoustic guitar with a capo on it, his shirt tinted green. The record was recorded in Nashville and produced by John Simon who had worked with The Band.
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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
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