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Label upon label gave up on Steve Forbert in the years following "Romeo's Tune"; not many deep pockets seek spare change vocals. Take away who he was supposed to be (the next Dylan, and who's not?) and who he never became (no Tweedy-esque rise & what a shame) and you'll find a truckstop-busker at ease with a creaky middle seat. "Oh, To Be Back With You" haunts, but pleasantly; tune sweet & voice sad, it misses what's gone, regrets what's happened, and quietly longs for a... MORE
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Back in the early 80's, all my friends and I were totally into Steve Forbert. It was always difficult to put finger on precisely what made him so great: kind of a rocked out folkie from Mississippi, but he was really from everywhere and his songs projected a universality that was really engaging and easy to connect with. We knew all the songs word for word, and his lyrics were always clever, "Life is strange, but compared to what?" Stevie's arrangements and rhythms were un... MORE
