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Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bruce Springsteen, Jimmie Rodgers, Warren Zevon, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Forbert arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Willie Nile, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Harry Chapin, Al Stewart and The J. Geils Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rosanne Cash, Keith Urban and Marty Stuart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Steve Forbert, reaching back through Bruce Springsteen and forward to Rosanne Cash. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Samuel Stephen Forbert is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter. His 1979 song "Romeo's Tune" reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It also spent two weeks at No. 8 in Canada. Forbert's first four albums all charted on the Billboard 200 chart, with Jackrabbit Slim certified gold in Canada. In 2004, his Any Old Time album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk category. Forbert has released 21 studio and 3 live albums.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Steve ForbertBruce SpringsteenJimmie RodgersWarren ZevonGram ParsonsBob DylanTom PettyRosanne CashKeith UrbanMarty StuartWillie NileSouthside Johnny & T…Harry ChapinAl StewartThe J. Geils BandDave MasonJohn Mellencamp

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Steve Forbert connections

Steve Forbert grew out of Bruce Springsteen, Jimmie Rodgers, Warren Zevon and Gram Parsons, shares an orbit with Willie Nile, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Harry Chapin and Al Stewart, went on to shape Rosanne Cash, Keith Urban and Marty Stuart. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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