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Steve Forbert is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, Warren Zevon, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Forbert arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Willie Nile, Al Stewart, The J. Geils Band and Dave Mason, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marty Stuart, Keith Urban and Rosanne Cash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Steve Forbert, reaching back through Jimmie Rodgers and forward to Marty Stuart. 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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Steve Forbert connections
Steve Forbert grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, Warren Zevon, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Willie Nile, Al Stewart, The J. Geils Band and Dave Mason, went on to shape Marty Stuart, Keith Urban and Rosanne Cash. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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