# Any other Steve Forbert fans around here then? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172 "2015-12-23T13:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/1 "2015-12-23T13:38:00Z")
I was talking to someone in a shop from Georgia in the USA and I couldn’t believe she had never heard of Steve Forbert. He is of course the truck driver from Meridian Mississippi and I like his songs of course. I’ve seen him live and he played the harmonica and of course I wish I could play the harmonica like that. Anyone else ever seen him? And what albums do you like? What albums? And what lyrics and I like the way he laughs as well and anyone else tell me about his songs his songs and more things about this then? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/2 "2015-12-24T01:13:08Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/3 "2015-12-24T01:16:07Z")
Well, that and how I haven’t heard about Steve Forbert since 1979, so I’m not surprised they never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/4 "2015-12-24T22:58:38Z")
Shouldn’t this thread be in Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/5 "2015-12-24T23:09:54Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/6 "2015-12-24T23:13:38Z")
nm (ed: I thought you were talking about Feeb Storberts.) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/7 "2015-12-24T23:20:28Z")
Never heard of him then. (Or now) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/8 "2015-12-25T01:49:02Z")
I knew exactly who our host was talking about and what he looked like two seconds after reading the title. Not a Google-level retrieval time, but okay. I think he’s bigger in Yurp and UK these days. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/9 "2015-12-25T12:22:44Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Well, that and how I haven’t heard about Steve Forbert since 1979, so I’m not surprised they never heard of him. Agreed. I recognized the name and my first thought was “Is he still around?” ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/10 "2015-12-25T12:37:56Z")
Wow, I’d forgotten about him! How I loved Romeo’s Tune way back when… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/11 "2015-12-25T15:42:02Z")
I know most people only know him for one song, but the album [The American in Me](http://www.amazon.com/The-American-In-Steve-Forbert/dp/B000000P08) is a goddamn classic. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/12 "2015-12-26T05:07:50Z")
A neighbor friend of mine is a big fan, and he convinced me to join him and his wife to catch SF at a small club nearby…this was about two years ago. He puts on a very enjoyable show, although not extremely memorable - I’m pretty sure he was solo. Earnest, funny, and entertaining - plus I like his voice. Really only knowing Romeo’s Tune before, this one stood out: [The Oil Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-C75m1D9U4) ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/13 "2015-12-26T15:57:11Z")
Big fan of _Alive on Arrival_ and the next couple then lost track of him. Saw him in a small club last January…very engaging performer. He’s still putting music out. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/14 "2015-12-26T16:10:49Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-steve-forbert-fans-around-here-then/741172/15 "2015-12-26T16:31:40Z")
Just went to listen to Romeo’s Tune in case I knew the tune and not the name. Nope. Never heard of him or that song.