As a young man from Meridian, Mississippi, Steve traveled to New York City and played guitar for spare change in Grand Central Station. He vaulted to international prominence with a folk-rock hit, "Romeo's Tune," during a time when rootsy rock was fading out and the Ramones, Talking Heads and other New Wave and punk acts were moving in to the public consciousness. "Those styles didn't really synch with my particular attitude," reflects Forbert. Still, critics raved about Forbert's poetic lyrics and engaging melodies, and the crowds at CBGB's club in New York accepted him alongside those acts. "I've never been interested in changing what I do to fit emerging trends" Forbert observes. "Looking back on it, I was helping to keep an American songwriting tradition alive at a time that it wasn't in the spotlight."
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As a young man from Meridian, Mississippi, Steve traveled to New York City and played guitar for spare change in Grand Central Station. He vaulted to international prominence with a folk-rock hit, "Romeo's Tune," during a time when rootsy rock was fading out and the Ramones, Talking Heads and other New Wave and punk acts were moving in to the public consciousness. "Those styles didn't really synch with my particular attitude," reflects Forbert. Still, critics raved about Forbert's poetic lyrics and engaging melodies, and the crowds at CBGB's club in New York accepted him alongside those acts. "I've never been interested in changing what I do to fit emerging trends" Forbert observes. "Looking back on it, I was helping to keep an American songwriting tradition alive at a time that it wasn't in the spotlight."
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