steve forbert

I forgot that I used to listen to this fella all the time when I was much, much younger. Who remembers Steve Forbert? I bought his second album Alive on Arrival in 1978 and listened to it for the rest of that year. He has a lovely voice, although his nose is a little bit odd, and he writes the kind of melancholy tunes that I like. Listening to him now makes me feel a little tearful. His songs have the same quality to them as the theme song to The Likely Lads. Lives filled with missed opportunities. I suppose you need to hear something. This is Tonight I Feel So Far From Home.