#steve forbert

Sitting in my home office, it’s a cold, Monday morning and rain/snow showers are visible through the windows. With a mug of hot coffee in my hands, WGUC  streaming from Cincinnati, and two, seemingly indifferent dogs at my feet, I ponder some of  the life’s complications. Doors closing, doors being unlocked, and my trying to guess  what’s behind “Doors #1 and 2? Picking doors can be…

69. Romeo's Tune by Steve Forbert debuted Dec 79 and peaked at number 11, scoring 1184 points.

Garry Tallent Turns 75

A lot of talent has crossed E Street over the past five decades. But only one Tallent has been there since the beginning.

Born Oct. 27, 1949, E Street Band bassist Garry Tallent turns 75 today. And, as the only remaining original member besides Boss Bruce, he’s known as “the foundation of the E Street Nation.”

In fact, Tallent’s played only one less E Street gig than Springsteen, having skipped the Band’s 2020 “Saturday Night Live” appearance owing to his concerns about COVID-19 and travel.

Tallent’s recorded with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and the Highwaymen and produced such artists as Southside Johnny, Marshall Crenshaw, Steve Forbert and Gary U.S. Bonds.

So he can find other work. But it seems safe to say E Street will be home to Garry Tallent - extra consonants and all - until the end.

Well, that link, this one, is no longer a dead link. It goes to an interview with someone named Steve Forbert. Get this, from September 2022.

So, not only did they delete the actual interview, now the proof that it existed at all is gone too.

Now we find that just fascinating.

We revisit this every now and then, trying to find more details and this time we happened across some Dylan lyrics that we really want to share:

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (from Bringing It All Back Home 1965)

... The waitress he was handsome He wore a powder blue cape ... They asked me for some collateral And I pulled down my pants ... And I hopped inside a cab I went out the other door This Englishman said, “Fab” ... He said his name was Columbus I just said, “Good luck”

The full song if you're interested, cause it's really gay and there is a direct mention to George.

So, it seems like, one, even though Columbus is a bad guy now, he wasn't for Dylan and still isn't for Dylan, we see the comparison as a negative, but it isn't, it's frankly some of the highest praise he could give George in bed.