Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert - Mississippi Monitor

Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert - Mississippi Monitor

By: Laura Lee Leathers, Magnolia Tribune   Artists such as Marty Stuart, Keith Urban, and Webb Wilder have recorded the Meridian-native’s songs.   Back in the late 1970s, Steve Forbert had the title as the “the new Bob Dylan.” Was it just a cliché? The New York Times recently wrote he was an “introspective, homespun philosopher.” However, the most important thing about Steve Forbert, the folk-rock singer, and songwriter, that you and I need to k…

Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert

Artists such as Marty Stuart, Keith Urban, and Webb Wilder have recorded the Meridian-native’s songs. Back in the late 1970s, Steve Forbert had the title as the “the new Bob Dylan.”