The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? by Steve Forbert (CD, Apr-1993, Columbia/Legacy)

Album Features
UPC:	074645317021
Artist:	Steve Forbert
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1993
Record Label:	Columbia/Legacy
Genre:	Rock & Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Track Listing
1. What Kinda Guy?
2. Romeo's Tune
3. Ya Ya (Next to Me)
4. Cellophane City
5. Song for Katrina
6. Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes a Long, Long Way)
7. I'm in Love With You
8. Complications - (previously unreleased)
9. You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play - (previously unreleased)
10. Thinkin'
11. Goin' Down to Laurel
12. January 23-30, 1978
13. Get Well Soon
14. Schoolgirl - (previously unreleased)
15. Samson and Delilah's Beauty Shop - (previously unreleased)
16. Oil Song, The
17. Listen to Me
18. Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast
19. It Isn't Gonna Be That Way

Details
Playing Time:	77 min.
Contributing Artists:	David Sanborn
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Mixed
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Steve Forbert (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Hugh McDonald, Jon Goin, Shane Fontayne, Clay Barnes, John Leventhal, Charlie Brown (guitar); Steve Burgh (guitar, slide guitar, tambourine); Mike Heaphy (steel guitar); Harvey Shapiro (pedal steel); Eric Weisberg (mandolin, steel guitar), David Sandorn (saxophone), Cris Cioe, Josh Shneider (tenor saxophone).Producers: Steve Burgh, John Simon, Pete Solley, Steve Forbert, Neil Geraldo.Compilation producer: Amy HerotDigitally remastered by Don Meehan and Kevin Boutote (Sony Music Studios, New York).Includes liner notes by Bill Flanagan.All songs written by Steve Forbert.THE BEST OF STEVE FORBERT is a collection of studio and live material recorded between 1978 and 1987. Contains "The Oil Song," originally released as a bonus 7-inch single and included with the first 100,000 copies of his JACKRABBIT SLIM album. Also included are liner notes, track annotations and photographs.Personnel: Steve Forbert (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Christine Wiltshire, Larita Gaskins, Yvonne Lewis (vocals); Clay Barnes, Shane Fontayne (guitar, electric guitar); Frank Campbell, John Leventhal, Jon Goin, Charlie Brown (guitar); Steve Burgh (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, tambourine); Hugh McDonald (electric guitar, bass guitar); Eric Weissberg (steel guitar, mandolin); Mike Heaphy, Harvey Shapiro (steel guitar); Paul Errico (accordion, organ); Bill Jones (saxophone); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Crispin Cioe, Josh Schneider (tenor saxophone); Roger Rosenberg (baritone saxophone); Ron Keller, Peter Ecklund (trumpet); Dennis Good, Joel Helleny (trombone); Robbie Kondor (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, synthesizer); Ronnie Lawson, Bobby Ogdin (piano); Alan St. Jon (keyboards); Jack Williams (bass guitar); Barry Lazarowitz (drums, shaker, tambourine); Bobby Lloyd Hicks (drums, tambourine, percussion); Roger "Little" Clark, Dennis McDermott, Roger Clark , Richard Crooks (drums); Cindy Richardson, Shoals Sisters, Marie Tomlinson, Ava Aldridge (background vocals).Audio Remasterers: Don Meehan; Kevin Boutote .Liner Note Author: Bill Flanagan.Recording information: Bottom Line (1978-1987); Nashville, TN (1978-1987); New York, NY (1978-1987); Piermont, NY (1978-1987); Port Jefferson, NY (1978-1987); The Boogie Hotel, Port Jefferson, NY (1978-1987); The Bottom Line (1978-1987); The Other End, New York, NY (1978-1987); The Turning Point, Piermont, NY (1978-1987).Photographer: Peter Cunningham.Arranger: Peter Ecklund.Being called the next Bob Dylan wasn't exactly a good thing for Steve Forbert when he hit the scene in the late '70s, first because who on earth would want that hung around his neck, and second because his approach and style were nothing much like Dylan in the first place. It was a recipe for perceived failure, and although Forbert released four very decent albums for CBS Records between 1978 and 1982 and hit the Top 20 with the infectious "Romeo's Tune" in 1979, he was dropped from his contract with the label. This set packages some of the key tracks from his CBS years and adds four live cuts and a previously unreleased one, the intriguing "Samson and Delilah's Beauty Shop," to make a good introduction to this underappreciated singer and songwriter's early years. ~ Steve Leggett