The Magic Tree, by Steve Forbert

The Magic Tree

by Steve Forbert

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Produced by Karl Derfler (Tom Waits, No Doubt, Two Gallants), The Magic Tree offers a series of songs gleaned from previously recorded acoustic demos, augmented with new backing tracks. The collection rings with the verve and vitality that Forbert’s fans have always come to expect.

Consistently upbeat and optimistic, the album’s songs recorded in Meridian, Nashville, New York, and New Jersey and Virginia convey a firm sense that age ought not diminish a lust for living. Big City Cat and The Magic Tree underscore what revered critic the late Paul Nelson wrote about Forbert in Rolling Stone almost 40 years ago: “..Nothing, nothing in this world, is going to stop Steve Forbert, and on that I’ll bet anything you’d care to wager.”

A portion of all revenue is donated to the Blue Rose Foundation, which provides pre-school scholarships to financially disadvantaged children.

Tracklisting:1. The Magic Tree (Version 1) (3:51) 2. That'd Be Alright (3:12) 3. Carolina Blue Sky Blues (3:02) 4. Let's Get High (3:13) 5. Tryna Let It Go (4:55) 6. Lookin' At The River In The Rain (3:12) 7. Diamond Sky (2:51) 8. Movin' Through America (3:40) 9. I Ain't Got Time (3:35) 10. The Magic Tree (Version 2) (3:19) 11. Only You (And Nobody Else) (3:58) 12. The Music Of The Night (2:59)

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1.	The Magic Tree (Version 1) 03:52	buy track
2.	That'd Be Alright 03:12	buy track
3.	Carolina Blue Sky Blues 03:01	buy track
4.	Let's Get High 03:12	buy track
5.	Tryna Let It Go 04:28	buy track
6.	Lookin' At The River In The Rain 02:59	buy track
7.	Diamond Sky 02:50	buy track
8.	Movin' Through America 03:40	buy track
9.	I Ain't Got Time 03:35	buy track
10.	The Magic Tree (Version 2) 03:18	buy track
11.	Only You (And Nobody Else) 03:54	buy track
12.	The Music Of The Night 02:55	buy track

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2018 release from the veteran singer/songwriter. Big City Cat - My Life in Folk-Rock is singer/songwriter Steve Forbert's exceptional new memoir, co-written with Therese Boyd in which he most candidly reflects on those specific circumstances that first brought him to the public eye. Sharing reflections and journals he kept at the time, he weaves an absorbing narrative that fully addresses the trials, travails and triumphs that would eventually play out over the course of his prolific 40+ year career including encounters with the Ramones, Sam Phillips, Keith Richards, Doc Pomus, Levon Helm and other notables along the way. The book is accompanied by it's own soundtrack as well, an evocative album entitled The Magic Tree that offers a series of songs gleaned from previously recorded acoustic demos, augmented with new backing tracks and fleshed out as a series of songs that ring with the verve and vitality that Forbert's fans have always come to expect. Consistently upbeat and optimistic, they convey a firm sense that age ought not diminish a lust for living. Then again, that's been Forbert's mantra ever since the beginning: honoring his past while plowing his way towards the future in a mindful, soulful and revelatory way.

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released September 14, 2018

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Steve Forbert

Folk-Rock, singer-songwriter. Romeo's Tune was his first major hit in 1979. Hometown: Meridian, Miss. Released 22 studio albums, including a Grammy-nominated tribute to fellow Meridian, Mississippi native, Jimmie Rodgers.

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May 4

My Father's Place

Roslyn, NY
May 31

Ellis Theater

Philadelphia, MS
Jun 9

Caffe Lena

Saratoga Springs, NY
Sep 14

Eddie's Attic

Decatur, GA
Sep 29

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB

Berwyn, IL
Oct 4

Iridium

New York (NYC), NY
Oct 30

TivoliVredenburg

Utrecht, Netherlands

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