Steve Forbert Is Living On ‘Daylight Savings Time’

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Steve Forbert

On Daylight Savings Time, Steve Forbert’s 21st album, the longtime Asbury Park resident has written more songs that get under your skin to make you ask questions, to make you smile, and, every great once in a while, make you squirm. His sandpaper voice is a welcome respite from all the detritus out there. It’s like having an old friend visit. Between his melodic creativity and his oftentimes errant sentences (dig his delicious 1978 “What Kinda Guy”), he’s found a niche somewhere between folk, pop and Americana. He has a photographer’s eye for detail in catching just the right human moments to expound upon (like John Prine) and he infuses his acute observations with humor, insight, smarts, and a folksy rebel-yell of independence.   

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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