Who Is Steve Goodman? (1948-1984)

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 16 Jul 10 - 01:10 PM

REFRESH:

Chicago--SENATE OKs GOODMAN POT OFFICE NEAR WRIGLEY FIELD

This news just came to me!!!!!!!!!

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 16 Jul 10 - 01:13 PM

THAT SHOULD READ 'POST OFFICE'

dAMN----------sORRY,

aRT (But if you knew Stevie, the first post might be better.)

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: GUEST,SirCoughsalot
Date: 21 Nov 12 - 10:32 PM

I know I'm sort of late to the party here, but I've listening to almost nothing but Steve Goodman lately. I always knew he was a great songwriter, but nobody ever talks about what a fine singer he was - a perfect radio voice, loud and clear on every note. A friend of mine pointed that out to me when we were listening to him playing I'll Fly Away and he whispered a verse. And his guitar playing is just phenomenal, I could just listen to him pick for hours. I've never really heard any other folksingers play like that. And he was a born performer... His live stuff is really the best stuff. I wish I could have seen him, but I hadn't even been thought of when Steve Goodman was living. He had a great sense of repertoire, too. Just everything about him, is what an entertainer should be. Thanks for all the good stories, y'all, I enjoyed this thread.

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: Beer
Date: 21 Nov 12 - 11:53 PM

Hi SirC.....
He left this place way to soon.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 10:13 AM

Saw him play at Cambridge in 1976 (the first time Mike Harding played there!) - Is it really 36 years ago.

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: Elmore
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 12:01 PM

Saw him a couple of times at the Philadelphia f.f. Wish I had seen him more often.

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: GUEST,Kenny C
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 01:42 PM

I was also at the show Steve did at SUNY Binghamton-was in 74 or 75. The show was in the Social Room and Paula Lockhart opened supported by Peter Eklund on cornet-they were very good and as I recall Peter sat in with Steve on a song or 2. Steve played solo acoustic and put on the best show I ever saw bar none.He would play hilarious tunes with amazing guitar playing and then switch to poignant songs such as the Dutchman and My OLld Man-which brought me to tears. You could have heard a pin drop when he did that one. He also covered John Prine's Christmas in Prison which he also played when I saw him a few years later at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Would love to have a recording of either saw. He was quite simply the best.

Kenny

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: akenaton
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 04:49 PM

Great writer and performer.
My fav Goodman song

Subject: RE: Who Is Steve Goodman?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 19 Apr 20 - 03:57 AM

John, Arlo, Kris And Others Discuss Steve Goodman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZx7xCK6yfo&t=27s

My brother used to book Steve Goodman as the opening act for various performers. My brother says that more often than not, Steve stole the show.

-Joe-

Subject: ADD: Video Tape (Steve Goodman)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Jun 24 - 03:56 PM

VIDEO TAPE
(Steve Goodman)

If your life was on video tape
Wouldn't everything be all right?
When your head hurts the morning after
You could roll it back to late last night.
You could replay all the good parts
And cut out what you don't like.
Oh wouldn't you be in good shape
If your life was on video tape?

If everybody had ESP
Everything would be ok.
We could see trouble coming
And we could step out of the way.
When the grim reaper comes to call
We could arrange to be out of town.
It would be the great escape
And you could put it on video tape.

I don't have a video recorder.
I don't have a crystal ball.
And when I'm not with my baby
Then i don't have very much at all.
I can't predict the future
And I sure can't change the past
But I know it will all make sense
If you love me in the present tense.

If your life was on video tape
Wouldn't everything be all right?
When your head hurts the morning after
You could roll it back to late last night.
You could replay all the good parts
And cut out what you don't like.
Oh wouldn't you be in good shape
If your life was on video tape?


https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/uoaaoo/video_tape/