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During the earlier part of his recording career the Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Steve Forbert was often compared to Bob Dylan. Forbert's thoughtful, almost poetic lyrics and his strong social conscience made such comparisons almost inevitable but over the years the strength and quality of his compositions have made them irrelevant. Commercially, the artist's career peaked in 1979 with the release of his second album, the critically acclaimed 'Jackrabbit Slim'. The album spawned the hit 'Romeo's Tune', which became one of Forbert's best known works and reached number e...