Nice to see that JB sang the song the way Goodman wrote it. Hard to fathom that it has been 27 yrs since Steve Goodman died. His music still sounds just a good today as it did back then. Need to buy a new turntable so I can play my "Somebody Else's Troubles" lp. CD just isn't the same as vinyl with a Shure pick up and my Ultralinear speakers. :)
I grew up in Chicago, Steve and I grew up in the same neighborhood. He's as good as it gets. A true AMERICAN songwriter Never got to know him, he was a little older than me, but I worked for his Mom sometimes. She was great. He was just the cool, mellowest guy. So sad to lose him so young; he was just getting started.
For those of us from New Orleans, before and after Katrina, this performance from Labor Day 2005, as the waters from the failed levees still rose, will always be bittersweet.
Saw Steve Goodman do this in 77 saw Arlo Gutherie do it twice once with the Portland Symphony " the City of New Orleans" is truly an anthem of its day and today
STEVE GOODMAN WAS A GREAT SONG WRITER AND WAS TAKEN WAY TOO SOON. HE ALSO WROTE " YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN, DARLIN" MADE POPULAR BY DAVID ALLEN COE
