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Steve Goodman

voc, g, acg, 1948-1984 US, Chicago
Singer / Songwriter of World, Rock and Folk
A.k.a. Steven Benjamin Goodman Rick N. Backer

Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) – known as Steve Goodman – was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago. Goodman was diagnosed with leukemia while attending college, and he set out to make the most of the time he had left to write music. Hearing a report that the Illinois Central Railroad was planning to eliminate, for lack of riders, a well-loved train that ran from Chicago to New Orleans, Goodman, a prolific writer, penned "City of New Orleans," a song made popular by Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson, for which Goodman won his first Grammy Award posthumously in 1985, with a second Grammy awarded to him in 1988 for Unfinished Business. Steven Goodman is survived by his wife and three daughters.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Electric guitar
Genres
  • World
  • Rock
  • Folk
  • Pop
  • Country
Popular Tracks   
City of New Orleans on Steve Goodman by Steve Goodman
Go Cubs Go (Studio Cut) on Steve Goodman Anthology by Steve Goodman
Souvenirs on Affordable Art by Steve Goodman
The Dutchman on Somebody Else's Troubles by Steve Goodman
You Never Even Call Me By My Name on Steve Goodman by Steve Goodman
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request on Affordable Art by Steve Goodman
Lincoln Park Pirates on Somebody Else's Troubles by Steve Goodman
My Old Man (Studio Cut) on Steve Goodman Anthology by Steve Goodman
The I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm Going Nowhere In A Hurry Blues on Steve Goodman by Steve Goodman
Banana Republics (Studio Cut) on Steve Goodman Anthology by Steve Goodman

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Sticks And StonesSteve Goodman2017Album
One Red RoseSteve Goodman, John Prine2016Album
Don't Blame MeSteve Goodman2013Album
Live At The Earl Of Old TownSteve Goodman2006Album
Live WireSteve Goodman2000Album
Words We Can Dance ToSteve Goodman1998Album
The Easter TapesSteve Goodman1996Album
No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman AnthologySteve Goodman1994Compil.
The Essential...Steve Goodman1992Compil.
The Original Steve GoodmanSteve Goodman1989Compil.
City Of New OrleansSteve Goodman1989Compil.
The Best Of The Asylum Years Volume TwoSteve Goodman1989Compil.
Santa Ana WindsSteve Goodman1988Album
The Best Of The Asylum Years Volume OneSteve Goodman1988Compil.
In Real LifeSteve Goodman1987Single
Unfinished BusinessSteve Goodman1987Album
Go Cubs Go (WGN Radio's Cubs Theme)Steve Goodman1984Single
Artistic HairSteve Goodman1983Album
Affordable ArtSteve Goodman1983Album
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request / Take Me Out To The Ball GameSteve Goodman1981Single
Sometimes Love ForgetsSteve Goodman1980Single
Bobby Don't StopSteve Goodman1980Single
Hot SpotSteve Goodman1980Album
High And OutsideSteve Goodman1979Album
Steve GoodmanSteve Goodman1979Compil.
The One That Got AwaySteve Goodman1979Single
Men Who Love Women Who Love MenSteve Goodman1979Single
Video TapeSteve Goodman1977Single
Say It In PrivateSteve Goodman1977Album
Can't Go BackSteve Goodman1976Single
Stereo Pop Special-131The Bothy Band / Steve Goodman1976Album
Banana RepublicsSteve Goodman1976Single
The Essential...Steve GoodmanSteve Goodman1976Compil.
Can't Go BackSteve Goodman1976Single
City Of New OrleansSteve Goodman with Bob Dylan, Maria Muldaur & David Bromberg1976Compil.
Election Year RagSteve Goodman1976Single
Words We Can Dance ToSteve Goodman1976Album
Death Of A Salesman / UnemployedSteve Goodman1976Single
It's A Sin To Tell A LIeSteve Goodman1975Single
Jessie's Jig And Other FavoritesSteve Goodman1975Album
Blue UmbrellaSteve Goodman1975Single
The DutchmanSteve Goodman1973Single
Somebody Else's TroublesSteve Goodman1972Album
City Of New OrleansSteve Goodman1972Single
Somebody Else's TroublesSteve Goodman1972Single
Steve GoodmanSteve Goodman1971Album
The I Didn't Know Where I'm Going But I'm Going Nowhere In A Hurry BluesSteve Goodman1971Single
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