He fought cancer for 14 years, you never see a picture of him when he isn't smiling or laughing. We could all learn a lot from him about living life to the fullest. He was an amazing talent and a tremendous person. His passing was a great loss, but we have his music and clips like this to remember and appreciate him. And he also wrote the greatest railroad song ever, City of New Orleans.
@Lyle Wilson The doctors are hiding cures. Okay, let's just think about that for a minute. What is their motivation? Money, you say? So, what kind of cures are they hiding? The kind that would be less expensive than the cures they push. I wonder if they ever decide to let one person live. Or perhaps they callously hide the cure for 100% of their patients. Let me just say: The doctors hide the cancer cures. You, on the other hand, hide the sentient being you allege yourself to be.
Cancer can also give you the gift of appreciating every little aspect of life. I've been there, and talked to friends about the boost of energy and determination to get the most out of your life!
I was lucky to buy tickets to see Steve Martin at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill NJ in the 70's. Took my little sister (high school kid) and Steve Goodman was the opening act. Didn't know much about him then but now it's a real memory.
@mi channnal Go drink a big glass of those chemicals that big Chemical Companies tell us is totally safe. I get a laugh out of goofs like you that think anybody who dares ask questions are all conspiracy theorists. Follow the money. In many cases, that will lead you to answers. Event 201, just a coincidence? Those that backed it now at the top making decisions like Fauci and Birx. Sometimes people like you need to pull their head out of their sphincter. How did Fauci predict a pandemic would occur during Trump's Presidency? People hiding in their homes listening to BS from their governments and believing everything they are told. Ironic that you would bring up tin hats. LOL
There are a lotta good pickers, a lotta good singers, a lotta good songwriters, and a lotta good performers. Steve did it all while also seemingly being the most joyful person in the world.
I've been enjoying John Prine all my adult life. I've been busy the last 25 years with grandkids & great grands. A couple of months ago I looked up John Prine. Broke my heart to learn he had passed away from that damn covid. I've been listening to his music & crying a lot for a 72 year old lady.. I found Steve Goodman from JP. He was an amazing singer, songwriter and awesome entertainer!!! He would have been up there with Willie, Merle & Jonny Cash. Its ashame he was taken away at 36. I can't stop watching Steve Goodman's video. All the energy he had and he seemed so happy. Doing something he loved...his heart was in every word he sang. He never showed he was suffering from Leukemia for almost 15 years. His music made me happy. I know that Christmas is going to be awesome. 2 new great granddaughters to enjoy it with. I asked Santa for John Prine & Steve Goodman CD's and videos for Christmas so I'm looking forward to it. I hope every one has a Merry Christmas & a even Happier New Year. Thank God we had 2 awesome entertainers that have left us some awesome music.
The man wore a smile like an old worn comfortable coat. All through his journey through the trials and tribulations of trying to survive leukemia, the smile was there. A much better man than I. RIP kind soul.🙏
At 73 I've had a year of challenge...disabled husband close to dying, tooth catastrophe, 3 dogs passed away of old age, badly cut hand. In April our house caught fire for no reason....Fire inspector couldn't find anything. Sounds like a country song!!! This is getting old, folks! Nothing encourages me like Steve Goodman....I love that man and I know he knows it. I thank God our house is being repaired better than it was, 3 old dogs are left to keep us company in an apt., and thanks to the insurance $ I actually got the incredible luxury of a crown to leave me a chewing molar. Honest to the Lord, I'm not making this up. Trust in our Father's love and His blessing, like the spirit of this darling character. He didn't get the Disney version and many of us won't either....but think of what we can do!!!
I just discovered Steve and John prine 6 months ago while playing on my laptop, iplayer them all the time. Love them both. John passed one month later, I was crushed. Thanks kris for finding These two talents in chicago.
Saw him at least a dozen times. There has never been a performer as joyful as Steve. Small venues, big venues, he could bring you to tears and belly laughs. And I still marvel at his guitar skills. Thank you for posting this masterpiece.
I also just discovered hm a while back.I can't seem to watch or listen to anyone else except John Prine. I looked him up a couple of months ago. It broke my heart to hear he had passed away. I've been a fan of his since my 20's. But raising kids, grands & great grands I guess I missed a great deal. But this guy is amazing. For someone so sick he never let on . It broke my heart that he passed away so young. He would have been up there with the greats. His was an awesome singer, songwriter & entertainer. I could have been enjoying him long ago. I was so surprised to learn he was only 5'2". I was 4'11" most of my adult life. Now I'm 4'7" ". I would have loved to have met someone short. I chose the tall ones. Steve Goodman , I'm so sorry I missed so much joy listening to your music. But I'm 72 and he and John are the only ones i m interested in listening to these days. He makes me happy!! Thank goodness for ear buds!!!
STEVE WAS AN AMAZING GUITARIST AS YOU CERTAINLY CAN SEE !! John Prine ALWAYS SAID STEVE COULD PLAY THE GUITAR ALL THE WAY UP THE FRET AND DOWN OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT !! AND BOY WAS JOHN EVER RIGHT !!
Used to go see Steve at the Bluegrass festivals in the 70's. After the stage would shutdown that's when the fun started. Sitting around a fire with a bottle with Steve and seldom John would show up. Singing, laughing, making up verses as they were forgotten the more we drank. Steve has been greatly missed and now that John's gone we have this music to listen too. 🎶
That first track needs to be heard more than ever now with all the lying going on! What a great singer songwriter he was and with a matching magnificent soul to go along with his talent!
He played at “The Library “ ( a bar.” we’re at library studying. Lol. In Fayetteville Arkansas in late 1960s early 70s. My husband & I went every Fri & Sat and studied a lot with him…. He was the happiest singer I’ve ever seen.
This is a brilliant, brilliant concert. Thanks to the Capitol Theatre for putting it out there 40 years later and 30 after his premature death of leukemia. And thank God they recorded it so beautifully and professionally. It's a treasure.
it is really great to see all of these tributes. We had the privilege of seeing Steve and John many times at the Ravinia outdoor music theatre north of Chicago. Those were still the the early days but you just knew there were great days to come for both of them. What a privilege it still is today.
I only recently discovered Steve on an OGWT video and he blew me away, What a voice and what a talent, His terminal illness didn't deter him, in fact it spurred him on. Thank God for film and television. I can't watch him enough. Probably one of the best musicians ever!
I was 5 years old when Steve did this concert. Just a man and his guitar and stupid amounts of talent. Sometimes I miss that age. We seem to have lost something in this country, a certain grace that Steve definitely had in abundance. I hope he is resting in peace, singing his songs to the others who are resting in the great beyond.
In 1978 I went to see Steve Martins' Wild & Crazy Guy tour in Dallas. Steve Goodman came out as the unannounced warm up act. I had seen a few shows on PBS with Goodman, and was very pleasantly surprised to see Him. I felt like I was the only one there who knew who he was. Everyone was there to see crazy Steve Martin, not some unknown singer, and yet within a few songs His incredible charismatic stage presence had them in the palm of His hand. It was very impressive, and He did a very entertaining 30 min set. I'll never forget it, He made such a impact in His too short life. A few years later Steve Martin came on the Johnny Carson show and mentioned that He was doing a fund raising show to benefit Goodmans' wife and kids. I didn't know He was sick, or that He died. It was a shocking blow to hear. You feel so robbed when someone could have had a long career is abruptly gone. So sad. At least His music remains.
What a wonderful rendition of what sounded like a traditional Irish tune! He was such a great guitarist, singer/songwriter. Wish he could have stayed with us longer.
Saw Steve in the early 80's in Michigan in a small farmhouse outside of Detroit. A few dozen people there. First time I had ever heard him. I fell in love with his music. He lifts my heart and makes me smile always.
I saw Steve at the Cambridge Folk Festival around '71/'72, he wasn't booked, he just turned up and played in the club tent. I loved him straight away and have nearly all his albums. A very sad loss to everyone that knew him or knew of him.
In same league as Dylan, Greg Brown lyrically, but plays guitar way better. Prior to the Beatles' arrival in 1964, the folk music scene was large. It faded from popular culture after the last greats like Peter, Paul, and Mary, Tom Paxton, Simon and Garfunkel, Dylan and the rest faded. This guy is something else...
I thought I had the won the lottery when I discovered John Prine in may of 2020..Steve Goodman was a added grand prize . My twin Phil went th heaven in may 2020, so I guess he had me find John & Stevie to cheer me up..and that they did ! They all are probably smoking on that 9 mile cigarette !! Thanks guys !! .
So sad it's taken me 42 years to find this amazing talent. Found him and Prine about a month ago, haven't been able to listen to much else since. Such amazing energy, not afraid to even come off as goofy. Tickets already bought for John Prine next month in St Louis, can't wait.
Like you, I discovered Steve Goodman late in my life, and after his had expired, but I listen to him regularly. Your mention of John Prine, though, almost made me cry--I discovered him late in life, too--about six months before he passed away from Covid his year. Two monumental musicians/song writers--Steve Goodman and John Prine.
Well - if I lived several lives I couldn't get close to his amazing guitar work. R.I.P. Steve Goodman and thanks 'Folk & Country on MV' for posting this concert by Steve. Regards from Blighty :).
Bruce Watson Around 1973 I saw Steve Goodman and John Prine together at the Saenger Theater in Mobile, Ala. THAT was the best concert I've ever been to. Wish I had been a little more straight so I could remember more about it!
When we saw him in the early 80's, we sat through both shows in Cincinnati. He played through both sets with amazing energy, and when his voice gave out he played slide and danced to Bandstand! Wouldn't have missed it for the world!
I saw Steve at about this time at Michigan State in a fairly small venue. I took a date with me to see how talented this guy was. She was very impressed with him and well she should have been. I was totally shocked to hear of his death. He was so young and full of life. A beautiful person.
I am 73. I should have known more about him.The first think I ever heard was the Lincoln Park Pirates. I think the next thing I heard was the Dying Cub Fans Last Request. For a long time I did not know he wrote City of New Orleans. I doubt he got very much play on Chicago radio and probably not nationwide either. I really didn't know much about John Prine either I am going to have to start lisening to his records.
@@sanford943 sadly, you are correct. Born and raised in Chicago and pretty much the only time you heard either of them was on a local station, it might have been the PBS station or UICC's station. He also did a radio show eery New Years eve. I'm just a little too young to have caught them at the Earl of Old Town, but I did manage to catch Fread and Ed Holstein there in the early 80s. I can see John and Steve pickin' with God and putting on one hell of a show for the Angels
Amazing show! Steve was a great songwriter, a wonderful interpreter of the songs of others, a phenomenal guitarist and a brilliant performer. He was the real deal, the whole package. What a talent! Thanks for posting this.
WOW!.....what a performance. A kind soul, a fun person, intensity and lightness. Talent beyond compare in so many facets. A really, really good guitar player too, phenomenal...…...
These are among the best recordings, of the best recordings because he never performed less than 110%. WE recently lost John Prine and these two were like brothers, I swear. I still feel blessed.
Best Performance Ever! "I Owe my Soul to the Company Store" Such Joy when performing! Steve Was is his Zone! So glad I can experience this.. I'm only 38-but I feel connected to this kind of music and Art.. Such a Treasure! R.I.P- Forever! Never Forgotten Still being experienced by this generation.. "Mother, Prison, Trains, Trucks, and Farms"- Simply Brilliant!-
It's been said before: a gifted vocalist; song-writer & guitarist. I'm guessing Mr. Goodman put in tons of guitar practice time to achieve his amazing fluidity. One thing I'd not noticed before; at least in this performance, he sure had absorbed a big slice of South Side Chicago Soul. Watching him play guitar with the sound off reminded me of the late great Luther Allison.
I saw Steve around this same time Eugene, Oregon. There was supposed to be an opening act for him but there was a problem with the musicians union so Steve Stepped up and did what I can only call a double show and he apparently had an awful head cold at the time. It was one of the best concerts I ever attended. He was inspiring.
+Mike Edgerton Mike I saw him the night before or the night after at the Paramount in Portland in the middle of the show John Prine walked on played a few with Steve also inspiring.
Was at the Portland Paramount show as well. Steve is the most fabulous musician & can talk through like nobody else. Managed to see him anytime he was near Portland
I played and sang the Dutchman to my wife at our wedding ceremony 33 years ago today. On our 25th anniversary we received an autographed copy of Mike Smith's recording of it with a "Happy Anniversary" note from Mike. I will have that song played at my funeral when, hopefully I will get to see Steve Goodman play and sing again.
+W. J. Esposito I had the pleasure of seeing Steve play at a fest in canada in 1975 . it started to rain during his set .. the tarp covering the stage leaked . He said I will stay as you long as you will stay and listen . he had a stage hand come out and hold an umbrella over him and his guitar . I crept up to the stage and gave him my bottle of blacktower wine . he sipped and played all the songs we knew ... afterwards said meet me at the stage gate . i went . he gave me a kiss , a kc royals bb cap and the rest of my wine back . awesome guy . ( i do not know why the kc cap as he was a cubs fan ) goood memories . RIP steve .
Steve was a wonderful songwriter in his own right, but his renditions of Mike Smith's "The Dutchman" and "Spoon River" (which I wish was in this concert) were sublime!
Geez. This is so great. He may not be good at ending songs, but don't you just love how he just fiddlefarts around and pretty soon a song just trips down his arms, finds his fingers, and poof, another joyous adventure begins. He gets downright bouncing with joy... And he sings of such sweet true love, my God, heart the size of Texas... You rest in Peace, angel child, and pick on!
I give thanks daily that Steve blessed us with his art, beauty, and presence. His songs have been the sound track to my life. Bless him and bless John Prine, in my heart they still sing and play together (just hold on John we ain't ready to lose you yet)
I saw Steve once in Telluride, but I had died and gone to heaven that weekend and he was just part of the soundtrack. Now that I can concentrate on him as an artist, as a guitarist, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a person...Wow. Thanks for posting these performances of Steve for everyone to enjoy. Go Cubs.
I've come to this video a dozen times, trying to learn the lyrics to its wise,true,beautiful opening song. Every time I get so hypnotized by this beacon of love+laughter that I stay to stare+sway 'til the very end. One sign of inspiring soul music is the total absence of youtube's epidemic of negative idiocy in the comments. I haven't done a comprehensive survey of that, but some other folk who earn that are... Laura Nyro, McCoy Tyner, Pele Juju, John Cipollina, Snarky Puppy... I assume anyone here already knows John Prine is on the list If you can name others that is true of, I'd like to hear them...
I first heard the song City of New Orleans from Arlo Guthrie. Sometime later I heard Willie Nelson's version. The first time I heard Steve Goodman play it was the version on the Old Grey Whistle in 1972. I didn't think that much of it and didn't really dig his style very much from that performance. Sometime after, I heard that song played in this concert and I was vibing to his style so much more. This whole concert was what got me really into Steve Goodman's music, songwriting, guitarship, and hilarious stage presence. Thank you for being awesome and RIP
Thank you very much for sharing this! Steve Goodman was a great songwriter, singer and guitarist; we all agree with that; but only the luckiest few thousand of us got to experience a live, concert length performance by him. This concert is like time travel for me; his energy, spontaneity and pure joy are riveting and electric all over again!
First album I ever had bought for me was a Steve Goodman album. Have loved him ever since. Saw him open for Leo Kottke at DAR Constitution Hall in DC. My ex went for Leo and I went for Goodman.
Unfortunately I didn't find Steve until he was gone, but he is one of my favorites. I play him all the time. I plagerized My Old Man for my dad's funeral.
I recorded this from the radio when I was 17 played until the cassette broke loved The Travelin Salesman alwaysmakes me smile thanks for posting wonderful memory of such a unique talent.
Thanks for posting this. Had the pleasure of seeing Steve perform at the University of Iowa a couple times in the mid-70's, seems like it was in Hancher Auditorium. He opened for John Prine, but I was mainly there to see Steve Goodman. He had me laughing till tears rolled out my eyes. I can still remember how short he was and how huge that cowboy hat looked when he put it on and sang "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." Gosh, he was fun in concert. RIP, Steve.
Best performer I ever saw in person. Very generous with his time and his talent. Gave an absolutely legendary concert at The Main Point near Philly in the mid 70s. It was broadcast by Gene Shay on The Folk Show..
watching this while in quarantine. Thankyou RU-vid for posting this. You are getting me though this crisis. Steve Goodman and John Prine are my favorites. John has covid 19 we need to pray he makes it through.
Marcy Rieser I’ve been watching John and his tributes but no links to Steve even though John talks about him all the time? i had to search, glad I did!
Steve Goodman is a musical genius. Brad Paisley is the only big modern musician who plays and sings with such musical proficientance, and tongue and cheek lyrical clever good hearted humor like Steve.
When Steve took the stage to join John Prine on John's song, Souvenirs, it was truly magical. Crowd was hushed throughout the song, but kinda' went nuts at the finish. Such clean pickin'. We lost him way too young!
Oh man, just like it was yesterday. Sixteen tons so funny, his blue suit must have been at the cleaners, five feet so skinny he had to shop at McCrories and I think he has one of his girl’s shirts on. He liked how the cuffs stayed up, and under the suit you couldn’t really tell. I think when my aunt saw something he might wear she had his arm requirements in her head and she would just alter them and send them wherever or wait til he was playing close by. Now my aunt and uncle are gone, it brings his loss up all over again. And yes, he did borrow cowboy hats, and motorcycle helmets, and that got him in a little trouble, which is how he met my uncle, he thought he would sidle up to the biggest guy at the bar if he offended someone, and they just kinda clicked. And you know what, you bring his name up to anybody that knew him and they can’t help the tears. Now we have all lost loved ones over the years, but it is always Steve that makes ya cry. That little tiny born romantic, that silly beautiful man.
Danny, I had the pleasure of discovering Steve Goodman in the early 80's, just before he found out he had leukemia. My hubby drug me, kicking and screaming to a "folksingers" concert, with Steve and John Prine. Let me tell you, by the end of the night, I was an absolute convert, and I fell in love with both those men that night. The best concert I've had the privilege to attend.
Denise - Steve knew he had leukemia in his late teens I believe. He lived life to the fullest, was a loving and responsible husband, father and friend and had this dark cloud over him at all times.
1th of January 2019: my day of (re)discovering Steve Goodman. Living in Europe I heard him singing 'Good Morning America How Are You?' while visiting realatives in Chicaco back in the mid '70 for a couple of weeks. Back to Europe I heard some funny joker singing a 'free translated' version ('t Is weer voorbij die mooie zomer) It felt like my pants dropped down sponteniously whenever I heard this local shit. Anyway: I forgot about Steve - _IF_ I already knew his name then. (I'm not sure) I started and finish my studies, lived my life away. For some years now I periodically browse the internet to find all the songs I forgot about, piecing them into that life of mine. That was how and WHEN... I found 'Stevie' back again: Jan 1th 2019!!! By now there is not much from Steve on the internet I haven't heard yet. Man... I'm so glad I live in this era where we can push a button and hear + see all these precious heroes... Just imagine all the generations before us who couldn't... I would never ever (re)discovered Steve Goodman! From The Netherlands: love to all you, out anywhere, a Dutchman from Amsterdam, Holland. Btw ... WHAT are wooden shoes???? Even my great great great grandparents to the 6th or 7th or more degree did wear shoes! ;)
Oh yeah man. When we got that phone call it was just the worst. Did they announce it the day on the radio? My uncle made sure they carried the obituary in our local paper, I have it somewhere. My uncle was a pretty good friend of his, he was always so full of energy and love. Five feet of genius and faith in humanity.
Yep. I was listening to a 'Banana Republics' on WMNF in Florida crossing the Skyway. After the song they announced his passing. After the bridge I had to pull over and collect myself. One would have thought I had just lost a personal friend.
Lucky for me, one of the few concerts I ever attended was seeing Steve at the Roxy in Hollywood in the late 70s. Sitting at a little table an arm’s reach to the stage was pure bliss. Thanks for the trip back in time!
What a Soul full of Joy.. a man who laughs while singing and dancing with his guitar ♥️ Sooo much fun.. what a blessing… xoxox .. Fly High Sweet Soul ♥️🧡💙🤎🖤✨💖🤍🕊
I have a ton of stuff I need to get done today... so of course, having stumbled across this, everything is gonna stop for an hour. Dang, this was great to find! Thanks for the upload. :)
I had the pleasure of seeing Steve Goodman and John Prine in Seattle , I was super lucky to see them both in a bar after the show and had them both sign Steve's last album.
I heard his songs often on FM radio in the 70s, and friends of mine had his albums, but why I never went to see him is incredible to me. Thanks for posting this, it's a joy.
Never saw Steve live. First caught him on Austin City Limits, channel surfing in the late 70's. Liked what I heard, stayed for one song, next came The Dutchman and it was "holy crap start the vcr!!". I still have that recording, digitized now, and never tire of it. It's the one that encored with My Old Man and "some slide". There is a dvd of a mix of that and a later ACL performance but I never found that complete concert. btw, he does find a cowboy hat in the audience in that one. Didn't fit :)
Steve was the opening act for Steve Martin when I first saw him in Lubbock Texas sometime around '77 or78. Martin had just hit it big and I had never heard of Goodman. I would have been happy for Goodman to do the entire concert. He was truly marvelous. Really glad I stumbled on to this video. What a talent, what a loss.
When we separated, my husband took most of my favorite albums (and I'm talking albums here), and this was one.of them. Out of the blue today, I found myself singing The Dutchman,"and it has been at least a quarter of a century since my marriage ended! The power of these lyrics still blows my mind. They more or less define the sweetness of love and tenderness in such a beautifully poetic way, and like all great songs and poems, stands that notorious The Test of Time.
A true treasure of Americana...like Jim Croce....gone too soon. This guy played acoustic guitar like John Hammond...just pure abandon and confidence...that rich voice, those great lyrics...City of New Orleans is an american treasure! RIP
