Steve Goodman

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Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago.

He wrote the song "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by Arlo Guthrie and others, including Joan Baez, John Denver, The Highwaymen, and Judy Collins; in 1985, it received a Grammy award for best country song, as performed by Willie Nelson.

Goodman had a small but devoted following for his albums and concerts throughout his lifetime, and is often regarded as a musician's musician.

"Go Cubs Go," is his most popular song.

In September 1984, Goodman died of leukemia.

Personal life

Goodman, a young boy who grew up in Chicago's North Side, began writing and performing songs as a child, after his family had migrated to the near north suburbs. He graduated from Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1965, where he was a classmate of Hillary Clinton. He began his public speaking career by leading the junior choir at Temple Beth Israel in Albany Park. He arrived at the University of Illinois and pledged the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, where Ron Banyon and Steve Hartmann formed "The Juicy Fruits," a famous rock cover band. After a year in college to pursue his musical endeavor, he left college. Goodman moved to New York in the early spring of 1967, spending a month in a Greenwich Village brownstone across the street from the Café Wha?, where Goodman appeared regularly during his brief stay there.

He wanted to resume his studies when he returned to Chicago. Goodman first appeared at the Earl of Old Town and The Dangling Conversation coffeehouse in Chicago in 1968 and attracted a following. When attending Lake Forest College in 1969, Goodman was a regular performer in Chicago. Goodman helped himself by performing advertisement jingles during this period. After discovering that the source of his continuing exhaustion was actually leukemia, which was present throughout his entire career until his death in 1984, he dropped out of school to pursue his musical dream full time.

Nancy Pruter (sister of R&B writer Robert Pruter), who was attending college while supporting herself as a waitress, met him in September 1969. They were married in February 1970. Despite brief periods of remission, Goodman never felt that he was living on anything other than borrowed time, and several commentators, listeners, and friends have expressed this opinion. Nancy, his wife, who wrote in the liner notes to the posthumous collection No Big Surprise, portrayed him in this way: he was portrayed as this:

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Musical career

Goodman's songs appeared on Gathering at The Earl of Old Town, a Chicago record company Dunwich's 1971 release. Goodman appeared at The Earl dozens of times, including at the New Year's Eve concerts, as a close friend of Earl Pionke, the operator of the folk music bar. He stayed closely associated with Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, where he had encountered and mentored his mentor, John Prine.

Goodman appeared in a Chicago bar called the Quiet Knight as the opening act for Kris Kristofferson in 1971. Kristofferson, a goodman who carried Goodman to New York to record some demos, was taken to Paul Anka. These culminated in Goodman's signing of a deal with Buddah Records.

All the time, Goodman had been writing some of his most popular songs, and this intense songwriting could have resulted in him's retirement. Goodman, a Quiet Knight, met Arlo Guthrie and begged him to sit and let him sing a song for him. Guthrie grudgingly agreed on a beer first order from Goodman; Guthrie will then sit back and enjoy the beer as long as Guthrie took it. Goodman starred on "City of New Orleans," which Guthrie adored enough that he wanted to record it.

Guthrie's version of Goodman's song became a top-20 hit in 1972 and gave Goodman with enough funding and artistic success to make his music a full-time occupation. The song, which was based on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans, will be covered by such artists as Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson, and Willie Nelson, whose recorded version received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1985. Joe Dassin's French version of the song "Salut Les Amoureux" was released in 1973. When on holiday, Gerard Cox discovered the French version and turned it into Dutch: "t Is Weer Voorbij Die Mooie Zomer" ("And again the beautiful summer has come to an end"). In December 1973, it debuted at number one on the Dutch Top 40 and has since developed to become a hit on Dutch radio. Famous Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon performed a Hebrew version of "Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet" in 1977 and became a big hit. The French, Dutch, and Hebrew translations have no similarity to Goodman's original lyrics, which is sadly lacking. The song was inspired by a rail ride taken by Goodman and his wife from Chicago to Mattoon, Illinois, according to Goodman. According to the liner notes on Steve Goodman's anthology "City of New Orleans" was written while on the campaign trail with Senator Edmund Muskie.

With Goodman's and John Prine's "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," a song that well-naturedly spoofed stereotypical country music lyrics, singer David Allan Coe achieved major success on the country charts in 1974. Prine declined to receive praise for the album, but Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a token of his royalties. In a spoken epilogue in which Goodman and Coe address the virtues of "the ultimate country and western song," Goodman's name is mentioned in Coe's recording of the song.

Goodman's fame as a recording artist was limited. Despite being regarded as a natural and influential songwriter, his albums were more influential than commercial success. "The Dutchman," written by Michael Peter Smith, was one of Goodman's biggest hits: "The Dutchman." Martin was the opening act for Steve Martin, but he was greeted by a large audience, though Martin was still on the peak of his comeback.

Goodman became a regular guest on Vin Sclesa's radio show in New York City in the mid and late seventies. Scelsa's personal recordings of these sessions culminated in the production of The Easter Tapes, an album of picks from these appearances.

Goodman appeared on Tom Paxton's live album New Songs From the Briarpatch (Vanguard Records), including "Talking Watergate" and "White Bones of Allende," as well as a song dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt.

Goodman was hired to produce and perform a series of topical songs for National Public Radio in 1979. Despite the fact that Goodman and Jethro Burns recorded eleven songs for the series, only five of them, "The Ballad of Flight 191," "Unemployed," "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over," and "The Election Year Rag," were among those on the radio before the series was cancelled.

Goodman wrote and performed many amusing songs about Chicago, including three about the Chicago Cubs: "When the Cubs Come Marching In" and "Go, Cubs, Go" (which has frequently been played on Cubs broadcasts and at Wrigley Field after Cubs victories). "Go, Cubs, Go" came out of the midst, after GM Dallas Green's "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" became depressing. The Cubs' songs grew out of his father's zeal for the team, which included many clubhouse and on-field visits with Cubs players. Mayor Richard J. Daley wrote "The Lincoln Park Pirates," about the legendary Lincoln Towing Service, and "Daley's Gone." "Vegematic" is another comedic highlight, about a man who falls asleep while watching late-night TV and fantasies. He ordered many items that he didn't recognize on infomercials, which is another comic highlight. He could also write serious songs, most notably "My Old Man," a salute to Goodman's father, Bud Goodman, a used-car salesman and World War II veteran.

In 1988, Goodman received his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, a posthumous collection on his Red Pajamas Records label.

Many followers are aware of Goodman's work with other musicians, including Jimmy Buffett. "Banana Republics," "Door Number Three," "Door Number Three," and "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street," are two of Goodman's songs. On her 1972 album, Jackie, Jackie DeShannon covered Goodman's "Would You Like to Dance."

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