During the past three decades (and through no less than 24 albums), Nashville singer-songwriter Steve Forbert has been charting the choppy waters of American life from youth to middle age with compelling songs that are at once disarmingly personal and universally true. Taking the stance of a compassionate everyman with a keen eye for detail, Steve weaves together strands of folk, rock, country, and R&B as he delivers his take on life's trials, tribulations, and discoveries with direct, honest energy and enduring optimism.

Steve grew up in Meridian, Mississippi, where he worked as a truck driver before leaving for a 10-year stint in the Greenwich Village folk clubs of New York City; not surprisingly, he eventually ended up in Nashville. Tonight he'll be singing songs old and new, including selections from his recent CD, It's Been a Long Time.

Singer/songwriter and guitarist Trina Hamlin opens tonight's show.