Don Forbes & Reckless is a rock and roll alt-country band led by award-winning singer/songwriter, Don Forbes. Their music is a blend of traditional rock with country overtones…. somewhere between Tom Petty and Steve Earle.
Meet the Artist: www.donforbesmusic.com
Filmmaker Ken Burn’s said of Forbes’ song/video about Vietnam “We Just Did What We Were Told” as “Beautiful, haunting, and expresses perfectly the predicament soldiers were in, as well as the overall mood of the country. The images were just right! Best wishes to you and welcome home!” Sincerely, Ken Burns, 1/10/2019
“We Just Did…” was on Forbes’ first CD “Somethin’ About Guitars” released in 2006 along with “I Just Got Here First”, winner of the West Coast Songwriters’s 2013 International Song Contest: “Americana” genre. “I Know” off “The Tikitown Sessions” received an Honorable Mention in WCS 2017 song contest under “Gospel/Christian/Inspirational” genre while other songs have been used in film (Arlington Road), and TV (Sex and the City, King of the Hill)
In 2018 “The Tikitown Sessions” was released. It was produced by Scott Mathews, a producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and recording artist with over 20 gold and multi-platinum awards. Recorded at Mathew’s TIkitown Studios in Mill Valley it, as well as “Somethin’ About Guitars” are available on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.
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