LYLe LoVETT Birth name Lyle Pearce Lovett Born November 1, 1957 (age 56) Origin Klein, Texas (USA) Genres - Texas country, Americana, alt-country, bluegrass, western swing, country folk, country pop, country rock Occupations Singer, songwriter, record producer, actor Years active 1980–present Labels MCA/Curb Lost Highway/Curb Associated acts - Randy Newman, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Los Super Seven. Website LyleLovett Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American country singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, Cowboy Man. Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. Its Not Big Its Large was released in 2007, where it debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart. A new studio album, Natural Forces, was released on October 20, 2009 by Lost Highway Records. The last studio album on his Curb Records contract, Release Me, was released in February 2012. Biography Early life Lovett was born in Houston, Texas. When his family lived in the nearby community of Klein. He is the son of William Pearce and Bernell Louise (née Klein) Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively. He was raised in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Lovett attended Texas A&M University, where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both German and Journalism in 1980. It is a common misconception that Lyle and Robert Earl Keen were roommates at A&M. They were not. However, they lived near each other in College Station, became good friends, and wrote The Front Porch Song together, which both went on to record. Career Lovetts music career began as a songwriter, but he soon signed with MCA Records in 1986 and released his eponymous debut album. While typically associated with the country genre, Lovetts compositions often incorporate folk, swing, blues, jazz and gospel music as well as more traditional country & Western styling. He has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Country Album (1996 for The Road to Ensenada), Best Country Duo/Group with Vocal (1994 for Blues For Dixie with the Texas swing group Asleep at the Wheel), Best Pop Vocal Collaboration (1994 for Funny How Time Slips Away with Al Green) and Best Country Male Vocal (1989) for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band). Lyle Lovett performed on the Watson Stage at MerleFest in 2011, Wilkes County, N.C. Lovett has acted in a number of films, including Robert Altmans films: The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Cookies Fortune (1999), and composed for Dr. T & the Women (2000). More recently, he has acted in The New Guy (2002) and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). His television acting forays include Mad About You, Brothers & Sisters, The Bridge, Castle, and Dharma & Greg. The Bloodhound Gangs song The Bad Touch does a reference to Lovett: And youll Lovett just like Lyle. Lovett was given an award called an Esky for Surest Thing in Esquires 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue. The magazine said of Lovett: The secret of Lyle Lovetts endurance comes down to the three Cs: class, charisma and consistency... In the studio and on stage with his giant orchestra, hes spent two decades gracefully matching genuine songcraft with A-list musicianship. Lovett primarily plays Collings acoustic guitars. In 2010 Lovett appeared on an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... which also featured John Prine and Ray LaMontagne. He appeared on Castle in Season 3, Episode 9 in the role of a government agent. In 2011, Lovett was named Texas State Artist Musician by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Lovett contributed a cover of Buddy Hollys Well... All Right for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released on September 6, 2011. In 2013 Lovett appeared in Episode 2 of The Bridge, an FX series, as Flagman, a lawyer. Personal life Lovetts personal life was brought to the fore in 1993 when he married actress Julia Roberts. The couple had met on the set of The Player in 1992. After a three-week romance, they eloped and married in June 1993 in Marion, Indiana. The couple divorced less than two years later, in March 1995. People magazine reported that the breakup was caused by career demands. The two remained friends afterwards. Lovett became engaged to his former personal assistant April Kimble in 2003 but they remain unmarried. On March 28, 2002 Lovett was caught by a bull and rammed into a fence on his uncles farm in Klein, Texas, before being pulled to safety. He fully recovered from a badly broken leg after six months, and began touring again in the summer of 2003. Lovett was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Houston on May 15, 2010 at its general commencement ceremony. His mother was in the audience as her son was presented with an honorary doctorate from the same university she had received her bachelors degree in 1960. His late father was also a graduate of the University of Houston. Over the years, Lovett performed at various fundraising events for the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture of the University of Houston. Join Denny Callahan on Outlaw Radio tonight June 17, 2014 For the Lyle Lovett Anthology, Vol. 1; Cowboy Man. The show starts at 7pm. Join us for this great performer and showman. Only, on Outlaw Radio! s27.streamerportal/start/dcallaha/
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