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BLP sources|date=November 2008Infobox musical artist|name = Lyle Lovett ( singer )|image = LyleLovett.jpg|caption = Lovett in a 2005 concert|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Lyle Pearce Lovett|birth_date = birth date and age|1957|11|1|origin = Klein, Texas ( United States|USA |genre = Country music|Country , alternative country , jazz , blues , western swing , country pop , country rock |associated_acts = Randy Newman , John Hiatt , Joe Ely , Guy Clark , Los Super Seven |occupation = Singer , songwriter , record producer , actor |years_active = 1980–present|label = MCA Records|MCA / Curb Records|Curb Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway /Curb|website = http://www.lylelovett.com www.LyleLovett.com Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957)Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4798|pure_url=yes Lyle Lovett Page at Allmusic - Lovett's Genre and Styles. Retrieved February 2, 2007 is an United States|American 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 (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man". Lovett has won four Grammy Awards , including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. '' It's Not Big It's 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 .
Biography
Early life
Lovett was born in North Harris County, Texas, in the community of Klein, Texas|Klein , the son of William and Bernell ( married and maiden names|née Klein) Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively. He was raised in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod . http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=1501840 NPR Music: Lyle Lovett: 'My Baby Don't Tolerate' Lovett attended Texas A& M University , where he studied German language|German and journalism . It is a common misconception that Lyle and Robert Earl Keen were roommates at A& M. They were not. However, they lived across from each other on Church St. in College Station, became good friends, and wrote "The Front Porch Song" together, which both went on to record.
Career
Lovett's 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 music|country genre, Lovett's compositions often incorporate Folk music|folk , Swing (genre)|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 ).
Lovett has acted in a number of films, including Robert Altman 's films: The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter (1994), '' Cookie's 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 (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters and Dharma & Greg .
Lovett was given an award called an "Esky" for Surest Thing in Esquire (magazine)|Esquire's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue. The magazine said of Lovett: "The secret of Lyle Lovett's endurance comes down to the three C's: class, charisma and consistency... In the studio and on stage with his giant orchestra, he's spent two decades gracefully matching genuine songcraft with A-list musicianship".
Lovett primarily plays Collings Guitars|Collings acoustic guitars . http://www.fretbase.com/fretbase/2008/06/play-guitar-lik.html Fretbase: Play Guitar Like Lyle Lovett
In 2010 Lovett appeared on an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... which also featured John Prine and Ray LaMontagne .
Lovett has recently contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Well... All Right " for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly , released on September 6, 2011.
Personal life
Lovett's 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. The breakup was said to be caused by career demands. The two remained friends, and Roberts even sang a Townes Van Zandt song previously recorded by Lovett in the 1998 movie Stepmom .
Lovett has been dating April Kimble since 1999.cite news|url= http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/entertainment/296067|title=Lovett shows he's still an original
On March 28, 2002 Lovett was caught by a bull and rammed into a fence on his uncle's farm in Klein, Texas , before being pulled to safety. He fully recovered 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.cite web |url = http://www.uh.edu/features/on-campus/Lyle-Lovett/index.php|title = Musician Recalls Early Connection to University of Houston|publisher= University of Houston | accessdate = 2010-05-16 cite web |url = http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2010articles/May2010/05132010Commencement.php|title = The University of Houston to Graduate More Than 4,500 Students|publisher= University of Houston | accessdate = 2010-05-16 His mother was in the audience as her son was presented with an honorary doctorate from the same university she had received her bachelor's degree in 1960.cite web |url = http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/UH_graduation.html#21668742|title = Singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett received an honorary degree during the ceremony|publisher= Houston Chronicle | accessdate = 2010-05-16 His late father was also a graduate of the University of Houston.
Over the years, Lovett performed at various fundraising events for the Hines College of Architecture|Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture of the University of Houston.
Discography
Main|Lyle Lovett discography
Filmography
Musician
True Blood Ep. 22 (2009) - Song Performer "I Will Rise Up"
Walk Hard (2007) - Song Performer " Walk Hard "
Deadwood Ep. 107 (2005) - Song Performer "Old Friend" (1994)
The Exonerated (2005 TV movie) - Song Performer " Amazing Grace "
The Interpreter (2005) - Song Performer "If I Had a Boat"
61* (2001 TV movie) - Song Performer "Nobody Knows Me"
All Over the Guy (2001) - Song Performer and composer "She Makes Me Feel Good" and "The Blues Walk"
Dr. T & the Women (2000) - Song performer and composer and also used a recording of "You've Been So Good Up to Now" (1992), "She's Already Made Up Her Mind" (1992), "Ain't It Something" (1994)
For Love Of The Game (1999) - Song Performer "Summer Wind"
Stuart Little (1999) - Song Performer "Walking Tall"
Mumford (film)|Mumford (1999) - Song Performer "Ballad of the Snow Leopard and The Tanqueray Cowboy", "Till It Shines"
Clay Pigeons (1998) - Song Performer "Teach Me About Love"
Bill: On His Own (1983 TV movie) - Singer at Beach
Theatre
Actor
Much Ado About Nothing ( The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles , 2010) - Balthazar http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/productiondetail.aspx? performanceNumber=8078 Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/12/lyle-lovett-joining-helen-hunt-in-la-production-of-much-ado-about-nothing.html Lyle Lovett joining Helen Hunt in cast of 'Much Ado About Nothing', Los Angeles Times , December 2, 2010
Composer
Much Ado About Nothing ( The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles , 2010)
References
Reflist
Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Lyle Lovett". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p.& nbsp;307.
Cite news|url= http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10059730? source=most_viewed|title=Through fame, fortune and marriage to Julia Roberts, Texan Lyle Lovett has stayed true to his roots|publisher= El Paso Times |accessdate=2008-08-01|date=2008-08-01|author=Pullen, Doug
External links
http://www.lylelovett.com Official Lyle Lovett Website
http://main.losthighwayrecords.com/artist.aspx? ob=ros& src=lb& aid=54 Lyle Lovett at Lost Highway Records
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http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-05-10-lyle-lovett.htm Lovett charges ahead with his career - USA Today , May 10, 2002.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/? 040301fa_fact1 Homeboy, by Alec Wilkinson, New Yorker , February 1, 2004.
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/03/01/040301on_onlineonly02 The Thinking Man's Cowboy, by Matt Dellinger, New Yorker , February 23, 2004.
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