Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) Lyle Lovett Page at Allmusic - Lovett's Genre and Styles. Retrieved February 2, 2007 is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #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. His most recent, ''It's Not Big It's Large was released in 2007, where it debuted and peaked at #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 the unincorporated area of Klein, Harris County (suburban Houston), Texas, the son of William and Bernell (née Klein) Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively. He was raised as a Lutheran. Lovett attended Texas A&M University, where he studied German and journalism, and lived next door to Robert Earl Keen.

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 genre, Lovett's 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).

Lovett has acted in a number of films, including Robert Altman's films: The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), 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 and Dharma & Greg.

Lovett was given an award called an "Esky" for Surest Thing in 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 acoustic guitars.

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 marriage breakup was said to be caused by their career demands causing the two to often be away from each other. They would, though, re
His small-town life was again brought to the public's attention on March 28, 2002 when Lovett was caught by a bull and rammed into a fence on his uncle's farm in Klein, Texas, before being pulled to safety. Lovett fully recovered after six months and began touring again in the summer of 2003.

Discography

Studio albums

Release date: 1986

Label: Curb Records

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Guest singles

Filmography

Musician

True Blood Ep. 22 (2009) - Song Performer "I Will Rise Up"
Walk Hard (2007) - Song Performer "Walk Hard"
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)
Stuart Little (1999) - Song Performer "Walking Tall"
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"
Hope Floats (1998) - Song Performer "Smile"
The Apostle (1997) - Song Performer "(I'm a) Soldier in the Army of the Lord"
Toy Story (1995) - Song Performer "You've Got a Friend in Me" with Randy Newman as the lead vocals.
Quiz Show (1994) - Song Performer "Moritat" by Kurt Weill
With Honors (1994) - Song Performer "Blue Skies"
Major League II (1994) - Song Performer and composer "All My Love Is Gone"
The Firm (1993) - Song Performer "M-O-N-E-Y"
Leap of Faith (1992) - Song Performer "Pass Me Not"
The Crying Game (1992) - Song Performer "Stand By Your Man"
Major League (1989) - Song Performer "Cryin' Shame"
Always (1989) - Song Performer "Cowboy Man"

Actor

The Open Road (2008) - TBA
Brothers and Sisters (TV Series) (2007) - Something New - Himself
The New Guy (2002) - Bear Harrison
Three Days of Rain (2002) - Disc Jockey
Dharma and Greg (TV series) - The Trouble With Troubadours (2000) - Himself
Mad About You (TV series) - The Final Frontier (1999) - Lenny
''Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (TV series) - Episode #1.23 (1999)
''Cookie's Fortune (1999) - Manny Hood
The Opposite of Sex (1998) - Sheriff Carl Tippett
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Road Person
Breast Men (1997) - Research Scientist
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) - Wade
Mad About You (TV series) - Mad About You: Part 1 (1995) - Lenny
Mad About You (TV series) - Mad About You: Part 2 (1995) - Lenny
Prêt-à-Porter (1994) - Clint Lammeraux
Short Cuts (1993) - Andy Bitkower
The Player (1992) - Detective DeLongpre
Bill: On His Own (1983 TV movie) - Singer at Beach

Signed Music Artists