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Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957)[4] is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Active since 1980, he has recorded 13 albums and released 25 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.[5] His most recent album is 12th of June, released in 2022.

Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett during the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival
Background information
Birth name	Lyle Pearce Lovett
Born	(1957-11-01) November 1, 1957 (age 65) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Origin	Klein, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Country rockabilly[1] blues[2] jazz[2] swing[3] Western swing
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter actor record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	1980–present
Labels	MCA Curb Lost Highway Verve
Spouse(s)	Julia Roberts ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1995)​ April Kimble ​ (m. 2017)​
Website	lylelovett.com

Early life

Lovett was born in Houston, Texas,[6][7][8] 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.[9] Lovett attended Texas A&M University, where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both German and Journalism in 1980. In the early 1980s, Lovett often played solo acoustic sets at the small bars just off the A&M campus.

Career

Lovett began his music career as a singer-songwriter. By the early 1980s, Lovett had already distinguished himself in the burgeoning Texas folk acoustic scene. He had performed in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1980 and 1982.[10] An American singer, Buffalo Wayne, whom he had met in 1978 during a college trip to Germany, invited Lovett to play with him at the 1983 Schueberfouer in Luxembourg. One of the events at the funfair was an American musical tent. The owner of that event was a fan of the Phoenix, Arizona, house band J. David Sloan and the Rogues.[11] He invited the Rogues for the event, and Lovett was encouraged by band members Ray Herndon and Matt Rollings to sit in with the group,[12] which did some of his songs. They opened his eyes to what his songs could sound like with proper backing; Lovett had never sung with a band before.[11] Sloan and band member Billy Williams offered Lovett a deal on studio time, first day free. In 1984 Lovett took them up on the offer. After several stays in Arizona over that summer he recorded 18 songs.[13] The demo tape of the first four songs led to his first record deal;[14] ten of those songs, recorded with the Rogues, became Lovett's self-titled debut album.[15] He made many longtime contacts in Arizona during that time. Several of the Rogue players, Herndon, Matt McKenzie, Rollings, and Williams, went on to play in his band. Williams produced or co-produced several of his albums from 1987 to 2007. Through them he met Francine Reed, who began recording with him in 1985 and toured with him for decades.[16] In 2022, reliving his Phoenix connection:

It led to a demo tape, an album and now, this rolling Thanksgiving tour...It's all because of running into this band in Luxembourg. That's a long way to get to Phoenix from Texas. It's a lot shorter if you just do I–10[13]

He signed with MCA Records in 1986 and released his eponymous debut album. He sang harmony vocals on Nanci Griffith's The Last of the True Believers album (1986). 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). In 1995, Lovett performed a duet of "You've Got a Friend in Me" with Randy Newman for Toy Story. He plays Collings acoustic guitars.[17]

Lovett has acted in a number of films, notably four for director Robert Altman: The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and Cookie's Fortune (1999). He also composed the score for the director's Dr. T & the Women (2000). Some of his other film roles include Bastard Out Of Carolina (1996), The New Guy (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), and a humorous role in Angels Sing, a family Christmas movie (alongside fellow actors and musicians such as Harry Connick, Jr., Connie Britton, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson).[18] His television acting forays include guest roles on Mad About You and Castle, a recurring role on The Bridge (as Flagman, a lawyer), and appearances as himself on Dharma & Greg and Brothers & Sisters.

Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1992 song "I Feel Lucky" makes reference to Lovett, as does Bloodhound Gang's 1999 song "The Bad Touch", which includes the lyric, "and you'll Lovett just like Lyle."

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".

In 2010, Lovett appeared on an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... that also featured John Prine and Ray LaMontagne.

In 2011, Lovett was named Texas State Artist Musician by the Texas Commission on the Arts.[19]

Lovett contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Well... All Right" for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released on September 6, 2011.

On October 24, 2019, Lovett was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Lovett married actress Julia Roberts after meeting her on the set of The Player. Following a three-week romance, they eloped and married in June 1993 in Marion, Indiana. In March 1995, they divorced after less than two years of marriage. People magazine reported that the breakup was caused by career demands.[20] They remained friends afterwards.[21]

Since late 1997, Lovett has been in a relationship with April Kimble. They became engaged in 2003. They were married on February 4, 2017, in Harris County, Texas. Their twins, a boy and a girl, were born that year.

On March 28, 2002, Lovett was trapped by a bull against a fence on his uncle's farm in Klein, Texas, before being pulled to safety. He fully recovered after six months from a badly broken leg, and he began touring again in summer 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.[22][23] His mother was in the audience as her son was presented with an honorary doctorate from the same university from which she had received her bachelor's degree in 1960.[24] His father was also a graduate of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture of the University of Houston.[22]

In 2015, Lovett received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Texas A&M University.

Lovett is also a horse enthusiast and co-owns and competes in reining competitions with world class Quarter Horse, Smart and Shiney.[25][26][27] In 2012, Lovett was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.[28] In 2018, he was awarded the National Reining Horse Association Lifetime Achievement Award in the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame.[29]

Discography

• Lyle Lovett (1986)
• Pontiac (1987)
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (1989)
• Joshua Judges Ruth (1992)
• I Love Everybody (1994)
• The Road to Ensenada (1996)
• Step Inside This House (1998)
• My Baby Don't Tolerate (2003)
• It's Not Big It's Large (2007)
• Natural Forces (2009)
• Release Me (2012)
• 12th of June (2022)

Filmography

Musician

• Still Alice (2014) — song performer "If I Had A Boat"; songwriter for Karen Elson's performance of same
• The Bridge (TV series, 2014)
• True Blood (TV series, episode "I Will Rise Up", 2009) — song performer "I Will Rise Up"
• Walk Hard (2007) — song performer "Walk Hard"
• Deadwood (TV series, episode "Bullock Returns to the Camp", 2005) — song performer "Old Friend" (1994)
• The Exonerated (TV movie, 2005) — song performer "Amazing Grace"
• The Interpreter (2005) — song performer "If I Had a Boat"
• 61* (TV movie, 2001) — 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 (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.
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series, episode "One Wedding and A Funeral", 1995) — song performer "Nobody Knows Me"
• 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Bill: On His Own	Singer at Beach	(TV movie)
1992	The Player	Detective DeLongpre
1993	Short Cuts	Andy Bitkower
1994	Prêt-à-Porter	Clint Lammeraux
1995	Mad About You	Lenny	(TV series, episode "Mad About You: Part 2")
1996	Bastard Out of Carolina	Wade
1997	Breast Men	Research Scientist	(TV movie)
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Road Person
1998	The Opposite of Sex	Sheriff Carl Tippett
1999	Cookie's Fortune	Manny Hood
1999	Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular	Himself	(TV series, episode #1.23)
1999	Mad About You	Lenny	(TV series, episode "The Final Frontier" Part 1)
2000	Dharma and Greg	Himself	(TV series, episode "The Trouble With Troubadours")
2002	Three Days of Rain	Disc Jockey
2002	The New Guy	Bear Harrison
2007	Brothers and Sisters	Himself	(TV series, episode "Something New")
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Himself
2008	The Open Road	Peabody Bartender
2010	Castle	Agent Westfield	(TV series, episode "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind")
2013	Angels Sing	Griffin
2013–2014	The Bridge	Monte P. Flagman	(TV series, 10 episodes)
2017	Life in Pieces	Ned Gawler	(TV series, episode "Facebook Fish Planner Backstage")
	Blue Bloods	Texas Ranger Waylon Gates	(TV series, 2 episodes)

Theatre

Actor

• Much Ado About Nothing (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, 2010) – Balthazar[30][31]

Composer

• Much Ado About Nothing (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, 2010)[31]

Honors

Year	Honor	Reference
2012	Inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame	[32]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lovett has won four awards from 17 nominations.[5]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1989	"She's No Lady"	Best Country Song	Nominated
	Pontiac	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Nominated
1990	Lyle Lovett and His Large Band		Won
1993	Joshua Judges Ruth	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Nominated
	"Church"	Best Music Video	Nominated
1995	I Love Everybody	Best Pop Album	Nominated
	"Funny How Time Slips Away" (with Al Green)	Best Pop Collaboration	Won
	"Blues for Dixie" (with Asleep at the Wheel)	Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Won
1997	"Private Conversation"	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Nominated
	"Long Tall Texan" (with Randy Newman)	Best Country Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated
	The Road to Ensenada	Best Country Album	Won
1999	Step Inside This House	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Nominated
2000	"That's Right (You're Not from Texas)"	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Nominated
2002	"San Antonio Girl"		Nominated
2004	"My Baby Don't Tolerate"		Nominated
	My Baby Don't Tolerate	Best Country Album	Nominated
2005	"In My Own Mind"	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Nominated

Citations

Sources

• Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Lyle Lovett". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 307.
• Pullen, Doug (August 1, 2008). "Through fame, fortune and marriage to Julia Roberts, Texan Lyle Lovett has stayed true to his roots". El Paso Times. Retrieved August 1, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Official Lyle Lovett Website
• Lyle Lovett at Lost Highway Records
• Lyle Lovett at IMDb
• Lyle Lovett on Charlie Rose
• Lyle Lovett collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• "Lovett charges ahead with his career" – USA Today, May 10, 2002.
• "Homeboy", by Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, February 1, 2004.
• "The Thinking Man's Cowboy", by Matt Dellinger, The New Yorker, February 23, 2004.

Awards
First None recognized before	AMA Americana Trailblazer Award 2007	Succeeded by Nanci Griffith

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[es] Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett (Klein, Texas; 1 de noviembre de 1957) es un actor y músico de country estadounidense.

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[ru] Ловетт, Лайл

Лайл Ловетт (англ. Lyle Pearce Lovett; род. 1 ноября 1957, Техас, США) — американский кантри-певец, автор песен и актёр. Записал 13 альбомов и 21 сингл. Сингл «Cowboy Man» занял 10 позицию в U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart в 1986 году. Ловетт — обладатель четырёх наград «Грэмми». В 2007 году он выпустил альбом «It’s Not Big It’s Large», который стал вторым в рейтинге Top Country Albums. Последний альбом «Natural Forces» вышел 20 октября 2009 года.

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