Lyle Pearce Lovett Is an American songwriter and actor. Although at the beginning his productions were limited to the country genre, he was also able to position himself as a singer of pop music, thus showing his versatility in singing.
In this article we review his personal life, his professional career and some of his most curious experiences, such as marriage to actress Julia Roberts.
Biography
Lyle Lovett was born on November 1, 1957 in Klein, Texas and grew up on his family's horse ranch. This city is named after his great-great-grandfather, who was a Bavarian weaver.
Lovett did not start his musical career until he began writing songs while attending his duties at Texas A & M University, where he studied journalism and German in the late 1970s.
As a student, he sang original versions and songs at festivals and clubs. As a graduate, he traveled to Germany to continue his studies and continued writing and making presentations while living there. However, he did not begin to pursue his musical career until he returned to the United States in the early 1980s.
Career
When he settled in the United States again, Lovett played in clubs throughout the state of Texas, eventually gaining a spot in Mickey Rooney's 1983 television movie"Bill: On His Own."
The following year, Nanci Griffith recorded her song"If I Were the Woman You Wanted"on her album"Once in a Very Blue Moon." Guy Clarck listened to a demo tape of Lovett's songs in 1984 and sent them to Tony Brown of MCA Records.
Lovett signed a contract with MCA / Curb in 1986, and released his eponymous album later that year. This production received excellent reviews and five of their songs ("Farther Down the Line","Cowboy Man","God Will","Why I Do not Know"and"Give Back My Heart") reached the list of Top 40 country music.
Regardless of the success of his songs on the country charts, Lovett's musical taste was not limited to this genre, but he was able to incorporate jazz, folk and pop into a country setting.
This was demonstrated in his second album Pontiac Where the edges of each genre were carried to the limit. As this album positioned itself on the pop charts, its country music audience declined at the same time.
Both"She's no Lady"and"I Loved You Yesterday"managed to reach the top 30 pop songs, however, after these two singles none more could reach to appear in this list.
Lovett's third studio album was called"Lyle Lovett and His Large Band". This production, as well as its predecessors received excellent critics for its launching in 1989.
The album only produced a minor country hit called"I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You". Later Lovett settled in California where he began to work on his fourth album"Joshua Judges Ruth", that would be released for 1992. This would be the most successful work of his race and was widely accepted within the genre pop, but forgotten by the country .
By the early 1990s, Lovett's first project was a role in Robert Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts. Their next album would come out for 1994 and was called"I Love Everybody", which was a collection of songs that Lovett wrote during the 70 and 80. In the summer of 1996, his following project"The Road to Ensenada"was released, becoming In the first country album since"Pontiac".
During the 2000s, Lovett released three albums:"My Baby Do not Tolerate"in 2003,"It's not Big It's large"in 2007 and"Natural Forces"in 2009. His latest release is known as"Release Me" Which was presented in 2012 under Curb / Lost Highway records.
Throughout his career he has won four Grammy Awards including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. Lovett has performed as a guest star on several television shows including Castle In 2010 and The Bridge Such as Monte Flagman in 2013 and 2014.
In the same way he has participated in the musical production of many films. In 1995 together with Randy Newman they created"You've Got a Friend in Me"for the movie Toy Story.
Personal life
In 1993, Lovett attracted fame for reasons beyond his music, with his surprise marriage to actress Julia Roberts. In the announcement of his marriage, he became the object of innumerable segments of gossip and tabloid stories, which raised him to a level of fame that had not lived so far. In March of 1995 the couple divorced arguing problems with the demands of their careers.
In 1997, Lovett meets April Kimble who was a student at Texas A & M University, where he studied. The couple was introduced to each other in a talk Lovett made about ethics in journalism. Both committed in 2003 but to date have not contracted nuptials.
Filmography
| ACTOR | ||
| Year | First name | Paper |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own | Singer at Beach |
| 1992 | The Player | Detective DeLongpre |
| 1992 | Short Cuts | Andy Bitkower |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Clint Lammeraux |
| 1995, 1999 | Mad About You | Lenny |
| nineteen ninety six | Bastard Out of Carolina | Wade |
| 1997 | Breast Men | Research Scientist |
| 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 | As himself |
| 2000 | Dharma and Greg | As himself |
| 2002 | Three Days of Rain | Disc Jockey |
| 2002 | The New Guy | Bear Harrison |
| 2007 | Brothers and Sisters | As himself |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | As himself |
| 2008 | The Open Road | Bartender |
| 2010 | Castle | Government Agent |
| 2013 | Angels Sing | Griffin |
| 2013 | The Bridge | Flagman |
References
- AllMusic. Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. [Online] [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- CMT Artists. About Lyle Lovett. [Online] [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- The Biography.com website. Lyle Lovett Biography. [Online] 2014. [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- Graff, Gary. Billboard. Lyle Lovett: New Album is a Personal 'Punctuation Mark'. [Online] February 28, 2012. [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- Encyclopedia.com. Lovett, Lyle. [Online] 2004. [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- Levitt, Shelley. People Magazine. Lovett First Sight. [Online] July 12, 1993. [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- Wilkinson, Alec. The New Yorker Magazine. HOMEBOY: The World of Lyle Lovett. [Online] March 1, 2004. [Cited: December 23, 2016.]
- IMDB. Lyle Lovett. [Online] [Cited: December 25, 2016.]