Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett [ laɪl lʌvɪt ] ( born November 1, 1957 in Klein, Texas) is an American country musician and actor.

Life

His great-great grandfather, Adam Klein, was one of the founding fathers of the town small in Texas, where Lyle Lovett was born and still lives today. Lovett attended Texas A & M University and received his degree in German Language and Literature and Journalism.

His musical career began as a songwriter. In 1986 he was offered a contract with the major label MCA Records, and he released his debut album in the same year. Together with Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, kd lang, Robert Earl Keen, with whom he befriended during his studies, and others, he was part of a Although commercially successful, but less mainstream -oriented flow of the country in the late 1980s. Besides traditional Country to elements of folk, jazz, swing, blues and gospel found in his music.

In 1989 he won a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ( Best Male Country Vocal Performance ).

On June 25, 1993, he married actress Julia Roberts, from whom he was divorced again on 22 March 1995. Since 1999 he lives with his girlfriend April. On 28 March 2002, he was running down on the farm of his uncle in small of a bull when he tried to help his uncle, who was previously in turn attacked by the cops. Despite severe injuries, he recovered within six months and went in the summer of 2003 on tour again.

Lovett has to date played in twelve TV or movies, including four films directed by Robert Altman. In Short Cuts, he played the pastry chef Andy Bitkover.

Awards

Grammy Awards

  • Best Country Album (1996 for The Road to Ensenada )
  • Best Country Duo / Group with Vocal (1994 for Blues for Dixie with Asleep at the Wheel )
  • Best Pop Vocal Collaboration (1994 for Funny How Time Slips Away by Al Green )
  • Best Country Male Vocal (1989 for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band)

Albums

Movies

Television ( selection)

  • Castle - ( 3:09 X-Files episode )
  • Mad About You ( Mad About You )
  • Dharma & Greg (2000, episode 3.15)
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