Lyle Lovett, from the cover of 1996's The Road to Ensenada

Lyle Lovett (born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. A Photo of Lyle Lovett. ... Klein is an unincorporated community in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within north Harris County, Texas, bordering on Houston to the South and Tomball to the North. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ...

He attended Texas A&M University, studying German and Journalism. Lovett's music career began as a songwriter, but he soon signed with MCA Records in 1986 and released his self-titled debut album. A selected discography of his musical work is below. Texas A&M University Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... Note: This article should be Merged with Universal Music Group. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While typically associated with the country genre, the music of Lyle Lovett is broader in scope. His albums typically incorporate folk, swing, blues, jazz and gospel music as well as more traditional country styling. Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that solidified as a distinctive style during the 1930s in the United States. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Jazz is a musical art form originally characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ...

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 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). The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Away from music, Lovett has acted in a number of films including three directed by Robert Altman - The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993) and Prêt-à-Porter (1994) - and The Opposite of Sex starring Christina Ricci. More recently, he has acted in The New Guy (2002). His television acting forays include Mad About You and Dharma & Greg. Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman (born February 20, 1925) is an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a somewhat skewed perspective. ... The Player (1992) is a movie that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who believes he is being blackmailed by a screenwriter whose script he once rejected. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Short Cuts is a movie from 1993 directed by Robert Altman. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Opposite of Sex is a 1998 film directed by Don Roos. ... Christina Ricci Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California, USA) is an American actress known for her appearance in The Addams Family films and Sleepy Hollow, as well as acting in independent films such as Buffalo 66, Prozac Nation, and The Opposite of Sex. ... The New Guy is the story of a high school loser, Dizzy Harris, that desperately wants to change his image and become the cool kid. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mad About You is a United States situation comedy which appeared on NBC from September 23, 1992 to 1999. ... Dharma & Greg was an American television situation comedy broadcast between 1997 and 2002 on ABC. The premise of the show was a relationship between two characters regarded as cultural opposites. ...

Lovett's personal life was brought to the fore during the mid-1990s when he married actress Julia Roberts. The couple divorced in March 1995 after less than two years of marriage. He has been with his girlfriend, April Kimble, since 1999. Julia Roberts Julia Roberts (born Julie Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a movie star who shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

His small-town life was again brought to the public's attention on March 28, 2002 when Lyle was trampled by a bull on his uncle's farm in Klein. Lyle attempted to aid his uncle, Calvin Klein, and was caught by the bull and rammed into a fence before being pulled to safety by two friends. While the injury was serious, Lyle made a full recovery after six months and began touring again in the summer of 2003. Klein is an unincorporated community in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within north Harris County, Texas, bordering on Houston to the South and Tomball to the North. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selected discography

• My Baby Don't Tolerate (September 2003)
• Smile (February 2003)
• Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man (October 2001)
• Dr. T & the Women Soundtrack (October 2000)
• Live In Texas (June 1999)
• Step Inside This House (September 1998)
• The Road To Ensenada (June 1996)
• I Love Everybody (September 1994)
• Joshua Judges Ruth (March 1992)
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (January 1989)
• Pontiac (January 1988)
• Lyle Lovett (1986)

My Baby Dont Tolerate is the name of an album recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 2003. ... Dr. T & the Women is a 2000 comedy / romance movie that stars Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler and Tara Reid. ... Step Inside This House is an album of songs recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 1998. ... I Love Everybody is an album recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 1994. ... Joshua Judges Ruth is the title of Lyle Lovetts fourth album, released in 1992. ...

External links

• The Thinking Man's Cowboy, by Matt Dellinger, New Yorker, February 23, 2004.
• Lovett charges ahead with his career - USA Today, May 10, 2002.
• Lyle Lovett Trampled by Bull, Hospitalized With Broken Leg - FOX News, March 29, 2002.