A singer-songwriter who plays guitar, Lyle Lovett won a 1989 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. His albums, the first of which was released in 1986, incorporate elements of country, Western, folk, swing, jazz, bebop, blues and gospel music. He graduated from Texas A&M with degrees in German and journalism.
(April 2002) Was trampled by a bull on his Klein, Texas, ranch; needed surgery to repair his mauled right leg. He has since (understandably) possessed a morbid fear of cattle.
He graduated from Texas A&M University with BAs in German and Journalism.
He once bought a Cadillac El Dorado from Hunter S. Thompson.
His great-great-grandfather, Adam Klein, was a founding father of Klein, Texas, where Lyle was born and now resides.
Engaged to April Kimble. [2006]
Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 10, 2006. The other inductees were Matthew McConaughey , Kris Kristofferson , JoBeth Williams and Cybill Shepherd.
Originally slated to play one of the singing cowboys in A Prairie Home Companion .
Graduated from Klein High School, the first high school built in the Klein Independent School District, named for his ancestor, Adam Klein. All High Schools in the District include the Klein name. Other high schools in the district include Klein Forest, Klein Oak, and Klein Collins.
Suffers seriously from bovophobia (fear of cattle).
I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great.
Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.
Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get,on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes,through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating,their life from their music.
I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to,singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious,about what they wanted to say.
