Country singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro, AFP via Getty Images)
Lyle Lovett is heading back to the Bay Area.
The cowboy crooner brings His Large Band to the Uptown Theatre Napa on June 21 (8 p.m., tickets start at $111), the Mountain Winery in Saratoga on June 22 (7:30 p.m., tickets start at $67) and the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa on June 25 (7:30 p.m., tickets start at $93.22). Visit lylelovett.com for more information and links to buy tickets.
Lovett got off to a fast start in his recording career, with his first two albums — the eponymous debut of 1986 and the 1987 follow-up “Pontiac” — delivering a flurry of Top 40 country hits. That bounty includes such fan favorites as “God Will,” “Why I Don’t Know,” “Give Back My Heart,” “She’s No Lady,” “I Loved You Yesterday” and — Lovett’s sole top 10 offering — “Cowboy Man.”
Even though he’d never reach those heights on the singles charts again, Lovett would keep right on racking up popular albums for years. Indeed, all of his late-’80s and ’90s albums — including “Joshua Judges Ruth,” “I Love Everybody” and, the best of the bunch, “The Road to Ensenada” — were certified gold.
Lovett is a fantastic songwriter, impactful vocalist and superb entertainer. Country music fans would be well served to try and catch him at one of these local shows.
Originally published at Jim Harrington