Lyle Lovett

[gregintenn]

He did an amazing job singing the National Anthem last night at game 4 of the World Series. I've never been a big fan, but in comparison of some of the hack jobs on our anthem I've heard lately, he earned a new respect from me. A class act indeed. What did you think?

[Raoul]

I like Lyle. I've seen him a couple of times.

[Guest mustangdave]

Still the UGLIEST man in Country Music...what was Julia Roberts thinking?

[styx]

Maybe he carries a big gun!

[Guest Tiny G]

Love him.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Still the UGLIEST man in Country Music...what was Julia Roberts thinking?

Yeh, but you're from Mars and she's from Venus:D

[BryanP]

Still the UGLIEST man in Country Music...what was Julia Roberts thinking?

That she's not exactly the prettiest woman out there herself?

[daddyo]

Didn't hear him, but as long as he didn't do the vocal calisthenics that we usually have to endure, I'm sure it was great.

Whatever happened to just singing the National Anthem as it was written?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Agree with that, DaddyO. Usually the country music folks don't rape it, at least.

[JAB]

I didn't see/hear him sing the National Anthem. I have discovered in the last few years, though, that I like much of his music - especially the music he has done that aren't really 'radio popular' type songs.

Several years ago, back in the '90s, I got tickets to a two-day concert at the World's Fair park in Knoxville. They had three or four stages, including the stage in what was the American pavilion back during the fair. Most of the acts I wanted to see (Koko Taylor, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Junior Brown, the V-Roys and Robert Earl Keen) appeared on that stage. At one point during Robert Earl Keen's time on stage, this tall, lanky kind of odd-looking dude with funky hair came in, kind of nodded and said, "Hello," to me and sat down right behind me. I remember thinking, "Who does this dude think he is? Lyle Lovette?" About that time, Keen started talking about how he had written the next song with a good friend of his. He went on to say that he wanted to welcome that friend, Lyle Lovett, to the stage to perform that song with him - and with that the tall, lanky, odd-looking dude with funky hair who was sitting behind me got up and made his way to the stage to sing the "Front Porch Song" with Keen. I have always thought it was pretty cool that he just came in and sat down in the audience like that.

Edited November 2, 2010 by JAB

[Raoul]

That she's not exactly the prettiest woman out there herself?

Imagine what their children would have looked like...

[gregintenn]

Whatever happened to just singing the National Anthem as it was written?

THat's exactly what Mr. Lovett did. It was simply beautiful.

[kb4ns]

[Raoul]

Go Lyle!. I see he had John Hagen accompanying him. If you ever get the chance you should hear this guy play the cello. He's the Jimi Hendrix of the cello.