Whenever a Random Weekend selection pops up, I first search the blog to make sure I haven’t featured it before. I’ve been doing this long enough that I’ve completely forgotten writing about some songs.
When I searched for “Texas,” because the album featuring this song is called Live in Texas, five of the first dozen or so results were Lyle Lovett songs. Some had Texas in the title, some had it in the lyrics, some included references to Texas by me.
My family and I always play the “what song will be first?” game when we attend concerts.
I remember seeing Lyle Lovett perform with his Large Band once in Pompano Beach and throwing out a bunch of great guesses only to have him take the stage and launch into ‘Penguins,’ a minor track nestled in the middle of I Love Everybody, itself a collection of odds and ends.
A year after Step Inside This House, Lyle Lovett continued to frustrate fans by releasing a live album. Don’t get me wrong… this is a fine live album. But three years after The Road to Ensenada, I for one was ready for some new Lyle.
While the performances on Live in Texas are not by the actual Large Band, they have the same sound and general makeup — horns, strings, gospel-style backing vocals, and Lovett as the confident ringleader.
I was lucky enough to see him in concert backed by this lineup and Live in Texas is a fair representation of the wonderful concert I saw.
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