Words by Helen M Jerome
The one thing that everybody knows about Lyle Lovett is that he was briefly married to Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts, whom he met when they both acted in the excellent Robert Altman movie The Player, back in 1992. “It’s true that I did get the girl,” he quipped. “but then my grandfather always said, ‘Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.’”
In truth, his showbiz marriage – and they remain friends – is probably the least remarkable thing about Lovett. His lyrics are pin-sharp and his music sublime, whether stripped right down to just him and his cello-playing chum of four decades, John Hagen, or backed by his large band. And he’ll happily switch from playing intimate theatres to the huge Red Rocks venue.