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Chanteur Country US né
Lyle Pearce Lovett, le 1er
Novembre 1957 à Klein (Texas).
Lyle Lovett
was one of the most distinctive and original singer/songwriters to emerge during
the '80s. Though he was initially labeled as a country singer, the tag never
quite fit him. Lovett had more in common with '70s singer/songwriters like
Guy Clark, Jesse Winchester, Randy Newman, and Townes Van Zandt, combining a
talent for incisive, witty lyrical detail with an eclectic array of music,
ranging from country and folk to big-band swing and traditional pop. Lovett's
literate, multi-layered songs stood out among the formulaic Nashville hit
singles of the late '80s as well as the new traditionalists who were beginning
to take over country music. Drawing from alternative country and rock fans,
Lovett quickly built up a cult following which began to spill over into the
mainstream with his second album, 1988's Pontiac. Following Pontiac, his country
audience declined, but his reputation as a songwriter and musician continued to
grow, and he sustained a dedicated cult following throughout the '90s.
Born in Klein, Texas -- a small town named after his great-grandfather, a
Bavarian weaver called Adam Klein, which later became a Houston suburb -- Lovett
was raised on his family horse ranch. He didn't begin his musical career until
he began writing songs while he attended Texas A&M University in the late '70s,
where he studied journalism and German. While he was a student, he performed
covers and original songs at local folk festivals and clubs. As a graduate
student, he traveled to Germany to study and continued to write and play while
he was in Europe. However, he didn't begin to pursue a musical career in earnest
until he returned to America in the early '80s.
Upon his return to the States, Lovett played clubs throughout Texas, eventually
landing a spot in the 1983 Mickey Rooney TV movie Bill: On His Own. The
following year
Nanci Griffith, whom Lyle had interviewed for a school paper while he was in
college, recorded his "If I Were the Woman You Wanted" on her Once in a Very
Blue Moon album. He also sang on the album as well as her 1985 record Last of
the True Believers.
Guy Clark heard a demo tape of Lovett's songs in 1984 and directed it toward
Tony Brown of MCA Records. Over the next year, MCA worked out the details of a
record contract with Lyle. In the meantime, he made his first recorded
appearance on Fast Folk Magazine, Vol. 2 #8 later in the year.
Lovett signed with MCA/Curb in 1986, releasing his eponymous debut later in the
year. Lyle Lovett received excellent reviews, and five of its singles -- "Farther
Down the Line," the Top Ten "Cowboy Man," "God Will," "Why I Don't Know," and "Give
Back My Heart" -- reached the country Top 40. Despite his strong showing on the
country charts, it was clear from the outset that Lovett's musical tastes didn't
rely on country, though the genre provided the foundation of his sound. Instead,
he incorporated jazz, folk, and pop into a country framework, pushing the
musical boundaries of each genre. Pontiac, his second album, revealed exactly
how eclectic and literate Lovett was. Greeted with overwhelmingly positive
reviews from both country and mainstream publications upon its 1987 release,
Pontiac expanded his audience in the pop and rock markets. The album charted in
the lower reaches of the pop charts and slowly worked its way toward gold status.
While his pop audience grew, his country fan base began to shrink -- "She's No
Lady" and "I Loved You Yesterday" both made the Top 30, but after those two
songs, none of his other singles cracked the country Top 40.
It didn't matter that Lovett's country audience was disappearing -- Pontiac had
gained enough new fans in the pop mainstream to guarantee him a strong cult
following. To support Pontiac, he assembled His Large Band, which was a modified
big band complete with guitars, a cellist, a pianist, horns, and a gospel-trained
backup singer named Francine Reed. Lovett recorded his third album, Lyle Lovett
and His Large Band, with his touring band. Like its two predecessors, the album
was well-received critically upon its early 1989 release, and it performed well
commercially, peaking at number 62 and eventually going gold. Perhaps because of
the album's eclectic, jazzy sound, the album produced only one minor country hit
in "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You," but his straight rendition
of
Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" received a great deal of attention in
the media.
Following the release of His Large Band, Lovett settled out in California, which
signaled that he was abandoning country. After settling in Los Angeles, he spent
the next two years collaborating and working on his fourth album. In 1990, he
produced Walter Hyatt's King Tears album; the following year, he sang on Leo
Kottke's Great Big Boy and donated a cover of "Friend of the Devil" to the
Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated. Also in 1991, he made his acting debut
in Robert Altman's The Player, which was released in the spring of 1992. A few
months after The Player hit the theaters, Lovett's fourth album, Joshua Judges
Ruth, was released. Boasting a heavy gospel and R&B influence, Joshua Judges
Ruth was his most successful album to date, peaking at number 57 and going gold.
On the whole, the album was ignored by country radio, but pop audiences embraced
the record, and Lovett became a staple on adult alternative radio and VH1.
Despite the success of Joshua Judges Ruth, Lovett became a near-superstar for a
completely different reason in 1993 -- his surprise marriage to actress Julia
Roberts. Upon the announcement of their marriage, Lovett became the subject of
many gossip segments and tabloid stories, elevating him to a level of fame he
had not experienced before. Lyle's first project after his marriage was a role
in Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts. He didn't release another album until the fall
of 1994, when I Love Everybody hit the stores. A collection of songs Lovett
wrote in the late '70s and early '80s, I Love Everybody continued his move away
from country, and it was the first record he had released that didn't expand his
audience in some way. After it entered the charts at number 26, it disappeared
13 weeks later, failing to go gold.
Lovett and Roberts divorced in the spring of 1995, and Lyle began to retreat
from the spotlight somewhat, spending the remainder of the year touring and
writing. Lovett re-emerged with The Road to Ensenada, the first album since
Pontiac to be dominated by country songs, in the summer of 1996. In addition to
performing well on the pop charts, where it entered at a career peak of number
24, The Road to Ensenada performed strongly on the country charts, entering at
number four. The two-disc covers album Step Inside This House followed in 1998,
featuring mostly underexposed material penned by some of Lovett's favorite
songwriters (many of whom hailed from Texas). In 1999, Lovett issued his first
concert record, Live in Texas, and his soundtrack to the Altman film Dr. T. &
the Women followed a year later. Smile, a collection of songs recorded for
various movie soundtracks, appeared in 2003, followed that same year by My Baby
Don't Tolerate on Lost Highway. The label also released It's Not Big It's Large
in 2007 and Natural Forces in 2009. A holiday EP, Songs for the Season, appeared
in 2011, and a couple of tracks from it ended up on Release Me, Lovett's final
album on his Curb Records contract, which appeared in 2012. Over the next few
years, Lovett maintained a low profile, playing concerts regularly and sometimes
appearing on television; his biggest role was a ten-episode stint on The Bridge
in 2013 and 2014. In 2017 Curb released Greatest Hits, a collection of Lovett's
charting country singles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Lovett
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter, Actor, Producer
Style musical : Texas country, Americana, Outlaw Country, Bluegrass, Western Swing, Country Folk, Country Pop, Country Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 05/1986 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-52818 (US) | . | Farther Down The Line / Why I Don't Know |
| 10/1986 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-52951 (US) | . | Cowboy Man / Waltzing Fool |
| 1986 | EP MAXI 12" 33 t. CURB L33-17355 (US) (promo) |
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Not Exactly Mr. Showbiz... You Can't Resist It / Why, I Don't Know / An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song) / This Old Porch / God Will |
| 1986 | EP MCA MCA 1222 (UK) |
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Cowboy Man - Cowboy Man / God Will / Farther Down The Line |
| 02/1987 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53030 (US) | . | God Will / An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy |
| 05/1987 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53102 (US) | . | Why I Don't Know / If I Were The Man You Wanted |
| 09/1987 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53157 (US) | . | Give Back My Heart / Sinple Song |
| 1987 | SP MCA MCA 1234 (UK) |
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Walk Through The Bottomland - Walk Through The Bottomland / Simple Song |
| 1987 | EP MAXI 12" MCA MCAT 1234 (UK) |
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Walk Through The Bottomland - Walk Through The Bottomland / This Old Porch / Simple Song |
| 1987 | SP MCA DMC1254 (US) (promo) |
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She's No Lady / Pontiac |
| 01/1988 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53246 (US) | . | She's No Lady / Pontiac |
| 04/1988 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53316 (US) | . | I Loved You Yesterday / LA County |
| 08/1988 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53401 (US) | . | If I Had A Boat / Black And Blue |
| 12/1988 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53471 (US) | . | I Married Her Because She Looked Like You / If I Had A Boat |
| 1987 | SP CURB ZB42123 (GER) |
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She's No Lady / I Loved You Yesterday |
| 1988 | SP CURB ZB42279 (GER) |
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Simple Song / Black And Blue |
| 02/1989 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53611 (US) | . | Stand By Your Man / Allisville Road |
| 05/1989 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53650 (US) | . | Nobody Knows Me / Here I Am |
| 09/1989 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-53703 (US) | . | If I Were The Man You Wanted / Cryin' Shame |
| 1989 | SP MCA MCA 1322 (UK) |
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Stand By Your Man / Cryin' Shame |
| 1989 | SP CURB ZB42783 (EUR) |
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Stand By Your Man - Stand By Your Man / Cryin' Shame |
| 1989 | SP MCA MCA 1355 (UK) |
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You Can't Resist It - You Can't Resist It / You Can't Resist It (live version) |
| 05/1990 | SP MCA / CURB MCA-79025 (US) | . | Here I Am / Nobody Knows Me |
| 07/1991 | CD MCA MCADS-54153 (US) |
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You Can't Resist It / M-O-N-E-Y / Once Is Enough / If I Had A Boat / Simple Song |
| 1991 | SP CURB 657557 2 (NL) |
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You Can't Resist It - You Can't Resist It / M-O-N-E-Y / Once Is Enough |
| 11/1991 | SP CURB CUR 657557 7 (NL) (promo) |
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You Can't Resist It - You Can't Resist It (re-recorded version) / M-O-N-E-Y (remix) |
| 1992 | CD MCA MCSTD 1651 (UK) |
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You Can't Resist It - You Can't Resist It (re-recorded version) / M-O-N-E-Y (remix) / Once Is Enough (remix) / If I Had A Boat |
| 1992 | CD CURB CUR 658070 2 (GER) |
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You've Been So Good Up To Now - You've Been So Good Up To Now / Baltimore / I've Been To Memphis |
| 1993 | SP SBK / CEMA S7-56996 (US) | . | The Crying Game (Boy George) / Stand By Your Man (Lyle LOVETT) |
| 1994 | SP MCA MCA 1254 (UK) |
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She's No Lady / Pontiac |
| 1994 | CD CURB MCSTD 1974 (UK) |
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Funny How Time Slips Away - Al Green & Lyle Lovett - Funny How Time Slips Away (single edit) (Al Green & Lyle Lovett) / Funny How Time Slips Away (album version) (Al Green & Lyle Lovett) / You Can't Resist It (re-recorded version) (Lyle Lovett) / M-O-N-E-Y (remix) (Lyle Lovett) |
| 1994 | CD CURB 0077795CUR (GER) |
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She's No Lady - She's No Lady / You Can't Resist It |
| 1994 | CD CURB MCA3P-3096 (US) (promo) |
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6/18 Songs From The Album I Love Everybody - Skinny Legs / Fat Babies / Creeps Like Me / Penguins / Old Friend / Just The Morning |
| 1994 | CD LIBERTY DPRO-79038 (US) (promo) |
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Asleep At The Wheel featuring Lyle Lovett - Blues For Dixie |
| 1995 | SP Ichiban 95-339 (US) | . | Why I Don't Know (Francine Reed featuring Lyle Lovett) / Wild Women (Francine Reed) |
| 1995 | CD Hollywood PRCD-10613-2 (US) (promo) |
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TOY STORY - You've Got A Friend In Me (Randy Newman And Lyle Lovett) |
| 1996 | CD CURB MCA5P-3875 (US) (promo) |
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Private Conversation (edit) |
| 1996 | CD Polydor 000 515-2 (GER) |
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TOY STORY - You've Got A Friend In Me (Randy Newman And Lyle Lovett) / Du Hast n' Freund In Mir (Klaus Lage) |
| 1996 | CD CURB 0078295CUR (GER) (promo) |
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Private Conversation - Private Conversation (radio edit) / The Road To Ensenada / It Ought To Be Easier |
| 1996 | CD CURB 0078455CUR (GER) |
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It Ought To Be Easier - It Ought To Be Easier / Christmas Morning / Her First Mistake |
| 10/1997 | SP CURB D7-73035 (US) | . | Gotta Sell Them Chickens (Before They Die, And The Eggs Before They Hatch) (Hank Thompson with Junior Brown) / Total Stranger (Hank Thompson with Lyle Lovett) |
| 1999 | CD CURB MCA5P 4351 (?) (promo) |
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You Can't Resist It - You Can't Resist It (radio edit) / You Can't Resist It (album version) |
| 11/2000 | SP MCA 088-172187-7 (US) | . | San Antonio Girl / Cowboy Man |
| 03/2002 | CD Verve VERR 01192-2 (US) (promo) | . |
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? (radio edit) / Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? (album version) |
| 2004 | CD CURB MRNR-02512-2 (US) (promo) |
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In My Own Mind |
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Albums
| 08/1986 | LP 12" MCA MCA-5748 (US) |
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LYLE LOVETT - Cowboy Man / God Will / Farther Down The Line / This Old Porch / Why I Don't Know / If I Were The Man You Wanted / You Can't Resist It / Waltzing Fool / Acceptable Level Of Extasy / Closing Time | ||
| 01/1988 | CD MCA MCAD-42028 (US) |
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PONTIAC - If I Had A Boat / Give Back My Heart / I Loved You Yesterday / Walk Through The Bottomland / LA Country / She's No Lady / M-O-N-E-Y / Black And Blue / single Song / Pontiac / She's Hot To Go | ||
| 01/1989 | CD MCA MCAD-42263 (US) |
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LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND - Blues Walk / Here I Am / Cryin' Shame / Good Intentions / I Know You Know / What Do You Do - Glory Of Love / I Married Her Just Because She Looked Like You / Stand By Your Man / Which Way Does That Old Pony Run / Nobody Knows Me / If You Were To Wake Up / Once Is Enough | ||
| 02/1989 | CD CURB R25P-2006 (JAP) |
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PONTIAC - If I Had A Boat / Give Back My Heart / I Loved You Yesterday / Walk Through The Bottomland / LA Country / She's No Lady / M-O-N-E-Y / Black And Blue / single Song / Pontiac / She's Hot To Go | ||
| 1991 | CD CURB 468980 2 (EUR) |
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"Here I Am" - The Lyle Lovett Collection - You Can't Resist It / Friend Of The Devil / Simple Song / L.A. County / She's No Lady / Cryin' Shame / This Old Porch / Give Back My Heart / Cowboy Man / What Do You Do - The Glory Of Love / Here I Am / Closing Time | ||
| 03/1992 | CD MCA MCAD-10475 (US) |
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JOSHUA JUDGES RUTH - I've Been To Memphis / Church, She's Already Made Up Her Mind / North Dakota / You've Been So Good Up To Now / All My Love Is Gone / Since The Last Time / Baltimore / Family Reserve / She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To / Ice Water Blues / She Makes Me Feel Good | ||
| 1993 | CD RSM RSM 015 SQ (GER) (bootleg) |
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The Lights of LA County, Los Angeles - If I Had A Boat / If I Were The Man / L.A. County / God Will / This Old Porch / Give Back My Heart / M-O-N-E-Y / Stand By Your Man / Cowboy Man / She's Told To Hold |
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| 09/1994 | CD MCA MCAD-10808 (US) |
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I LOVE EVERYBODY - Skinny Legs / Fat Babies / I Think You Know What I Mean / Hello Grandma / Creeps Like Me / Sonja / They Don't Like Me / Record Lady / Ain't Somethin' / Penguins / Fat Girl / Lie To The Left / Old Friend / Just The Morning / Moon On My Shoulder / I've Got The Blues / Goodbye To Carolina / I Love Everybody | ||
| 06/1996 | CD MCA MCAD-11409 (US) |
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THE ROAD TO ENSENADA - Don't Touch My Hat / Her First Mistake / Fiona / That's Right / Who Loves You Better / Private Conversation / Promises / It Ought To Be Easier / I Can't Love You Anymore / Long Tall Texan / Christmas Morning / Road To Ensenada / Girl In The Corner | ||
| 09/1998 | 2 CD MCA MCAD2-11831 (US) |
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STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE :
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| 06/1999 | CD MCA MCAD-11964 (US) |
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LIVE IN TEXAS - Penguins / I've Been To Memphis / That's Right / Nobody Knows Me / If I Had A Boat / North Dakota / She's No Lady / Here I Am / What Do You Do / Wild Women Don't Get The Blues / M-O-N-E-Y / You Can't Resist It / Church / Closing Time | ||
| 1999 | CD CURB 4 84640 2 (GER) |
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LIVE IN TEXAS - Penguins / I've Been To Memphis / That's Right / Nobody Knows Me / If I Had A Boat / North Dakota / She's No Lady / Here I Am / What Do You Do / Wild Women Don't Get The Blues / M-O-N-E-Y / You Can't Resist It / Church / Closing Time | ||
| 10/2000 | CD MCA 088 112 381-2 (US) |
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DR. T AND THE WOMEN - Dr T's Theme / Opening Credits / Mall Women / Fountain / Bree Shuffle / Golf Cart Love / Bridal Shower / You've Been So Good Up To Now / She's Already Made Up Her Mind / Lady Of The Lake / Dr T's Theme (reprise) / Screen Door / Wedding / Go Away With Me / Crash / Ain't It Somethin' | ||
| 10/2001 | CD MCA 088 170 234-2 (US) |
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ANTHOLOGY VOLUME ONE - COWBOY MAN - Truck Song / Cowboy Man / God Will / Farther Down The Line / This Old Porch / Why I Don't Know / If I Were The Man You Wanted / San Antonio Girl / If I Had A Boat / Give Back My Heart / I Loved You Yesterday / Walk Through The Bottomland / LA County / Which Way Does That Old Pony Run / If You Were To Wake Up | ||
| 02/2003 | CD MCA 088 113184-2 (US) |
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SONGS FROM THE MOVIES - SMILE - Blue Skies / Straighten Up And Fly Right / Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You / Smile / Moritat / Summer Wind / What'd I Say / Till It Shines / You've Got A Friend In Me / Walking Tall / Pass Me Not / I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord | ||
| 09/2003 | CD LOST HIGHWAY B-0001162-01 (US) |
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MY BABY DON'T TOLERATE - Cute As A Bug / My Baby Don't Tolerate / Truck Song / In My Own Mind / Nothing But A Good Ride / Big Dog / You Were Always There / Wallisville Road / Working Too Hard / San Antonio Girl / On Saturday Night / Election Day / I'm Going To Wait / I'm Going To The Place | ||
| 10/2003 | 2 LP 12" LOST HIGHWAY B0001162-01 (US) |
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MY BABY DON'T TOLERATE :
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| 01/2004 | CD Curb 0077802CUR (US) |
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| 08/2007 | CD LOST HIGHWAY B0008966-02 (US) |
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IT'S NOT BIG IT'S LARGE - Tickle Toe / I Will Rise Up - Ain't No More Cane / All Downhill From Here / Don't Cry A Tear / South Texas Girl / This Traveling Around / Up In Indiana / The Alley Song / No Big Deal / Make It Happy / Ain't No More Cane / Up In Indiana (acoustic) | ||
| 10/2009 | CD LOST HIGHWAY B0013174-02 (US) |
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NATURAL FORCES - Natural Forces / Farmer Brown - Chicken Reel / Pantry / Empty Blue Shoes / Whooping Crane / Bayou Song / Bohemia / Don't You Think I Feel It Too / Sun And Moon And Stars / Loretta / It's Rock And Roll / Pantry [acoustic version] | ||
| 02/2012 | CD LOST HIGHWAY B0016386-02 (US) |
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RELEASE ME - Garfield's Blackberry Blossom / Release Me (with K.D. lang) / White Boy Lost In The Blues (with Arnold McCuller) / Baby, It's Cold Outside (with Kat Edmondson) / Isn't That So / Understand You / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Keep It Clean / One Way Gal / Dress Of Laces (with Sara Watkins) / The Girl With The Holiday Smile / Night's Lullaby (with Sara Watkins) / White Freightliner Blues (with Keith Sewell, Luke Bulla, Ray Herndon) / Keep Us Steadfast | ||
| 06/2016 | CD Music Video Distribution 14 (US) |
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Interview With Robin Ross 1994 - In Interview With Robin Ross DJ 1994 | ||
| 05/2017 | CD Curb 79384 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Farther Down The Line / Cowboy Man / God Will / Why I Don't Know / Give Back My Heart / She's No Lady / I Loved You Yesterday / If I Had A Boat / I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You / Stand By Your Man / Nobody Knows Me / If I Were The Man You Wanted / Don't Touch My Hat / Private Conversation / Closing Time | ||
| 05/2022 | CD Verve 003549102 (US) |
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12th of June - Cookin' At The Continental / Pants Is Overrated / Straighten Up And Fly Right / Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You / Peel Me A Grape / Her Loving Man / 12th Of June / Pig Meat Man / The Mocking Ones / Are We Dancing / On A Winter's Morning |
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