ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 09:02 | |
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OneSpyGirl (Austin Texas) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 10:55 | |
One of my very favorite LL tunes, and that's sayin' sumthin... go Lyle |
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Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 16:54 | |
Sweet sounds from Lyle. He's got a way with his voice and his lyrics. Great.
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Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 16:54 | |
Really Good song. Great road.
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KurtfromLaQuinta (Deep in the heart of South California) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 15:34 | |
I've been on that road. Very nice drive once you get out of Tijuana.
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salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 03:10 | |
Very pretty tune, still liking it after all these years.
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cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 12:58 | |
I can understand how Mr. Lovett ain't everyone's cuppa tea, but it's hard to find fault with this song. Everything about it just falls into place. Great writing, his voice is spot-on, the production is understated but not too spare. An outstanding bit of craft.
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WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:50 | |
 Here's the album cover. |
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jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:46 | |
I just got tickets to his August show here in Vancouver.
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tonypf (Honolulu) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 20:07 | |
Cynaera wrote:I love Lyle Lovett - he's so quirky and unexpected. This is a beautiful song...  Fo' sure! |
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aelfheld
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Stingray wrote:WHINER!
Don't be so hard on yourself. |
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BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | | Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 09:06 | |
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cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 14:40 | |
sfearll wrote:love this album and this song...! written in the aftermath of his divorce from Julia Roberts, I believe...?
(and I can't believe this is the first time you've played it on RP?!)
Not sure about the album vis-a-vis Ms. Roberts, but the album has a Twilight Zone-ish twist. Lyle Lovett came up in the music scene in Austin, he was old buddies with Walter Hyatt, Champ Hood, Stephen Bruton, Nanci Griffith, Toni Price, the whole gang. The Valujet crash happened just a month after 'Road to Ensenada' was released: it was already completed when the accident happened. On the song 'You're Not From Texas' Lyle mentions his friend and mentor: "Uncle Walt is home with Heidi / Lyin' in her lovin' arms" Walter (Uncle Walt) Hyatt was killed in the crash. |
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justin_cook (New England) | | Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 14:25 | |
think it's mainly a toll road... that's why it's fast. But traveling this way only spells Baja surf trip to me.
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Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 13:41 | |
I love Lyle Lovett - he's so quirky and unexpected. This is a beautiful song...  |
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sfearll (Sunny SoCal) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 13:41 | |
love this album and this song...! written in the aftermath of his divorce from Julia Roberts, I believe...?
(and I can't believe this is the first time you've played it on RP?!)
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Stingray (EUROPE) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 13:39 | |
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