Lyle Lovett is heading back to the Bay Area.
The cowboy crooner brings His Large Band to the Uptown Theatre Napa on June 21 (8 p.m., tickets start at $111), the Mountain Winery in Saratoga on June 22 (7:30 p.m., tickets start at $67) and the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa on June 25 (7:30 p.m., tickets start at $93.22). Visit lylelovett.com for more information and links to buy tickets.
Lovett got off to a fast start in his recording career, with his first two albums — the eponymous debut of 1986 and the 1987 follow-up “Pontiac” — delivering a flurry of Top 40 country hits. That bounty includes such fan favorites as “God Will,” “Why I Don’t Know,” “Give Back My Heart,” “She’s No Lady,” “I Loved You Yesterday” and — Lovett’s sole top 10 offering — “Cowboy Man.”
Even though he’d never reach those heights on the singles charts again, Lovett would keep right on racking up popular albums for years. Indeed, all of his late-’80s and ’90s albums — including “Joshua Judges Ruth,” “I Love Everybody” and, the best of the bunch, “The Road to Ensenada” — were certified gold.
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Lovett is a fantastic songwriter, impactful vocalist and superb entertainer. Country music fans would be well served to try and catch him at one of these local shows.
