{"id":126718,"date":"2023-02-22T15:25:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=126718"},"modified":"2023-02-22T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T04:36:09","slug":"lyle-lovett-and-his-acoustic-group-hit-the-ford-center-saturday-february-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/lyle-lovett-and-his-acoustic-group-hit-the-ford-center-saturday-february-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group Hit The Ford Center Saturday, February 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following an extensive run of United States tour dates, four-time Grammy-winning singer, composer, and actor <strong>Lyle Lovett<\/strong> will make a stop in <strong>Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong> at <strong>The Ford Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong> with his Acoustic Group on Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3tHKa9t9yU0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The pared-down version of his Large Band brings together a collection of world-renowned musicians, spotlighting string players such as <strong>Leland Sklar<\/strong> (<strong>James Taylor<\/strong>, <strong>The Section<\/strong>), <strong>Jeff White<\/strong> (<strong>Alison Krauss<\/strong>, <strong>Vince Gill<\/strong>), and <strong>Luke Bulla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether touring with his Acoustic Group or his Large Band, Lovett\u2019s live performances not only showcase his talents as a performer but also the diversity of his musical influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Austin American-Statesman<\/em> proclaims, \u201cPlaying with Lovett requires a high level of professional ability and versatility, but the way everyone interacts with each other onstage indicates it\u2019s also about a blend of personalities who enjoy performing together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Since his self-titled debut in 1986, this Texas native has evolved into one of music\u2019s most vibrant and iconic performers, earning him four Grammy Awards, the Americana Music Association\u2019s inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was named Texas\u2019 State Musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Lovett released his latest album, <strong><em>12th of June<\/em><\/strong>, on <strong>Verve Records<\/strong> to widespread critical praise. Produced by <strong>Chuck Ainlay<\/strong> and Lovett, <em>12th of June<\/em> features a mix of new originals, including previously released singles \u201c12th of June\u201d and \u201cPants Is Overrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Lyle Lovett introduces his band\u2014and he always introduces his band, Large or small\u2014he makes a point to cite the place each artist calls home. Home\u2014both a physical space and a metaphorical concept that includes people, space and time\u2014plays formidably into Lovett\u2019s new album <em>12th of June<\/em>. His first new recording in a decade tells the stories of specific people in specific places and some operating on a different plane. And while he\u2019s sung about cowboys and creeps, bird snarfing preachers, and the guy who reads a newspaper over your shoulder, a sense of place is as important as the people who populate his songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy songs are rarely fiction,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s how I approach my work. My songs are from my life. I am the character in these songs. I get to spend my life for the most part doing a job where I get to be myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That has been a guiding principle for Lovett even before he announced his arrival with Lyle Lovett more than 35 years ago. Having studied journalism in college, he sharply draws his who and where. A sense of home and place have proven the base of operations for him to imagine a set of characters to operate. Lovett\u2019s discography isn\u2019t like a Robert Altman film. It\u2019s like an Altman filmography, a collection of true fictions, akin to the happenings in the Yoknapatawpha of Faulkner or the Dublin of Joyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it is that the title track of Lovett\u2019s new album is informed by parenthood and place. It is also about death. Because life is so uncertain. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the new album continues to highlight Lovett\u2019s ability to fuse elements of jazz, country, western swing, folk, gospel, and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his Acoustic Group performance, expect a mix of newer songs along with a few classic favorites such as \u201cGive Back My Heart,\u201d \u201cThis Old Porch,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve Been to Memphis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available via the Ole Miss box office online at <a href=\"https:\/\/olemissboxoffice.universitytickets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">olemissboxoffice.universitytickets.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UqYMf_IEvMg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an extensive run of United States tour dates, four-time Grammy-winning singer, composer, and actor Lyle Lovett will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":126719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21168],"tags":[24408,414,24406,24407,24403,24404,5,4,5554],"class_list":["post-126718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-12th-of-june","tag-ford-center","tag-jeff-white","tag-luke-bella","tag-lyle-lovett","tag-lyle-lovett-and-his-acoustic-group","tag-mississippi","tag-oxford","tag-the-ford-center"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-Lyle-Lovett.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}