{"id":2455186,"date":"2020-02-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321577"},"modified":"2020-02-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T07:00:00","slug":"lyle-lovett-gets-intimate-again-with-acoustic-group-at-belly-up-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/lyle-lovett-gets-intimate-again-with-acoustic-group-at-belly-up-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyle Lovett gets intimate again with Acoustic Group at Belly Up Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lyle Lovett has deployed his touring musicians in various configurations at his regular Aspen stops, ranging from a small acoustic combo to his 16-member Large Band that headlined Jazz Aspen\u2019s June festival<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just appreciate them so much,\u201d Lovett, who will headline Belly Up on Tuesday with his Acoustic Group, said of his touring musicians. \u201cI mean, nothing gives me a greater thrill in my musical life than to get to stand in the middle of them and listen to them. I get to do that every night. So just to stand there and listen to them think, that\u2019s really what it amounts to, it\u2019s just fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s been some time since he\u2019s had that experience in the studio. Lovett has gone seven years since he last released a studio album.<\/p>\n

But an end to the drought of new Lovett music is on the horizon. Because \u201cRelease Me\u201d and 2009\u2019s \u201cNatural Forces\u201d were made up mostly of songs written by Lovett\u2019s favorite artists, this will be his first album of primarily original songs since his ninth album, the 2007 release, \u201cIt\u2019s Not Big It\u2019s Large.\u201d<\/p>\n

The long gap between albums has partly been a function of the titanic changes that have occurred in the music industry since downloading and streaming became primary ways people acquire music.<\/p>\n

\u201cRelease Me\u201d marked the end of the record deal Lovett signed with MCA\/Curb Records (and its parent company, Universal) before releasing his self-titled debut album in 1986. Lovett stepped back to take stock of how the music industry was changing before deciding how he would move forward with releasing new music.<\/p>\n

Finally, in November 2018 Lovett signed with Verve Records, a label also owned by Universal, and he said his familiarity with the parent company played a big role in Lovett\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Lovett may still have some work to do on the next album. But he can say one thing with some certainty. There won\u2019t be a unifying concept to the songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe theme really is just my life experience,\u201d Lovett said. \u201cWith just about every song I\u2019ve recorded, I can point to something I\u2019ve experienced, either gone through or something that I observed or happened that was real. And then writing about it is a great way to remember that, really, that experience. Writing about it, in a personal way, for me, it helps me to appreciate some of the things I\u2019ve gotten to live through.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a musical level, Lovett said fans can expect the album to feature the kind of diversity that has characterized his previous albums \u2013 and the musical range of his live shows. That means the new songs could incorporate any number of styles, including country, soul, blues, bluegrass, rock or horn-accented swing and jazz.<\/p>\n

Lovett is approaching the new album with the same goal that\u2019s behind which songs he chooses to perform at each concert and how the songs are arranged for live performance. He wants to showcase his band.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the end of the show, I\u2019d like everyone in the audience to feel as though they\u2019ve gotten to know everybody on stage,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that\u2019s really how the arrangements, the live arrangements come from that. It really is a matter of thinking of ways to expand a song or take a song in a direction that would allow someone in the band to be featured. So we might expand some of the solos and include instruments and solo sections that might not be on the recording. It\u2019s a way to say \u2018Hey, check this guy out because he\u2019s really good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovett will approach the new album with the same goal that\u2019s behind which songs he chooses to perform at each concert and how the songs are arranged for live performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the players that I am on stage with are the same players I\u2019ll record with,\u201d Lovett said. \u201cMy hope is to be able to select songs that will, in the same way that I try to organize the live show, select songs for the recording that will let the audience know this is what you could expect if you come to see us live.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the end of the show, I\u2019d like everyone in the audience to feel as though they\u2019ve gotten to know everybody on stage,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that\u2019s really how the arrangements, the live arrangements come from that. It really is a matter of thinking of ways to expand a song or take a song in a direction that would allow someone in the band to be featured. So we might expand some of the solos and include instruments and solo sections that might not be on the recording. It\u2019s a way to say \u2018Hey, check this guy out because he\u2019s really good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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