Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"...

's third album, released in 1989.

Lovett's gender-bending cover of Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette

Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....

's "Stand By Your Man

Stand By Your Man

"Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA...

" was later included in the soundtrack of the 1993 movie The Crying Game

The Crying Game

The Crying Game is a 1992 psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

.

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band reached number 10 on Billboard's

Billboard (magazine)

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chart for Top Country Albums, and 62 in the Billboard Hot 200.

At the Grammy Awards of 1990

Grammy Awards of 1990

The 32nd Grammy Awards were held in 1990. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.-General:*Record of the Year**Arif Mardin & Bette Midler for "Wind Beneath My Wings"*Album of the Year...

, Lovett won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance was awarded between 1965 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male...

 for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lyle Lovett, except where indicated

1. "The Blues Walk (Instrumental)" (Clifford Brown
   Clifford Brown
   Clifford Brown , aka "Brownie," was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings...
   
   ) – 2:25
2. "Here I Am" – 4:01
3. "Cryin' Shame" – 2:28
4. "Good Intentions" – 3:13
5. "I Know You Know" – 3:57
6. "What Do You Do/The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Lovett) – 3:06
7. "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" – 3:14
8. "Stand by Your Man
   Stand By Your Man
   "Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA...
   
   " (Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
   
   , Tammy Wynette
   Tammy Wynette
   Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
   
   ) – 2:44
9. "Which Way Does That Old Pony Run" – 4:08
10. "Nobody Knows Me" – 3:06
11. "If You Were to Wake Up" – 4:07
12. "Once Is Enough" – 4:26

Personnel

• Lyle Lovett - guitar, vocals
• Ray Herndon
  McBride & the Ride
  McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown...
  
   - guitar
• Richard Bennet – bass
• Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
  
   - piano, Hammond organ
• Deschamps Hood - guitar, background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   - background vocals
• Walter Hyatt - background vocals
• Francine Reed
  Francine Reed
  Francine Reed is an American blues singer.-Biography:Reed as a youth sang at church services, and her music was inspired and influenced by her gospel-singing father. She is the sister of jazz singer Margo Reed.In Phoenix, Arizona, Francine Reed appeared with Miles Davis, Stanley Jordan, Smokey...
  
   - background vocals
• David Ball
  David Ball (country musician)
  David Ball is an American country music artist. Active since 1988, he has recorded a total of seven studio albums on several different labels, including his platinum certified debut Thinkin' Problem. Fourteen of Ball's singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   - background vocals
• Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
  
   - background vocals
• Billy Williams - guitar
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   - steel guitar
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
  Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
  
   - bass
• Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
  
  - fiddle, mandola
• Steve Marsh - sax
• Andy Laster - sax
• Paul Leim - drums
• John Hagen - cello

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	62
Canadian RPM Top Albums	88
New Zealand Albums Chart	45