20 Essential Albums Every Country Music Fan Should Own

2. Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpM8FjO4Vko Key Tracks: If I Had a Boat, L.A. County, Simple Song To most, Lyle Lovett is most famous as the 'holy s*** did he really marry Julia Roberts?' guy. Yes, Lovett got his face in the tabloids in the early 90s thanks to his relationship with the superstar actress but, before the hysteria, he busy plying his trade as a country music singer. The lanky Texas took the style of his debut self-titled album and refined it for his second album, Pontiac. Although it is a country album, there are elements of jazz and blues music, too, which gives the album a different feel. The lovely If I had a Boat is hard not to adore due to its whimsical lyrics, but Lovett shows he has a slighter harder edge on tracks like M-O-N-E-Y. He may not be flagged up in conversations around country music's greatest artists, but Lyle Lovett is definitely one of its best songwriters and a hell of a talent in his own right.