Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

Label: MCA
Genre: Folk
Year: 1987
Recommended by: Melinda Sherry

I first listened to Lyle Lovett after hearing the Dave Matthews Band cover "If I Had a Boat". The best thing that DMB has ever done for me is discover better music from the music they do cover, generally inferior to the original.

"If I Had a Boat" leads off this album and is probably my favorite song on the record. The biggest surprise track was "Walk Through the Bottomlands" with Emmylou Harris joining in on the chorus.

Through this process, I've learned I just want Country to become Folk music.