![]() That's certainly the case with "Steal My Sunshine," a cheerfully infectious number that is about as close to a perfect summer single as this season has produced, but Len is more than a one-hit wonder. Luckily, that's not the case with Len, whose "You Can't Stop the Bum Rush" manages to be totally tuneful without seeming to sell out the group's hip-hop roots. Normally, hip-hop pop is made by using the latter to dilute the former. ![]() This live set testifies to the strengths of both man and band. Later on, Lovett and his Large Band do dust off their country licks, including some deft Western swing for "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)," but that no more defines his sound than does the gutsy blues groove in "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues." Truth is, Lovett is a songwriter first and foremost and is lucky enough to have a band that can follow his ideas into any genre. ![]() As the drums and bass lay down a funky bottom, the horns parry and jab while the backup singers harmonize soulfully. Anyone who thinks Lyle Lovett is still a country singer need only cue up "Penguins," the first track from "Live in Texas," for proof to the contrary. ![]()
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