Just saw him today, and he seems to have some sort of very specific vocal issue. Anyone else see him lately and notice something similar?

Hard to explain, but seems like he has issues getting his notes started. He often sounded a note a quarter beat late or so.

Oddly enough, once he starts a note it seems like he can control the pitch, sing at volume, and even do vibrato. He could also hold notes for a while, so it didn't seem like a problem with his lungs or diaphragm. Didn't quite have the sound of a cigarette smoker, but I wouldn't rule it out.

He also seemed to have issues annunciating certain consonants. Only while singing though. He spoke a lot during the show, and he was perfectly intelligible.

He's 66, hardly a spring chicken but not ancient at all. I'd guess it's likely related to vocal chord wear from near-constant touring over decades rather than him getting too old.

I saw him probably 8 years ago as well and did not notice any issue with his singing.

To be clear, this is not a complaint. Was a good show and I'd recommend going to see him if he comes to your neighborhood. Guy can still play guitar astoundingly well. His somewhat broken voice actually worked really well on a few songs.

He opened with She's Already Made Up Her Mind and it gutted me. Could hear people start to cry around the theater.

Older post linked below explaining the possible voice issue in better terms than I can.

https://www.reddit.com/r/altcountry/comments/11dn0uu/lyle_lovetts_voice/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Saw Lyle Lovett (with Lisa Loeb) last night in Geneva, NY. I've seen him a dozen times or so over the last 20-ish years and he's never disappointed. That's why I was so startled that something seems to be wrong with his voice now. The power is still there, but he's got these very odd glottal stops now that make him sound like a record constantly cutting out. I was hoping that he was just under the weather, but from this archived post, it seems like the issue has been going on a while now and is even evident on his latest album. I'm so sad for him. Does anyone know what's up?

willing to pay good cheddar for 1 or 2 tix for either a day or weekend pass to the Jimmie Rodgers festival for Red Clay Strays🥸 it’s in Meridian MS and i can’t find a single resale available anywhere

Someone please:

either talk me into missing out on sleeping (I work two jobs and worry about being too tired) so I can go see Josh Meloy tonight then get up for work about 3hrs later

OR take this ticket off my hands and make me feel less guilty about not going (when I think this will be an awesome show and I've been looking forward to it for a while now)

Yall help me decide

Long story short, I got laid off. I'm pretty devastated as it was a great job that I really enjoyed. Hoping you all could hit me with some good song suggestions to perk me up. I appreciate yall

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