Today is National Coffee Day, and chances are good singer-songwriter and Texas A&M graduate Lyle Lovett has enjoyed a cup or two. There are many references to it in the Grammy winner's songs, and a ...

In the summer of 1976, a young man named Lyle Lovett stood with his guitar before the customers at The Mariner, a seafood and steak restaurant in Houston, Texas. He wasn't famous then - far from it.

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Singer-songwriter and actor Lyle Lovett was impressed by Hardly ...