‘One by Willie,’ Episode 2: Lyle Lovett on ‘Hello Walls’

Lyle Lovett first heard “Hello Walls” as a kid growing up in tiny Klein. On this episode, the four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter talks about that song, Willie’s first number one country song as a songwriter, which leads him to reflect on the solitary nature of songwriting, the big wet kiss of gratitude that Willie planted on Faron Young—the singer who spent nine weeks at number one with “Hello Walls” back in 1961—and the time Lyle recorded another Willie song with the great Al Green.

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