- Lyle Workman
Lyle Workman is an American guitarist, composer and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous "
Bourgeois Tagg " album in 1986 [ [http://www.mp3.com/artist/bourgeois-tagg/summary/ Bourgeois Tagg MP3 Downloads - Bourgeois Tagg Music Downloads - Bourgeois Tagg Music Videos - Bourgeois Tagg Pictures - MP3.com ] ] , and is currently best known for his work as composer and bandleader for the "Superbad" soundtrack. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1802279033 Lyle Workman Filmography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] [ [http://music.ign.com/articles/811/811889p1.html IGN: Superbad - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review ] ] [ [http://www.cinemablend.com/music/Superbad-Soundtrack-Brings-Some-Ironic-Funk-5382.html Superbad Soundtrack Brings Some Ironic Funk ] ]Workman is also credited as composer for the hit comedy "
40-Year Old Virgin ", [ [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Lyle_Workman/3079397 Lyle Workman at Hollywood.com ] ] and theJon Favreau film "Made" [imdb title|0227005|Made] . He contributed on guitar and other instruments on soundtracks to "The Skeleton Key " [ [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1660775 The Skeleton Key by Original Score ] ] , "Two For The Money ", "In Good Company ", "Starsky and Hutch", "Old School", and both "Charlie's Angels" and "". [ [http://bitmunk.com/view/media/4437798 Bitmunk: Album: Purple Passages by Lyle Workman ] ]His work on the "Superbad" soundtrack has earned critical acclaim. [ [http://www.street-science.com/Index/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1012&Itemid=2 Street - Science ] ] [ [http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2007/08/superbad_soundtrack_way_funkier_than_first_thought.php Music & Art: All Shook Down ] ] [ [http://www.jivemagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15984 Superbad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - JIVE Magazine Forums ] ]
Workman released his first instrumental "solo" album, "Purple Passages", in 1996, and was well reviewed [ [http://www.guitar9.com/purplepassagesrev1.html Guitar Nine Records - "Purple Passages" Review Featured In Guitar Shop Magazine, October, 1996 ] ] among musicians with XTC's
Dave Gregory calling Workman "a musician of consummate skill, creativity and taste" [ [http://bitmunk.com/view/media/4437798 Bitmunk: Album: Purple Passages by Lyle Workman ] ] . His second solo album, "Tabula Rasa" (2001), has also received rave reviews. [ [http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/db/searchrev.php?artistID=1491&showReview=true Tabula Rasa] , review by Alec A. Head, Review date: 10/2007 at Satan Stole My Teddybear] [ [http://eer-music.com/EER_music_reviews/LYLE_WORKMAN.html LYLE WORKMAN - soulful prog rock with multi-textured guitarscapes - "EER-MUSIC.com aka Eclectic Earwig Reviews Music and More for You!" ] ]Workman is also known to
Todd Rundgren fans as the lead guitarist on Rundgren's albums "Nearly Human " and "2nd Wind ".Beck 's live audiences saw Workman perform as the lead guitarist on Beck's tours [ [http://whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/concertinfo.php?concertID=503 Hijacked Flavors - Concert Info - October 3, 2000 ] ] from 1999 to 2001, and Workman toured with Sting [ [http://www.sting.com/archives/tours/tours.php?tourid=6&eventid=2130 Sting.com exclusives.tours ] ] on 2006's Broken Music Tour, and performed with him atLive 8 . He has also worked extensively withFrank Black , and has worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles in bothJingles and as a studio musician on many rock and pop albums. [ [http://www.strandedinstereo.com/film_workmaninterview.shtml Lyle Workman [Superbad - Stranded In Stereo ] ]References
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