Lyle Workman

Lyle Dean Workman is an American guitarist, composer, session and touring musician, and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous

In 1992-1993 Workman was recruited to play guitar (along with Jon Brion) on Jellyfish's critically acclaimed second album Spilt Milk.

Workman is also known to

Lyle Workman is also known for collaborating with Chad Fischer, the frontman of the American alternative rock band Lazlo Bane. Workman has co-written with Fischer two songs, "Buttercup" and "View From The Pavement", and played guitar on the band's debut album 11 Transistor. Later, Workman collaborated with Fischer again, co-writing and performing the song "Miserable Life" for the film Little Manhattan.^[11]

He has also worked extensively with

Lyle has worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles on many rock and pop albums with artists Sting, Michael Buble, Sarah McLachlan, Ziggy Marley, Norah Jones, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, and They Might Be Giants, to name a few.[12]

As a producer, Workman is credited on Dutch singer 'Ilse DeLange's record Incredible which, in the Netherlands, featured several number-one singles and multi-platinum sales. Workman produced DeLange's record "Next To Me" released in September 2010.

Solo work

Workman released his first instrumental "solo" album, Purple Passages, in 1996, and was well reviewed

In 1987, Bourgeois Tagg recorded the record "Yoyo" with esteemed producer Todd Rundgren. When it was released in the autumn of that year, the band had what would prove to be their biggest hit with its first single "I Don't Mind at All," written by Workman and band co-founder Brent Bourgeois, which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. A shimmering,^[citation needed] melancholy ballad of resignation,^{[citation needed]} the song's catchy melody, offbeat rhythm, and dramatic use of strings has been said^{[citation needed]} to be reminiscent of classic Beatles songs such as "Yesterday" and especially^{[citation needed]} "Across the Universe." The single also charted in the U.S. at AC-5 and Rock-8 in Billboard. It was a hit worldwide too charting #35 on Canada's RPM,^[17] #35 on UK's Official Charts,^[18] and #83 in Netherlands .^[19] Its success was fueled by an innovative^{[citation needed]} video directed by David Fincher that received heavy^{[citation needed]} airplay on MTV and other music video outlets.

Collaborations

• Frank Black
  (1994)
• Frank Black
  (1996)
• Angelica - Angelica (1997)
• Frank Black
  (1998)
• C'mon, C'mon - Sheryl Crow (2002)
• Frank Black
  (2002)
• To Whom It May Concern - Lisa Marie Presley (2003)
• Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 - Shakira (2005)
• Scream - Sam Bettens (2005)
• Now What - Lisa Marie Presley (2005)
• Fires - Nerina Pallot (2005)
• Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 - Shakira (2005)
• The Great Escape - Ilse DeLange (2006)
• Frank Black
  (2006)
• Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika (2007)
• This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman (2007)
• Little Voice - Sara Bareilles (2007)
• Incredible - Ilse DeLange (2008)
• The Boy Who Knew Too Much - Mika (2009)
• The Fall - Norah Jones (2009)
• Next to Me - Ilse DeLange
  (2010)
• Christmas - Michael Bublé (2011)
• Havoc and Bright Lights - Alanis Morissette (2012)
• Covered - Katey Sagal (2013)
• To Be Loved - Michael Bublé (2013)
• Fly Rasta - Ziggy Marley (2014)
• Resurrection - Anastacia (2014)
• Shine On - Sarah McLachlan (2014)
• The Great Unknown - Rob Thomas (2015)
• 57th & 9th - Sting (2016)
• Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley (2016)
• Shine a Light - Bryan Adams (2019)