Kyle Hutton has had a multi-faceted career that says in a loud voice, “I love music!” Dating back to his youth and college days at Texas A&M, Kyle is now known to many as the host of the outstanding “Real Life/Real Music Series” at Dosey Doe. But Kyle has had a successful and interesting career himself. I had a nice visit with Kyle at his Red Tree Recording Studio in Magnolia recently.

     “I grew up in the Dallas area and it seemed like music and wanting to write music has always been a part of me. When I went to Texas A&M, my love for music took off. Everyone always talks so much about Austin, but it is good to remember that both Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen went to school at A&M. I started playing at The Front Porch which, of course, Robert made famous in his music. A big memory from a tough time was when I played in an acoustic song swap with Roger Creager and Max Stalling that opened the Bonfire Victims Benefit, which starred Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. Reed Arena was pretty new at that time and playing before a sold out crowd of 17,000 people and the emotion the moment created is a profound memory.

     “I followed the path of many songwriters when I went to Nashville in the nineties with a demo. I met noted executive Clay Bradley and got to know people like Aaron Tippin, and even worked on a demo with Kenny Chesney. But then I had the big decision whether to stay here amongst all of this or to return to Texas. Having a family is very important to me so it was back to Texas.

     “Next, I walked in to Carl’s Barbeque on Highway 290 and convinced the owner to let me play and over the next year I became a regular and continued to write songs. My first CD came out in 1999. It was called Small Price to Pay and I had success with the song “Until We Meet Again”. I got airplay on 93Q and even beat Kenny Chesney in a song “showdown” on that station. My second album came out in 2001 and was produced by Lloyd Maines. This album was called, Coming Home and received airplay on several stations. But I had a wife and a family, so I continued as I still do today with my day job.

     “While Coming Home was written with radio play in mind, my next album, More Like Me featured songs I wanted to write whether they got radio play or not. Also, I had been adopted when I was very small and had decided the year before this album came out in 2006 that I wanted to discover my biological roots. I met my actual siblings and those emotions led to some special songs.

     “Recent times have seen Real Life/Real Music rise from a Texas Country Gospel Supper I did at Puffabelly’s in Old Town Spring that featured, among others, Tony Arata. Our first Real Life/Real Music show at Dosey Doe was in 2007, featuring Radney Foster. The show sold out and they continue to do well. We produce a radio program from these shows that can be heard locally on K-Star Sundays at 6:00 p.m. The show can be heard on 13 other Texas stations. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how great Dosey Doe owner, Steve Said has been to work with.”

     Kyle plans to continue to write, work at his studio with Harold Ruebens and even plans to produce music. Music is in his blood.

     Real Life/Real Music at Dosey Doe this month features Tuesday shows of Janie Fricke on May 1, Liz Rose and Walt Wilkins on May 15 and The Stone Coyotes on May 29. Kyle Hutton will play a show at Dosey Doe with his band on Friday, May 25.