T Bone Burnett
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Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American recording artist,
Burnett helped start the careers of Counting Crows, Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, and Gillian Welch, and he revitalized the careers of Gregg Allman and Roy Orbison.[citation needed] He produced music for the television programs Nashville and True Detective. He has released several solo studio albums, including Tooth of Crime, which he wrote for a revival of the play by Sam Shepard.
Early life
The only child of Joseph Henry Burnett Jr. and Hazel Perkins Burnett,
Burnett learned golf at an early age. When he was seven years old, he played at the
Burnett's musical roots
Burnett discovered music through his parents' 78 RPM
He also learned about music through his friend,
At around the same age, Burnett picked up the guitar. Overwhelmed by seeing the Beatles on
Pursuing music
Burnett produced and played drums on "Paralyzed", the novelty hit by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy.[5][4]: 16 As part of the pseudonymous group Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit, and Greenhill, he appeared on and produced The Unwritten Works of Geoffrey, Etc. (Uni, 1968).[6][4]: 17 During the same year, he produced six songs for a group of friends who called themselves "The Case Hardy Boys". Later this band would move to Los Angeles and become known first as "The Fare", then "El Roacho", and would have songs produced by Burnett, Daniel Moore and Steve Katz. He moved to Los Angeles and recorded The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks (Uni, 1972)[3] under the name J. Henry Burnett.[7] In 1975 and 1976, he toured with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.[3]
When the Revue ended, Burnett and two other members of Dylan's band, David Mansfield and Steven Soles, formed The Alpha Band,[3] which released three albums: The Alpha Band (1976), Spark in the Dark (1977), and The Statue Makers of Hollywood (1978).[4]: 35–37
Burnett and singer-songwriter Sam Phillips were married in 1989 and divorced in 2004. He produced many of her albums, including Martinis & Bikinis and Cruel Inventions. He married Callie Khouri in 2006.[4]: 195 He has three daughters, including one from his marriage to Phillips.[2]
Solo work
Burnett released several solo albums, although he did not score any major Hot 100 hits. In 1980, Burnett released his first post-Alpha Band solo album,
Proof Through the Night was reissued by Rhino Records' Handmade Music in a limited edition of 5,000 on May 29, 2007, in an expanded version. The double CD also included the EPs Trap Door and Behind the Trap Door.[8] In 2006, he released two albums. The True False Identity was his first album of new songs since 1992, and Twenty Twenty – The Essential T Bone Burnett was a 40-song career retrospective.
In 2019, he released The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space with Jay Bellerose and Keefus Ciancia, which was followed in 2022 by The Invisible Light: Spells again with Bellerose and Ciancia.
Production and other professional activities
Producing
Burnett's production credits include How Will the Wolf Survive? (Slash/Warner Bros., 1984) by Los Lobos,[1] King of America (Columbia, 1986) by Elvis Costello,[4]: 220 Martinis & Bikinis (Virgin, 1994) and Fan Dance (Nonesuch, 2001) by Sam Phillips, Raising Sand (Rounder, 2007) by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Life, Death, Love and Freedom (Hear Music, 2008) by John Mellencamp, The Diving Board (Capitol, 2015) by Elton John,[4]: 221 and the soundtracks The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Cold Mountain, and Crazy Heart.[4]: 222
In 1985, Burnett collaborated with Elvis Costello on the single "The People's Limousine", using the moniker "The Coward Brothers".[1] In 1987, he produced Roy Orbison's two-record album, In Dreams: The Greatest Hits and two songs of Mystery Girl. Also in 1997, he wrote songs for the Sam Shepard play The Tooth of Crime: Second Dance, which premiered off-Broadway in New York City with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kirk Acevedo. An album of these songs, Tooth of Crime, was released in May 2008, featuring guitarist Marc Ribot, Sam Phillips and David Poe, whose self-titled debut Burnett also produced that year. According to Burnett, he was inspired by the music of Skip James while composing songs for the updated version of Shepard's play.[9]
In April 2006, he announced that his first concert tour in nearly two decades would begin on May 16 in Chicago at
In 2006, he produced Brandi Carlile's The Story album, the title song of which became a minor hit and was featured on a special broadcast of ABC-TV's Grey's Anatomy. Carlile's guitarist and bassist, twins Tim and Phil Hanseroth, respectively, used instruments from Burnett's private collection during the "live" recordings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In early 2008, Pete Townshend announced that Burnett was to go into the studio that fall to help produce an all-covers album for The Who.[10] However, on a May 15, 2008, episode of the NPR radio show All Songs Considered, Burnett threw that project into question. He stated that Townshend had indicated in a blog that he was putting all his projects on hold.[11]
In 2009, Burnett produced albums for Moonalice and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.[12] In that same year, he also produced Elvis Costello's album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane as well as co-writing the song "Sulfur to Sugarcane" with Costello.[13]
Burnett produced a collaboration album by Elton John and Leon Russell. John, Russell, and Bernie Taupin (John's lyricist) wrote songs together in late 2009. The album, The Union, was recorded in January 2010 and released in October 2010.
In 2010, Burnett produced Gregg Allman's album Low Country Blues, released in January 2011.[14]
From 2010-2012 Burnett produced Lisa Marie Presley's album Storm & Grace, released May 15, 2012.
In 2014, Burnett produced Punch Brothers' fourth studio album, The Phosphorescent Blues, which was released in January 2015.[15]
In 2016, he produced the Italian bluesman Zucchero Fornaciari's album Black Cat.[citation needed]
In 2016, T Bone produced Jupiter Calling by the Corrs; a record that received mixed reviews, but encapsulated the core of their sound and songwriting ability.[16]
In July 2018, he produced Sara Bareilles' Amidst the Chaos in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Burnett played electric guitar on and produced six mid-2021 Bob Dylan recordings of "
Code
In 2008, it was reported that Burnett "started a new venture called Code, which aims to do for music what THX did for movie-theater sound: set standards that ensure the best possible quality."[19] He is opposed to the trend of brighter and more compressed processing, sufficiently so, that he essentially retired from the music business around 1995–1996 and pursued an opportunity to work in theater with Sam Shepard, leading to his work on several films.[20]
The audio format known as Code involves the simultaneous release of multiple sound formats, thus avoiding much of the processing which happens when sound is converted from one format to another. The first album produced with Code was Life, Death, Love and Freedom (2008) by John Mellencamp.[19]
Work in films
In 1992, Burnett worked on some songs with his friend River Phoenix for the movie The Thing Called Love. He was the coach of Samantha Mathis.[citation needed]
In 2000, Burnett produced the soundtrack and wrote the score for the
A documentary film, Down from the Mountain, was made of a benefit concert of the soundtrack performed by the artists on the album; Burnett figures prominently in the film. For producing the soundtrack albums for these two films, and for his wife Sam Phillips's album Fan Dance, Burnett won the 2002 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Burnett went on to produce the less popular gospel soundtrack to the Coens' The Ladykillers.
In 2004, under the name "Henry Burnett", he arranged "I Wish My Baby Was Born" and wrote "Like a Songbird That Has Fallen" and "
In 2005, he composed the score for Wim Wenders' film Don't Come Knocking.
In 2005, he worked with actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for their singing roles as Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in the film Walk the Line. Witherspoon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film, giving special thanks to Burnett in her speech for "helping her realize her lifelong dream of being a country music singer". He also produced that film's soundtrack album and wrote its score.
In 2009, Burnett collaborated on music for the movie
In 2012, he was the executive music producer for The Hunger Games soundtrack, and wrote the track "Safe and Sound" himself.[citation needed] In 2013, he was the executive music producer for the Coen brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis.[citation needed]
Real estate development
With Bert Mathews, Burnett is the co-founder of Cloud Hill Partnership, a company that planned to redevelop Herschel Greer Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.[24] The proposed redevelopment of the 21-acre (8.5 ha) site included music and art space, a community center, open park space and affordable housing.[25] The Cloud Hill proposal was abandoned in January 2018 after archaeologists determined that undisturbed areas on the edge of the Greer property, but not part of the stadium itself, were the unmarked burial sites of slaves forced to build the adjacent Fort Negley.[26]
Awards and honors
Grammy Awards
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (2001, 2004)
- Record of the Year: "Please Read the Letter" (2008)
- Album of the Year: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001), Raising Sand (2008)
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2006), Crazy Heart (2010)
- Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand (2008)
- Best Traditional Folk Album: Down from the Mountain (2001)
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: A Wonderful World(2004)
- Best Traditional Blues Album: One Kind Favor (2008)
- Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "The Scarlet Tide" (2004), "The Weary Kind" (2010)
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Safe & Sound" (2012)[27]
Other awards
In 2010, Burnett won several awards for the movie Crazy Heart. He and
Solo discography
Album | Release date |
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The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks | 1972 |
Truth Decay | 1980 |
Trap Door | 1982 |
Proof Through the Night | 1983 |
Behind the Trap Door | 1984 |
T-Bone Burnett | 1986 |
The Talking Animals | 1987 |
The Criminal Under My Own Hat | 1992 |
The True False Identity | 2006 |
Tooth of Crime | 2008 |
T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from the Beacon Theatre | 2011 |
A Place at the Table | 2013 |
The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space with Jay Bellerose and Keefus Ciancia | 2019 |
The Invisible Light: Spells with Jay Bellerose and Keefus Ciancia | 2022 |
The Other Side | 2024 |
Compilations
Album | Song | Release date |
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Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson | Nothing in Return | 1990 |
Until the End of the World | Humans from Earth | 1991 |
Twenty Twenty – The Essential T Bone Burnett | 2006 |
Alpha Band discography
Album | Release date |
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The Statue Makers of Hollywood | 1978 |
Spark in the Dark | 1977 |
Alpha Band |
1976 |
Film and television discography
Project | Medium | Credit | Release date |
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Music from The American Epic Sessions | Television | Producer | 2017 |
True Detective | Television | Producer | 2014 |
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis | Television | Producer | 2013[30] |
Inside Llewyn Davis | Film | Executive Music Producer | 2013 |
Nashville | Television | Executive Music Producer | 2012–2013[31] |
The Hunger Games film score | Film | Executive Music Producer | March 26, 2012 |
Tough Trade | Television | Executive producer, Music Producer, composer | 2010 |
Crazy Heart | Film | Producer, songwriter, composer | December 19, 2009 |
Across The Universe | Film | Music Producer | December 10, 2007 |
All the King's Men | Film | Executive Music Producer | September 22, 2006 |
Walk the Line | Film | Executive Music Producer, composer | November 18, 2005 |
Don't Come Knocking | Film | Executive Music Producer, composer | August 25, 2005 |
The Ladykillers | Film | Executive Music Producer | March 26, 2004 |
Cold Mountain | Film | Executive Music Producer | December 25, 2003 |
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Film | Composer | July 6, 2002 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Film | Music Producer, Original Music | December 22, 2000 |
The Big Lebowski | Film | Musical Archivist | June 3, 1998 |
Great Balls of Fire! | Film | Music producer, composer | June 29, 1989 |
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | TV special | Musical Director | March 1, 1988 |
Heaven's Gate | Film | Heaven's Gate Band (as T-Bone Burnett) | November 18, 1980 |
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
- ^ a b "Obituaries: Hazel Perkins Burnett Vernon". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 10, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Gill, Andy (February 20, 2010). "Melody maker: T Bone Burnett". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1477303771.
- ^ "T Bone Burnett – Discography". T Bone Burnett.[dead link]
- ^ The Mojo Collection (4 ed.). 2007.
- ^ Hartenbach, Brett. "The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "T Bone Burnett- Proof Through The Night & The Complete Trap Door – Press Release". Archived from the original on February 13, 2009.
- ^ Steve Turner (May 23, 2006). "T Bone Burnett profile". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ^ The Who Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Guest DJ T-Bone Burnett". NPR.
- ^ Creative, The Uprising. "Grace Potter". Grace Potter.
- ^ "Costello: 'Secret, Profane...,' 4.5 stars". Azcentral.com. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ Light, Alan (January 14, 2011). "Gregg Allman's Album Produced by T Bone Burnett". The New York Times.
- ^ "Nonesuch Records The Phosphorescent Blues". Nonesuch Records Official Website. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Jupiter Calling by The Corrs". Metacritic. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ "Newly Recorded Version of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind' Sells for Nearly $1.8 Million at Auction". Variety.com. July 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Three Bob Dylan Re-Recordings to Go Up for Private Sale Via Christie's: 'Simple Twist of Fate,' 'Gotta Serve Somebody,' 'Masters of War' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Brian Hiatt (May 20, 2008). "Artists Fight for New Hi-Fi Formats". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ^ "WNYC – Soundcheck: T Bone Burnett (June 09, 2008)". Wnyc.org.
- ^ Specifically, 2001 Album of the Year, and 2001 Vocal Event of the Year (albeit neither song nor single of the year), cf Academy of Country Music Awards.
- ^ Jessen, Wade (January 29, 2015). "Luke Bryan's 'Party' Still Rocking, Sam Hunt's Album Holds at No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
HE DON'T NEED YOUR ROCKING CHAIR: ((subsection title, allcaps in original)) At 87 years young, first-generation country and bluegrass star Ralph Stanley becomes the oldest living artist to score a top 20 entry on Top Country Albums, as Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow bows at No. 14 with 3,000 copies sold. Previously that distinction belonged to comic legend George Burns, who reached No. 12 on the March 15, 1980 list with I Wish I Was Eighteen Again. Burns was 84 at the time. Stanley, a highly venerated and influential vocal and banjo stylist, won the 2002 Grammy Award for best country male vocal performance for a new version of Dock Boggs' traditional Appalachian folk ballad "O Death", recorded for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. That set ruled Top Country Albums for a whopping 35 weeks in 2001-02 and has sold 7.9 million copies.
- ^ Schneider, Jason (March 2010). "Conversations: T Bone Burnett". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- ^ Garrison, Joey (July 20, 2017). "Nashville councilman Colby Sledge navigates potential conflicts". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ "Proposed development at Greer Stadium includes parks, affordable housing". The Tennessean. May 26, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ Elliott, Stephen (January 13, 2018). "Slave Graves Possibly Found, Greer Redevelopment Abandoned". Nashville Scene. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ "T Bone Burnett". GRAMMY.com. May 14, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ Gilbert, Calvin (March 8, 2010). "Jeff Bridges, Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett Win Oscars for Crazy Heart". CMT News. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ University Communications (May 18, 2019). "T Bone Burnett : Commencement: The University of North Carolina". UNC Commencement. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 18, 2013). "'Nashville' Music Guru T Bone Burnett Won't Return for Season 2 (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- T Bone Burnett on National Public Radio
- T Bone Burnett at IMDb
- Burnett, T-Bone; Whifler, Graeme; Marquez, Hudson (1985). "Legends of the Spanish Kitchen". Access Entertainment. Archived from the originalon March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.