T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett

Born 1948-01-14 (age 78) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Biography

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film soundtracks, namely O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010). He won another Grammy for producing the album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant.

Burnett has been credited with early career mentorship of musical acts such as Counting Crows, Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, and Gillian Welch, and with revitalizing the careers of Gregg Allman and Roy Orbison. He produced for television programs including Nashville and True Detective. He has released several solo studio albums as a producer, including Tooth of Crime (2008), which he wrote for a revival of the namesake play by Sam Shepard.

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Known For

Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate

1980

as Heaven's Gate Band

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Renaldo and Clara
Renaldo and Clara

1978

as The Inner Voice

Grendel
Grendel

as The Shaper

Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
The Union
The Union

2011

as Self

Down from the Mountain
The Soul of a Man
The Soul of a Man

2003

as Self

This So-Called Disaster
The American Epic Sessions
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Bob

2001

as Bob