T Bone Burnett
eBook - ePub

T Bone Burnett

A Life in Pursuit

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eBook - ePub

T Bone Burnett

A Life in Pursuit

About this book

This first critical appreciation of T Bone Burnett reveals how the proponent of Americana music and producer of artists ranging from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to B. B. King and Elvis Costello has profoundly influenced American music and culture.

T Bone Burnett is a unique, astonishingly prolific music producer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and soundtrack visionary. Renowned as a studio maven with a Midas touch, Burnett is known for lifting artists to their greatest heights, as he did with Raising Sand, the multiple Grammy Award–winning album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, as well as acclaimed albums by Los Lobos, the Wallflowers, B. B. King, and Elvis Costello. Burnett virtually invented "Americana" with his hugely successful roots-based soundtrack for the Coen Brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Outspoken in his contempt for the entertainment industry, Burnett has nevertheless received many of its highest honors, including Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.

T Bone Burnett offers the first critical appreciation of Burnett's wide-ranging contributions to American music, his passionate advocacy for analog sound, and the striking contradictions that define his maverick artistry. Lloyd Sachs highlights all the important aspects of Burnett's musical pursuits, from his early days as a member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and his collaboration with the playwright Sam Shepard to the music he recently composed for the TV shows Nashville and True Detective and his production of the all-star album Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes. Sachs also underscores Burnett's brilliance as a singer-songwriter in his own right. Going well beyond the labels "legendary" or "visionary" that usually accompany his name, T Bone Burnett reveals how this consummate music maker has exerted a powerful influence on American music and culture across four decades.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction. Opening Chorus: On Top of the World (or Close)
  8. 1. Sound Citizen
  9. 2. The Outsider
  10. 3. Player in the Band
  11. 4. Alpha Male
  12. 5. Spiritual Gumshoe
  13. 6. Master Builder
  14. 7. Co-Conspirator
  15. 8. Seeker
  16. 9. Svengali
  17. 10. Imagist
  18. 11. Native Son
  19. 12. Mentor
  20. 13. Hit Man
  21. 14. Reluctant Artist
  22. 15. Starmaker
  23. 16. Company Man
  24. 17. Coen Brother
  25. 18. Soundtrack Auteur
  26. 19. Minimalist
  27. 20. Lead Actor
  28. 21. Alchemist
  29. 22. Jazz Man
  30. 23. Blues Man
  31. 24. Senior Adviser
  32. 25. Audio Activist
  33. 26. Dylanologist
  34. 27. Televisionary
  35. 28. Back to the Futurist
  36. The Kill Squad: A Short List of Longtime Musical associates
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. Selected Discography
  39. Selected Bibliography
  40. Index