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INDEX
Note: the photo section follows Chapter 14.
AARP, 177
Accept No Substitute (Delaney and Bonnie), 213
Acevedo, Kirk, 120
Achtung Baby (U2), 74
Across the Universe (film/soundtrack), 209
Ade, King Sunny, 150
Adkins, Trace, 195
“After Awhile” (Gilmore), 91
“Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” (Otis, Hunter), 137
A. J. Croce (Croce), 98
Alabama Sacred Heart Singers, 139–140
Alabama Shakes, 178
Albini, Steve, 139, 166
Ali, Muhammad, 27
Allen, John P., 9
Allman, Gregg, 166, 172–175, 205
Allman Brothers Band, 172
All the Roadrunning (Harris and Knopfler), 3
Almo label, 115
Alpert, Herb, 115
Alpha Band, 34–39. See also photo section
Alpha Band, The, 35–37
Alphaville (film), 35
Altman, Billy, 110, 115
Altman, Robert, 48, 125, 135
Alvereyda, Michael, 122
A&M Records, 94–95, 96
Americana music, 6, 127, 134, 193, 204–205. See also roots music
Americana Music Association, 204
American Epic (documentary), 178
American Explorer Series (Elektra), 91
Americans, The (TV series), 199
American Theater (magazine), 120
“American without Tears” (MacManus), 67
Ames Brothers, 11
analog vs. digital recording, 180–185
. . . and a Time to Dance (Los Lobos), 54
Anderson, Wes, 16, 140
“Angel City” (Giddens), 207
“Animals on Wheels” (Phillips), 83
Another Day, Another Time (var.), 207
Another Side of Bob Dylan (J. Maymudes), 34
Ant Farm (art group), 53
antics and comical behavior, 29–30, 63–65, 75, 106–107
“Anything Goes” (Porter), 64, 75
“Any Time at All” (Burnett), 109
Appalachian style, 115, 207
Apple, Fiona, 161
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (Rado, Ragni), 44
Arcade Fire, 200
Arista Records, 35
Armstrong, Louis, 4, 11, 158–159, 187, 208
art, interest in, 20
artistic control, importance of, 19
“Art Movies” (Burnett), 47
“As Pure as the Freshly Driven Snow” (Burnett), 18
Astral Weeks (Morrison), 95
Atlantic Records, 23–24, 101, 172
Attractions (E. Costello band), 64, 65–66
August and Everything After (Counting Crows), 112
Autolux, 211
awards/recognition, Burnett’s: Americana Music Association, 205; British Academy of Film and Television, 140; Entertainment Weekly, 110; Maestro Award, 179; Oscar (“The Weary Kind”), 143. See also Grammy awards
Aykroyd, Dan, 27
Ayler, Albert, 215
Azar, Carla, 146, 151, 211
B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks, The, 23, 24–25
B-52s (Burnett’s band), 22, 23, 24–25
Bacall, Lauren, 86
Bacharach, Burt, 23, 87
“Back in My Baby’s Arms” (Burnett), 38, 41
“Bad Things” (Everett), 199
Baez, Joan, 28, 29, 31
Bales, Barry, 121
Band, The, 35, 36, 112
Band Perry, 98
Barber, Samuel, 204
Barlowe, Cary, 196
Barnes, Bob (Roscoe West), 30
Barr, Mark, 103
Basement Tapes, The (B. Dylan), 47, 113, 189–190. See also Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (var.); Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continue (documentary)
Basie, William James “Count,” 11, 101, 170
Bass, Ed, 8–9, 109
Bass, Sid, 9
Batman (film), 200
“Batt
le of Antietam” (trad.), 140–141
Baxter, Bucky, 98, 99
“Beale Street Blues Boy,” 169
Beatles: Across the Universe, 209; George Martin and, 102; influence of, on Burnett, 11, 12, 14–15, 25, 65, 80, 82, 125; show tunes and, 44; on The Ed Sullivan Show, 13
“Be Careful of Stones That You Throw” (Blankenship), 47
Beck, 178
Bee Gees, 135
“beginner’s mind,” 7
“Begin the Beguine” (Porter), 11
Belafonte, Harry, 206
Belcher, David, 64
Belle Album (Green), 43
Bellerose, Jay: and Burnett’s percussion effects, 151; on Burnett’s production style, 165; on Jim Keltner, 213–214; and Joe Henry, 97; on Mike Piersante, 192; performance highlights of, 164, 171, 173, 178; profile and background, 211–212; on Raising Sand, 155–156
Belth, Alex, 126
Belushi, John, 27
Bennett, Tony, 65, 92, 136, 159–160, 170, 204
Bennett Studios, 159
Benno, Marc, 19
Bentley, Bill, 58, 81
Bergman, Ingmar, 47
Berlin, Irving, 46
Berlin, Steve, 53, 56, 57
Berline, Byron, 72
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 48, 125
Betton, Matt, 35
Beyond the Trap Door (Burnett), 50, 74
“Big Boss Man” (L. Dixon, A. Smith), 11
Big Fish (film), 200
Biggs, Bob, 52–53
Big Lebowski, The (film), 125–127
Big Pink (house), 190, 191
Billboard, 16, 108, 178, 179
Billboard charts, 55, 67, 68, 69, 114, 140, 156, 163, 165, 200
Bill Landford and the Landfordaires, 137
Bingham, Ryan, 143
Biosphere 2, 9, 109
“Bird That I Held in My Hand” (Burnett, Neuwirth, Swan), 73
Birnbaum, Roger, 35
Bither, David, 145
bit rates, 183
Black and White Night, A (TV special), 85
Black Dahlia, The (film), 48
“Black Snake Moan” (Jefferson), 92
Blades, Ruben, 87
Blair, Michael, 68, 95
Blake, Norman, 142
Blakley, Ronee, 28
Bland, Bobbie “Blue,” 12, 19, 174, 202
Blasters, 49, 52, 53
“Blinded by the Darkness” (Burnett), 152
“Blind Man” (Malone, Scott), 174
Blonde on Blonde (Dylan), 101