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T Bone Burnett_A Life in Pursuit

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by Lloyd Sachs


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  Jackson, Blair. “T Bone Burnett: Looking Back, Looking Forward.” Mix, July 1, 2006.

  . “Mix Interview with Producer Artist T Bone Burnett about Recent Work with B. B. King, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello and more.” Mix, October 1, 2008.

  . “Music for ‘True Detective’: T Bone Burnett Digs Deep for Eerie HBO Drama.” Mix, April 1, 2014.

  Jason. Review of The Unwritten Works of Geoffrey, Etc. Rising Storm, April 26, 2007. http://therisingstorm.net/whistler-chaucer-detroit-and-greenhill-the-unwritten-works-of-geoffrey-etc/.

  Kasten, Roy. “O Brother! Producer and Guitarist T Bone Burnett Joins Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the Duo’s Fabulous Fox Performance.” Riverfront Times, September 17, 2008.

  Kim, Wook. Review of Omnipop. Entertainment Weekly, August 23, 1996.

  Kot, Greg. “An Act of Hope: T Bone Burnett Tries It Once More, with Feeling.” Chicago Tribune, November 8, 1992.

  . “This is Not a Love Song: Sam Phillips’ Latest Album Infused with Pain after Her Breakup from T Bone Burnett.” Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2004.

  Krauss, Alison. Interview with Liane Hansen. Weekend Edition Sunday. National Public Radio, October 28, 2007. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15675741.

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  Lubitz, Rachel. “A Conversation with the Handsome Family, the Band behind the ‘True Detective’ Theme Song, ‘Far from Any Road.’” Washington Post, March 5, 2014.

  Macnie, Jim. “Marc Ribot and Nels Cline: Gargantuan Impact.” DownBeat, July 2011.

  Massey, Howard. “Talking with T Bone Burnett Is Like Entering an Alternate Universe of Free-Flowing Creativity.” Performing Songwriter, June 2008.

  . “T Bone Burnett: A New Dimension in Sound.” In Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits, Vol. 2. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2009.

  Maymudes, Victor, and Jacob Maymudes. Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2014.

  McDonnell, Thomas P., ed. A Thomas Merton Reader. New York: Image Books, 1974.

  McLean, Duncan. Review of Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett, The Playhouse, Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Student, November 15, 1984.

  McLeese, Don. Liner notes to Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s Braver Newer World. Elektra, 1996.

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  . “Top Pop Albums.” Chicago Sun-Times, December 30, 1990.

  Merton, Thomas. The Waters of Siloe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1979.

  Mettler, Mike. “30 Minutes with T Bone Burnett.” Sound & Vision, June 1, 2006.

  Milward, John. “From T Bone Burnett, Music with Character.” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 1988.

  Morris, Chris. Los Lobos: Dream in Blue. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015.

  Morthland, John. Review of Braver Newer World. Texas Monthly, July 1996.

  . Review of Fort Worth Teen Scene! Vols. 1–3. Austin Chronicle, August 6, 2004.

  Murray, Noel. “Steve Berlin of Los Lobos on REM and Sharing the Planet with Paul Westerberg.” AV Club, September 14, 2012.

  Nellis, Krystina. “Inside Llewyn Davis: DiS Meets T Bone Burnett.” Drowned in Sound, January 22, 2014. http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147342-inside-llewyn-davis—dis-meets-t-bone-burnett.

  Newcomb, Brian Q. “T Bone Burnett Stakes Out New Ground on ‘Criminal.’” Billboard, August 15, 1992.

  Nobles, Mark A. Fort Worth’s Rock and Roll Roots. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011.

  Nussbaum, Emily. “Cool Story, Bro: The Shallow Deep Talk of ‘True Detective.’” New Yorker, March 3, 2014.

  O’Donnell, Kevin. “T Bone Burnett Spills More Secrets of True Detective Season Two.” Entertainment Weekly, July 18, 2015.

  Ostler, Scott. “T Bone Burnett Quietly Makes Beautiful Music.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2014.

  Overstreet, Jeffrey. “Sam Phillips: The Looking Closer Interview.” Patheos, September 24, 2004. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lookingcloser/2004/09/sam-phillips-the-looking-closer-interview/.

  Pareles, Jon. “Great Career Just ‘Came Along.’” New York Times, May 16, 2006.

  . “A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice.” New York Times, January 23, 2015.

  . “When It Takes Three People to Make a Duet.” New York Times, October 21, 2007.

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  Paumgarten, Nick. “Brilliant Mistakes: Elvis Costello’s Boundless Career.” New Yorker, November 8, 2010.

  Pilato, Bruce. “T Bone Burnett Feasts on Chewy Label Deal.” Variety, January 7, 2014.

  Pond, Steve. “T Bone Burnett: Surviving the Wild Side.” Rolling Stone, November 24, 1983.

  “Producer of the Year.” TCU Magazine, Summer 2002.

  Ragogna, Mike. “A Conversation with T Bone Burnett.” Huffington Post, September 29, 2010. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhuff-post-exclusiveem-el_b_742868.html.

  . “Hymns, Harrows, Harvests and More: Chatting with John Hiatt, Gillian Welch and Umphrey’s McGee’s Joel Cummins.” Huffington Post, August 3, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/hymns-harrows-harvests-mo_b_916771.html.

  . “Women and Country: A Conversation with Jakob Dylan and More.” Huffington Post, May 25, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emwomen-and-countryem-a-c_b_516582.html.

  Ray, Michael. “T Bone Burnett: American Producer and Musician.” Encyclopedia Britannica, September 26, 2014. http://www.britannica.com/biography/T-Bone-Burnett.

  Rhodes, Joe. “T Bone Burnett: The Insider Comes Out to Play.” Los Angeles Magazine, July 2006.

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  Robbins, Ira, and Regina Joskow, ed. The New Trouser Press Record Guide. Rev. ed. New York: Collier Books, 1989.

  Romano, Andrew. “Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Musical Guru.” Daily Beast, December 13, 2013. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/13/t-bone-burnett-the-coen-brothers-music-guru.html.

  Ryan, Mike. “‘Please Mr. Kennedy’: How an Intentionally Bad Song Turned Out So Great.” Huffington Post, December 2, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/01/please-my-kennedy-inside-llewyn-davis_n_4344365.html.

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  . “The Invisible Man.” No Depression, January–February 2004.

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  . “Peter Case: A Guitar Makes a Band.” No Depression, September–October 2007.

  . “Rock Solid Rebel: Texas Original Jimmie Dale Gilmore Shatters Stereotypes with an Unpredictable Approach to His Music.” Chicago Sun-Times, February 27, 2000.

  . “Sam Phillips Refuels with ‘Dance,’ TV Gig.” Chicago Sun-Times, November 14, 2001.

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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

 

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