by Lloyd Sachs
“Sixties, The” (Burnett), 49
Skyliner Ballroom (venue), 19, 23
“Slapstick Heart” (Phillips, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe), 83
Slash Records, 52, 60
Slater, Glenn, 210
Sloman, Larry “Ratso,” 28
“Slowdown, The” (Burnett), 120
Slow Train Coming (B. Dylan), 39
Smith, Major Bill, 14, 16, 18
Soles, Steven, 34, 39
Something Wild (film), 135
Songs from a Room (Cohen), 101–102
Songs from the Film (Keene), 62
Songs in the Key of Z (Chusid), 17
Songwriters on Songwriting (Zollo), 54
songwriting techniques, Burnett’s, 30, 37–38, 119–121
Sonic Highways (series, HBO), 100
Sonnier, Jo-El, 67
Sopranos, The (TV series), 199
Sotti, Fabrizio, 163
Soul Mining (Lanois), 58
“Soul of a Man” (B. W. Johnson), 104
Sound City studio, 14–19, 22, 184
sound effects, 68, 130, 146, 173, 199, 201, 212–213
Sound Emporium, 128–129, 130, 139, 153–155
sound engineering vs. production, 101
“Sounds of Silence, The” (Simon), 101
Soundtrack of My Life, The (C. Davis), 35
soundtrack projects, 124–143
Souther, J. D., 90
Space Opera (band), 19
Spanish Kitchen (restaurant), 69
“Spanish Mary” (Dylan, Giddens), 192
Spark in the Dark (Alpha Band), 36–37
Sparks, Brett and Rennie, 199
Speaking Clock Revue, 32, 207
Spector, Phil, 23, 165
Spike (Costello), 67–69, 215
Spirit Music Group, 205
Spiritual Counterfeiters League, 9
Springfield, Dusty, 101
Springsteen, Bruce, 90, 101, 112, 114
Stacey, Chris, 71
Stanley, Ralph, 128, 129–130, 133, 139, 145
Stanley Brothers, 127, 129
Staples, Mavis, 205
Star Is Born, A (film), 41
Starr, Ringo, 27, 213
“Statesboro Blues” (McTell), 172
Statue Makers of Hollywood, The (Alpha Band), 37–38
Stealing Beauty (film), 125
Steely Dan, 213
Steppenwolf Theatre/Void revue, 32, 120–121, 122–123
stereo vs. mono technique, 116
Stevenson, B. W., 23
Stewart, Charles, 15–16
Stewart, Dave, 91
“Still the Night” (Hoffman, Neumann, Llanas), 61
Sting, 140
Stone, Rose, 137
Stoner, Rob, 28
“Stormy Monday” (Walker), 172
Story, The (Carlisle), 206
storytelling, Burnett’s fondness for, 114–115
St. Paul and the Broken Bones, 205
“Strange Case of Frank Cash and the Morning Paper, The” (Burnett, Tonio K), 87–88
“Strange Fruit” (L. Allan), 161
“Strawberry Road” (Phillips), 82
“Street in Paris” (Burnett), 18
Strehli, Al, 93
Streisand, Barbra, 41, 213
“Strike a Match” (Burnett, E. Coen), 163
Striking Matches, 203–204, 205
Study in Scarlet, A (Conan Doyle), 18
Sturges, Preston, 131
Styne, Jule, 44, 47
Sugar Blue, 169
Sugarland, 98
“Sulphur to Sugarcane” (MacManus), 69
Sumac, Yma, 126
“Summertime” (G. Gershwin), 44
Sump’n Else (show), 18
“Sunday Kind of Love” (Belle, Leonard, Prima, Rhodes), 19
Sun Records, 177
Sunset Sound, 123
Sun Studios, 105, 128, 131, 151
Swan, Billy, 42, 73
Sweetie (D. Tashian), 98–99
“Sweet Jane” (L. Reed), 188
Swift, Taylor, 200
Szabó, Gábor, 213
Szymcyzk, Bill, 170
Taj Majal, 21, 136
Takoma label, 41
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (film), 138
Talking Animals, The (Burnett), 85–88, 107. See also photo section
Talking Heads, 61
“Talking Pictures” (Phillips), 146
“Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk” (Burnett), 42
Taplin, Jonathan, 158
Tarantino, Quentin, 126
Tashian, Barry and Holly, 98
Tashian, Daniel, 98–99, 114
Taupin, Bernie, 177. See also photo section
“Taxman” (G. Harrison), 80
Taylor, Greg, 53
Taylor, James, 22
Taymor, Julie, 209
T Bone Burnett, 72–75
TCB band (Presley players), 65–66
“Tear My Stillhouse Down” (Welch), 116
“Tears Tears Tears” (Burnett), 42
technology: cable/broadband live performance, 159–160; compression and music quality, 180–184; digital revolution, 125, 134; rage against, 7, 179–185; techniques, 128. See also recording techniques
Tedeschi, Susan, 175
Tedeschi-Trucks Band, 175
“Telescope” (Barlowe, Lindsey), 196
television projects, 69–70, 194–202
Tempchin, Jack, 35
“Tennessee Blues” (Charles), 65
“Terrifying Love” (Crenshaw), 59
Tesuque, New Mexico, 34
Tex, Joe, 31
Texas Christian University (TCU), 10, 15
Texas landscapes, commentary on, 89, 91, 92, 107
Thalia Hall (venue), 163
“Thank God” (H. Williams), 38
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, 207
T. H. Conn Music (shop), 12
theater work, 118–123
theatrical influences, 44, 45
Thelma and Louise (film), 136
“There Ain’t No Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears” (F. Fisher), 164
“They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me” (Payne), 65
Thile, Chris, 4, 207–208
Thing Called Love, The (film), 125
Thin White Rope, 49
Third Avenue Blues Band, 214
13th Floor Elevators, 198
This So-Called Disaster (documentary) (Almereyda), 122
Thompson, Hank, 65
Thompson, Linda, 136, 147
Thompson, Richard, 48, 63, 136, 147. See also photo section
Three Dog Night, 23
“Three Marlenas” (Jakob Dylan), 114
“Thrill Is Gone, The” (Hawkins, Darnel), 170
“Throw It Away” (Lincoln), 166
Thunderbird (C. Wilson), 160–163, 213
Thurber, James, 86, 209
THX technology, 182
“Tick Tock” (Burnett, Mansfield, Soles), 37
Tillman, Martin, 146
“Till There Was You” (Wilson), 44
Timberlake, Justin, 4, 188–189
Time out of Mind (B. Dylan), 58
Time Step (Kottke), 59
“To Each His Darkness” (Merton), 86
“Tom Dooley” (trad.), 65
Tomorrow Is My Turn (Gidden), 206–207
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 48, 60
tone compositions, 199–200
Tonight Show, 75
Tonio K, 76, 87
Tooth of Crime (Burnett), 119–120
Tooth of Crime, The (Shepard), 118–120, 123
Torn, David, 103
Torrent, Volumes 1 & 2, 183–184
Torres, 181
Tough Trade (TV series), 195
Toussaint, Allen, 68, 149
Town Hall concert (film promo.), 189, 207
Townshend, Pete, 48
traditional music: Americana, 6, 127, 134, 193, 204–205; jazz, 159, 160; Mexican, 52, 54; old-time sound, 42, 130, 133–134; roots, 128, 136
–140, 169–170, 172, 208–209
“Traffic Boom” (Piccioni), 126
“Trampled Rose” (Waits, Brennan), 155
Trap Door (Burnett), 44–46, 50, 77
Traveling Wilburys, Vol I, 91
“tribal folk,” 60
Troubadour (venue), 22, 178
Trouble in Mind (film), 135
“Trouble of This World” (trad.), 137
Trucks, Derek, 175
True America: The Work of Sam Shepard (play), 122
True Blood (TV series), 199
True Detective (TV series), 127, 197–202
True False Identity, The (Burnett), 4, 113, 150–152, 215
True West (Shepard), 122
Truman Show, The, 88
Truth Decay (Burnett), 42–43, 59, 87
Tucker, Ken, 43
Tune, Tommy, 75
Turner, Ike and Tina, 19, 23
Turning, The (Phillips), 79–80
“Turn On Your Love Light” (Robey, Scott), 12
Turtles, 80
Turturro, John, 131
Tuts (venue), 64. See also photo section
Tutt, Ron, 56, 66
Tweedy, Jeff, 190–191
24 bit/96 kHz technology, 183
Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett, 37, 43, 44, 50, 109
“Twist and Shout” (Medley, Russell/Berns), 65
Twitty, Conway, 19
2 Star Tabernacle, 139
Tyminski, Dan, 127, 129
U2, 39, 59, 74, 170
U2: At the End of the World (Flanagan), 74
Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink (Costello), 65, 66
Ungar, Ruth, 134
unhappy encounters, 61, 62, 66, 103–105
UNI label, 18–19
Union, The (John, Russell), 177–178. See also photo section
Until the End of the World (film), 125
Unwritten Works of Geoffrey, Etc., The (Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill), 17–19, 45
“Up above My Head” (trad.), 207
Upon This Rock (Norman), 34
Vagabond (Colette), 145
Valdez, Luis, 56
Valens, Ritchie, 54, 56
Van Dykes, 19
Van Ronk, Dave, 187
Van Vliet, Don. See Captain Beefheart
Van Zandt, Townes, 2, 126
Veal, Reginald, 161
Verne, Larry, 188
“Veronica” (McCartney, MacManus), 68
Vic Theater (venue), 4, 152
Vig, Butch, 100
Vincent, Jade, 212
Vincent and Mr. Green, 212
Vineyard Chritian Fellowship, 34, 39
“Viper, The (What John Rance Had to Tell)” (Burnett), 18
Virgin Records, 80, 82, 83, 84, 113
vocal style and techniques, Burnett’s, 24–25, 44–45, 50, 109, 139, 141
Void (band), 32, 121, 122–123
“volume by depth,” 154
Wachtel, Waddy, 30
“Waitin’ for You” (B. Dylan), 136
“Waiting for Your Call” (Lollie), 170
Waits, Tom, 22, 90, 125, 150, 155, 187, 215
“Wake Up Baby” (Williamson), 23
Walker, T-Bone, 10, 172
Walking into Clarksdale (Page, Plant), 166
Walk the Line (film), 141–142
Waller, Fats, 136, 164
Wallflowers, 113–114, 162, 214
Wallflowers, The (Wallflowers), 113
War (band), 37
Warhol, Andy, 20
Warner Bros. label, 44, 48, 53, 67
Warnes, Jennifer, 90. See also photo section
Warren, Patrick, 201
Washington, Dinah, 11
“Wasting My Time” (Phillips), 146
“Water Boy” (trad.), 207
Waters of Siloe (Merton), 87
Watts, Charlie, 213
“Wayfaring Stranger” (trad.), 139
“Weary Kind, The” (Bingham, Burnett), 143
Webb, Jimmy, 213
Weill, Kurt, 45
Weinstein, Harvey, 138
Weir, Peter, 88
Welch, Gillian, 114–117, 121, 128, 131, 189
Wells, Rebecca, 136
Wenders, Wim, 125, 163
“We’re Gonna Rock” (Rosas), 53
“Werewolves of London” (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon), 30
West, Roscoe, 30
“West End Blues” (Oliver, C. Williams), 159
Wexler, Jerry, 101
“What a Wonderful World” (Thiele, Weiss), 160
“What Do I Do?” (Phillips), 80
“When I Fall in Love” (Young, Heyman), 69
“When Love Is Dying” (John, Taupin), 177
“When the Night Falls” (Burnett), 48
“When the Right One Comes Along” (Zimmermann, Justin Davis), 203–204
“Where Have You Gone” (D. Tashian), 99
“Where Is Love Now” (Phillips), 93
Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill, 17–19
White, Jack, 138–139, 178, 189, 190, 197, 211
White, Phil, 17
White Stripes, 138–139
Who, 46–47
“Whole Lotta Love” (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham, Dixon), 157
Wilco, 190–191, 192
“Wild Side of Life, The” (Warren, Carter), 65
Wild Tchoupitoulas, 162
“Wild Truth, The” (Burnett), 86
“Wildwood Flower” (trad.), 13, 142
Wiley, Geeshie, 206
Willett, Tom, 76–77, 78
Williams, Hank, 11, 47, 74, 91, 141, 204, 209
Williams, Hank Jr., 203
Williams, Holly, 190
Williams, John, 40
Williams, Joy, 196
Williams, Victoria, 79
Williams, Wendy O., 75
Williamson, Sonny Boy, 23, 67, 172
Willis, Kelly, 144
Willman, Chris, 39, 74
Wills, Bob, 11
“Will the Wolf Survive?” (Hidalgo, Perez), 55
Wilonsky, Robert, 77
Wilson, Brian, 177
Wilson, Cassandra, 160–164, 213
Wilson, Tom, 101
Wimber, John, 34
Winstanley, Alan, 65
Witcher, Gabe, 207
Witherspoon, Reese, 141–142
Wolk, T-Bone, 67
Women and Country (B. Dylan), 114
Wonderful World, A (Bennett, lang), 159–160
Woodland Sound studio, 116, 117
Woods, Mickey, 188
Wormer, Jason, 201
Wrecking Ball (Harris), 58, 115
Wrecking Crew (band), 22, 213
“Wrought Iron Rag” (De Paris), 12
Yared, Gabriel, 140
Year of Living Dangerously, The (film), 48
Yellow Moon (Neville Brothers), 58
York, Phil, 15
“You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (B. Dylan), 190
“You Angel You” (B. Dylan), 36
“You Been Away So Long” (Burnett, Montgomery), 25
“You Could Look It Up” (Burnett), 86
Young, Neil, 177, 181, 183
Your Cheatin’ Heart (film), 141
“You’re a Big Girl Now” (B. Dylan), 31
“Your Funeral and my Trial” (Williamson), 67
“You Will Be My Ain True Love” (Sting), 140
Zappa, Frank, 28
Zero Zero Zero (Phillips), 84
Zevon, Warren, 30, 63. See also photo section
Zimmerman, Robert. See Dylan, Bob
Zimmermann, Sarah, 203
Zollo, Paul, 54, 55, 104
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