T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett
Burnett in 2007
Burnett in 2007
Background information
Birth nameJoseph Henry Burnett III
Born (1948-01-14) January 14, 1948 (age 76)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OriginFort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • guitarist
  • songwriter
  • record executive
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1972–present
Labels
Spouses
(m. 1989; div. 2004)
(m. 2006)
Websitetboneburnett.com

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter.[1] 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.[citation needed] 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.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 203. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.