T Bone Burnett: A Life In Pursuit (american Music)
by Lloyd Sachs /
2016 / English / EPUB
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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
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 withRaising Sand
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,
, 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?
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.
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
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
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 showsNashville
Nashville and
andTrue Detective
True Detective and his production of
the all-star album
and his production of
the all-star albumLost on the River: The New Basement
Tapes
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,
. 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
T
Bone Burnett reveals how this consummate music maker has
exerted a powerful influence on American music and culture across
four decades.
reveals how this consummate music maker has
exerted a powerful influence on American music and culture across
four decades.
