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Background information Birth name Joseph Henry Burnett Born January 14, 1948 (1948-01-14) (age 61) Origin St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Genre(s) Rock & roll, country Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Producer Years active 1972—present Label(s) Universal (1972-1976; 1986-1988)

Arista (1976-1980)

Takoma (1980-1982)

Warner Bros. (1982-1984)

Demon (1984-1986)

Columbia (1988-present)

DMZ (2006-present) Website TBoneBurnett.com

Joseph Henry "T-Bone" Burnett (January 14, 1948) is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas.

In addition to his solo work, Burnett has produced artists such as Tony Bennett and K. D. Lang on the A Wonderful World album and The Wallflowers on Bringing Down the Horse. Burnett won Grammy Awards for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack and for his work with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. He was nominated for an Oscar for his songwriting contribution to the film Cold Mountain. He founded the record label DMZ, an imprint of Columbia, and was involved with Mark Heard and Tonio K in the short-lived What? Records. He also oversaw the music for the films Walk the Line and The Big Lebowski.

Burnett's songs have been covered by such artists as K. D. Lang ("Till the Heart Caves In"), Los Lobos, Sixpence None the Richer ("Carry You"), Tonio K, Emmylou Harris, Mark Heard ("Power of Love"), Arlo Guthrie, Warren Zevon, Peter Case, B. J. Thomas and others. Contents [hide] 1 Early musical career 2 Solo career 3 Production, film scoring, and other professional activities 4 Discography 5 Compilations 6 External links 7 Footnotes //

Early musical career

Burnett released his first album, The B-52 Band and the Fabulous Skylarks, in 1972. In 1975 and 1976, he toured with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. When the Revue ended, Burnett and two other members of Dylan's band, David Mansfield and Steven Soles, formed The Alpha Band. The Alpha Band released three albums, The Alpha Band in 1977, Spark In The Dark in 1977, and The Statue Makers of Hollywood in 1978.

Solo career

In 1980 he released his first post-Alpha Band solo album, Truth Decay, a roots rock album described by the Rolling Stone Record Guide as "mystic Christian blues."

In 1982 his Trap Door EP yielded the FM radio hit "I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance". Burnett toured after the release of Trap Door, opening several dates for The Who and leading a band that featured Mick Ronson on guitar.

His 1983 album Proof Through the Night (whose song "When the Night Falls" got some FM airplay) and his 1987 album The Talking Animals were more in the vein of 1980s new wave