T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "
T Bone"
Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American
record producer,
guitarist, singer, and
songwriter. 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. 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.
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