T-Bone Burnett

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Born:
January 14, 1948, he's 62 and American.
Names:
Birthname: Joseph Henry Burnett. Also releases as: J. Henry Burnett.
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An artist with 11 releases under 2 pseudonyms, a member of 1 group, and credited 31 times on others' music. 15 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

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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 Counting Crows, 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.

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Folk, Alternative Rock,
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Discography

(43 releases – 10 under his own name, 1 under 1 pseudonym, 4 in other groups and 31 credits on others' music) Edit

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