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Overview
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 Nashville and True Detective and his production of the all-star album 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, T Bone Burnett reveals how this consummate music maker has exerted a powerful influence on American music and culture across four decades.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781477326374 |
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Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
Publication date: | 09/13/2022 |
Series: | American Music Series |
Pages: | 278 |
Sales rank: | 849,519 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |
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Table of Contents
- Opening Chorus: On Top of the World (or Close)
- 1. Sound Citizen
- 2. The Outsider
- 3. Player in the Band
- 4. Alpha Male
- 5. Spiritual Gumshoe
- 6. Master Builder
- 7. Co-Conspirator
- 8. Seeker
- 9. Svengali
- 10. Imagist
- 11. Native Son
- 12. Mentor
- 13. Hit Man
- 14. Reluctant Artist
- 15. Starmaker
- 16. Company Man
- 17. Coen Brother
- 18. Soundtrack Auteur
- 19. Minimalist
- 20. Lead Actor
- 21. Alchemist
- 22. Jazz Man
- 23. Blues Man
- 24. Senior Adviser
- 25. Audio Activist
- 26. Dylanologist
- 27. Televisionary
- 28. Back to the Futurist
- The Kill Squad: A Short List of Longtime Musical Associates
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Discography
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
What People are Saying About This
T Bone Burnett proves that a producer can make as much of an artistic impact as a performer. Enjoyable, sparkling prose.
A record producer who’s had a hand in making some of the most timeless music of the last forty years, T Bone Burnett deftly renders singers, musicians, and songs into vital messengers of artistic truth. Lloyd Sachs’s easygoing prose frames a portrait of an enigmatic, enthusiastic, idealistic, and ultimately accessible musical raconteur/humanitarian who may very well be the most accomplished listener in modern times. In the bargain, we are reminded that Brother Burnett is himself a hell of a singer, songwriter, and musician.
You will want a turntable and a stack of vinyl handy while reading Lloyd Sachs’s definitive music biography of the ‘King of Americana.’ This in-depth look at T Bone’s extensive body of work as a singer-songwriter, bandleader, sideman, producer, composer, and curator is a fine example of the kind of incisive music writing that helped fans originally discover ‘cult artists’ like Burnett.
If one follows the trail of American roots music over the last three decades, the bread crumbs invariably lead to T Bone Burnett's studio. Retracing this path in T Bone Burnett: A Life in Pursuit, Lloyd Sachs unravels the tale of this great American artist in most compelling form.