T Bone Burnett - Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Six-String Bass and Vocals Carla Azar - Drums Jay Bellerose - Drums Keefus Ciancia - Piano & Keyboards Dennis Crouch - String Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Marc Ribot - Acoustic and Electric Guitars Bill Maxwell - Drums on Palestine Texas Buzz Clifford - Harmony Reese Clifford - Harmony Dan Moore - Harmony Sam Phillips - Harmony
Influences
Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, The Carter Family, Dock Boggs, John Adams, Frantz Casseus
New Music From T Bone
T Bone has emerged from a 14-year hiatus as a recording artist to release two new albums, both in stores and online May 16, 2006: The True False Identity, which is T Bone's first studio album in 14 years, and Twenty Twenty - The Essential T Bone Burnett, a two-disc retrospective spanning T Bone's thirty years as a recording artist. The DualDisc version features vidiosyncrasy, a film created exclusively for this release which captures T Bone in a special solo performance of songs and spoken word.
Below is a clip from that film, "Earlier Baghdad (The Bounce).", which T Bone performed at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California.
T Bone On Tour
T Bone will kick-off his first concert tour in nearly 20 years on May 23 at The Vic Theatre in Chicago . The True False Identity Tour will hit theaters and outdoor venues in 15 U.S. cities in support of T Bone's two May 16 album releases.
T Bone’s band for the tour will consist of many of the musicians he worked with on his forthcoming studio release and on countless musical projects over the years: Jim Keltner on drums, Marc Ribot on guitar, Dennis Crouch on upright bass and Keefus Ciancia on keyboards.
Appearing as very special guest on the tour will be Jakob Dylan, who shares a long-standing friendship and musical history with T Bone. The two last collaborated in the mid-nineties, when Jakob’s band The Wallflowers worked with producer Burnett on their multi-platinum Bringing Down The Horse album. Jakob will perform on all dates, except June 15 in San Francisco , for which T Bone will be joined by Peter Hayes & Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Fear Country: The True False Identity If you're into internet games, puzzles and that sort of thing, you might want to check out Fear Country: The True False Identity. It's from the same person who designed the famous "Notpron" game, and it's based on the music and lyrics from the new album. Let me know if you solve it!
Previous post cut off--finish: So, fine, show what "barbarians" the Taliban are with photos of women it claims were prostitutes for the U.S. Army being executed. Maybe the Taliban are barbarians; the fact that they, at the least, materially aided the 9/11 attacks is sufficient reason for America to seek to dislodge them. And that should have been done---about 7 years ago.
But oil was apparently more important than justice. America got neither.
"When you're out for revenge dig two graves, When you run from the truth it comes in waves."
From Every Time I Feeel the Shift, by T Bone Burnett
Dear Mr. Burnett, We were pleased to see the Raising Sand Revue in Philly last Saturday. What surprised us most was that it was not merely the album with a few extra songs, but old, new, Zeppelin songs [we think better than the originals, with Ms. Krauss singing]. Seems like there is at least one more album or movie out of your trio [we see it as a trio, anyway]. I was thinking of one of your songs while writing a blog--and my own song, too. I think I am not mistaken by the implication. Your song is quoted at the end of this post. We have a crude, mistake ridden video up of our version of "Just Before the Battle, Mother" up on our site. However, it has punch, as you can hear the crowd.
Yours, Major Tom and his Band of Deserters
from our blog: During WW II, Americans saw a great deal of the human cost of War. Not today. Life Magazine prominently displayed a photograph of the dead on Buna Beach, Tarawa--a photograph that maybe is not as shocking until you see the full size image--for reasons I will not discuss here. Our profile now shows an image from Iraq--one that has not made it to the major media. Why is that? Is there something to hide, just like Bush wanted to hide the sanitized, flag draped caskets of dead soldiers on airplanes? People lost their jobs for taking those pictures.
While it is perfectly fine to show extreme gore in movies and in the games our children play, and even in our television shows like "Dexter" and the CSI series, it seems that we are not allowed to see the truth. Perhaps we cannot handle the truth?
When a government decides that you cannot "handle" the truth, it usually means it is a government that is afraid what the consequences of truth will bring it.
So, fine, show what "barbarians" the Taliban are with photos of women it claims were prostitutes for the U.S. Army being executed. Maybe the Taliban are barbarians; the fact that they, at the least, materially aided th
I saw "Walk The Line" last night on TV. This was probably my 10th time to see it, as I own the movie and soundtrack. I was taken back to such a tremendous film with music production that was truly exceptional. Your work on that movie is simply brilliant.:) Recently, I also enjoyed the feature in Performing Songwriter about you.
Hello Mr Burnett, it's been quite a surprise to hear the optiganesque drumming gone from "Kill Zone" and a phase-shifted double tracked vocal on the version from the new album. I remember reading an interview of yours a few years back where you said that you might record a rockabilly solo album. Here's hoping that this is up next. It's going to be great! All the best Yannick from Cologne, Germany
Saw the North Texas show last night. You were awesome. I liked the Bob Dylan anecdote.
"When Dylan made the switch from acoustic to electric guitar he got booed everywhere he went, but his album sales were still no. 1 in Texas. I gotta agree with you guys."
