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album:  T Bone Burnett
artist:   T‐Bone Burnett
released: 1986
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T‐Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American recording artist, record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in film music, including for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010); and won another Grammy for producing the studio album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Robert Plant (ex-Led Zeppelin).

Burnett helped start the careers of Counting Crows, Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, and Gillian Welch, and he revitalized the careers of Gregg Allman and Roy Orbison. He produced music for the television programs Nashville and True Detective. He has released several solo studio albums, including Tooth of Crime, which he wrote for a revival of the play by Sam Shepard.

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River of Love
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The Bird That I Held In My Hand
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River of Love - T‐Bone Burnett
Posted 9 years ago by Skydog:
i learned something here today, i didn't know T Bone did his own music, i thought he was just a producer, kinda sounds like he wants to channel Roy Orbison in his singing
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The Bird That I Held In My Hand - T‐Bone Burnett
Posted 6 years ago by yuel:
lame...
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Posted 9 years ago by jimtyrrell:
Tuff crowd on this song. I like it and so does Loop and Lill.....

 
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Posted 7 years ago by oldman:
Finally looked up the credits for this, the resonator guitar just sounded to much like Jerry Douglas.
Well it was Jerry Douglas on Dobro, David Hidalgo  and Mr. Burnnet on guitar. 
May have to find a copy of this......
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Posted 8 years ago by mardisoninnc:
His ex-wife's (Sam Phillips, who went by Leslie Phillips when this song was written and released) version, which is the original one, is much better.  Her voice is like honey compared to T. Bone's in my opinion. 
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Posted 8 years ago by kingart:
I'm sure the guy is very talented but some people just shouldn't sing. Add Tom Petty  on vocals (because this guy sounds like a really bad version of TP) and that might be a pretty decent tune.

  
And some people shouldn't try to be music critics.
{#Yes}  {#Clap}
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Posted 8 years ago by SmackDaddy:
dragon1952 wrote:
I'm sure the guy is very talented but some people just shouldn't sing. Add Tom Petty  on vocals (because this guy sounds like a really bad version of TP) and that might be a pretty decent tune.

 
And some people shouldn't try to be music critics.
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Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough:
I like it!  

When it came on, it made me turn to the other computer to see who it was.

I'm going to check this guy out.

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The Bird That I Held In My Hand - T‐Bone Burnett
Posted 5 years ago by q4Fry:
Is that Jerry Douglas in the background?
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Posted 7 years ago by oldman:
dragon1952 wrote:
I'm sure the guy is very talented but some people just shouldn't sing. Add Tom Petty  on vocals (because this guy sounds like a really bad version of TP) and that might be a pretty decent tune.

 
Personally, I find "flawed?" voices much more interesting to listen to.
For instance, Janis Joplin would have been boing with perfect vocal performances.
Although I love Sally Ellyson, I would not listen to her struggle through "Ball and Chain".

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Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard:
jimtyrrell wrote:
Tuff crowd on this song. I like it and so does Loop and Lill.....

 
 
Roger that.
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Posted 17 years ago by aflanigan:
This is actually not from "Criminal under my own hat", but from his self titled 1986 release. Great to hear anything from him, particularly this CD. More T-Bone!
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Posted 22 years ago by GGendeman:
T-Bone Burnett is so involved in other people's music, that I forget that he is a musician himself. And a very good one at that. It's nice to hear him on his own.
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Posted 23 years ago by Johray63:
Thanks for reminding me of T Bone Burnett and this little masterpiece.
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Posted 23 years ago by NYY96:
I'm just in a really good mood, but this song hits it right on the head on this cool rainy evening that I'm listening to the greatest station on earth. Jim
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Posted 1 year ago by Fabian_R:
A solid 10 for me, which is no surprise, since the whole album must be rated 10 on average. 👍
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Posted 5 years ago by danthebeachman:
mardisoninnc wrote:
His ex-wife's (Sam Phillips, who went by Leslie Phillips when this song was written and released) version, which is the original one, is much better.  Her voice is like honey compared to T. Bone's in my opinion. 
 

In my opinion,T Bone's is the better version!!
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Posted 5 years ago by cc_rider:
oldman wrote:
Finally looked up the credits for this, the resonator guitar just sounded to much like Jerry Douglas.
Well it was Jerry Douglas on Dobro, David Hidalgo  and Mr. Burnnet on guitar. 
May have to find a copy of this......
 
Yeah, he is pretty distinctive. And Mr. Burnett can probably get any musician he wants, why not get the best? Maybe the best ever...
c.
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Posted 7 years ago by lizardking:
oldman wrote:

Personally, I find "flawed?" voices much more interesting to listen to.
For instance, Janis Joplin would have been boing with perfect vocal performances.
Although I love Sally Ellyson, I would not listen to her struggle through "Ball and Chain".
  My thoughts too!  The ability to sing beautifully is great, and has it's spots for sure, although my feeling is that when you're singing about sad things (such as grief and lost love) you SHOULD NOT have a beautiful voice.  Heck, so many people like listening to Pearl Jam yet that's a TERRIBLE voice (IMO of course) - so why the double standard with T Bone?  I'm rating this track a 7.
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Posted 7 years ago by Far:
Forget the song, who posed him for the CD Cover ? Ok kids lets post some mistakes you learned in school...
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