T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett is, to me, one of music's great unsung architects. Playing guitar in Bob Dylan's 1970s band would be a career for most, but his real genius emerged as a producer who resurrected vintage American sound for modern audiences. The Grammys and the Oscar for Crazy Heart only hint at his influence. What I admire is his ego-less instinct to draw the best from others rather than chase the spotlight. He embodies a craftsman's philosophy of service to the song, and that quiet mastery makes him endlessly worth studying.

Name (English)

T Bone Burnett

Name (Japanese)

T・ボーン・バーネット

Reading

T・ぼーん・ばーねっと

Born

January 14, 1948 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / musician / composer / guitarist / record producer

High school

R. L. Paschal High School

Awards & achievements

• Grammy Awards
• 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Song

• Official sitehttps://tboneburnett.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/TBoneCL
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%20Bone%20Burnett
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225141

Tags

• Missouri
• singer-songwriter
• musician
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-20

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