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T Bone Burnett is a unique; astonishingly prolific music producer; singer-songwriter; guitarist; and soundtrack visionary. Renowned as a studio maven with a Midas touch; Burnett is known for lifting artists to their greatest heights; as he did with Raising Sand; the multiple Grammy Awardndash;winning album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; as well as acclaimed albums by Los Lobos; the Wallflowers; B. B. King; and Elvis Costello. Burnett virtually invented ldquo;Americanardquo; with his hugely successful roots-based soundtrack for the Coen Brothers film; O Brother; Where Art Thou? Outspoken in his contempt for the entertainment industry; Burnett has nevertheless received many of its highest honors; including Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.T Bone Burnett offers the first critical appreciation of Burnettrsquo;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 Burnettrsquo;s musical pursuits; from his early days as a member of Bob Dylanrsquo;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 Burnettrsquo;s brilliance as a singer-songwriter in his own right. Going well beyond the labels ldquo;legendaryrdquo; or ldquo;visionaryrdquo; 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.