Talk:T Bone Burnett

T-Bone vs. T Bone
Since T Bone's preferred spelling now is without the hyphen, wouldn't it be more appropriate to make T Bone Burnett the article title with a redirect from T-Bone Burnett? Mitchell k dwyer 19:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Excellent point -- T Bone dropped the hyphen back in the '80s. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.118.141.120 (talk • contribs) 12:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)  (signed, Donald Joseph)


 * Naming conventions (common names) requires what is more common and Naming conventions (identity) requires what T Bone himself uses. Hyacinth 08:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Narrow point of view
Coming to the article as a non-American with no prior knowledge of T Bone's career, wanting to find out all about him, it seems to have been written from a rather narrow twenty-first century point of view. Of course, I appreciate what "T Bone Burnett is an American original" is getting at, but I'd rather be given, at the outset of the article, a more bland and less starry eyed summary of the man. We are told first of his recent achievements, and then of his (equally important?) achievements earlier in his career--not, I would have thought, the encyclopedic way of doing it. Sorry to moan! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.92.154.118 (talk • contribs) 16:01 & 16:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * That prose really has the feel of text copied from elsewhere, though Google does not find it on the web. --Kbh3rd talk 03:22, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The text is a press release authored by Sony/Columbia Records. It's now up on the very new Sony T Bone page, which is why Google didn't find it for you. A real encyclopedia entry would include more personal info, like that he was married to Sam Phillips for a decade. And, the text likely violates capyright, since Sony/Columbia no doubt owns the copyright to the text in the press release. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.209.107.39 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm finding some of the wording changes sound too "PR-ish" to me. Not quite up to Wiki standards, though. Maybe someone can work on it to cut out the ego fluff aspect of it.Kulturvultur (talk) 18:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Possible copryight violation?
I followed 24.209.107.39's tip that the text was a copyright violation, and I found two sites I think were originally copied from, though in the first case with minor textual modification and in the second being edited in the time that the text has existed here on Wikipedia. I think that this should be tagged as a, but am not entirely sure. At any rate, it does need major textual modification, because someone could certainly claim it is a copyright violation. What do you guys think?
 * 1) &  for the "14-year hiatus" line
 * 2) (a Columbia Records press release) for the same line and for more

--Iamunknown 17:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * If all that remains are these few words, there isn't a copyright violation as that requires substantial taking. Nonetheless, the source of some of hte information should be acknowledged, maybe in a footnote. ww (talk) 01:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:T Bone Burnett - TTFI Cover.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:T Bone Burnett - TT Cover.jpg
Image:T Bone Burnett - TT Cover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Infobox image
What's strange is that the photo in question took the place of one which I had photographed myself, donated to the commons under GFDL, but was somehow rejected. Furthermore, there is obviously no one else who is willing to take any credit for editing the article or even to donate a non-promotional photo. Do what you will, okay? Kulturvultur (talk) 07:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The image discussed above was from a year ago.
 * I've reverted the infobox photo back to your free image, from a non-free copywritten promotional image, per the Wikipedia policy at WP:NONFREE -- Foetusized (talk) 03:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Code Project?
If the Code Project is real and as important to Burnett as the quote that was removed indicates then his opinion in regards to it belongs on the page about him. *http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2008/06/09/segments/100761 appears to be the link to that interview, but its an mp3, so I'm unable to verify the dialog. Hyacinth (talk) 00:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC) and there is the rolling stone's article. Hyacinth (talk) 00:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/20/artists-fight-for-new-hi-fi-formats/


 * I don't see that a quote was removed so I'm not sure what specifically you are referring to, but "his opinion in regards to it" is on the page about him. So I think we're all good.  Except that reference you provided above is nice, so I'm going to go ahead and add that in.  I wouldn't want to make the Code Project section too long though per (among others) WP:Recentism.  In my opinion, if it's sufficiently notable and cannot be explained in a sentence or two, it deserves its own page, rather than to be explained in Burnett's page at this early date. SlubGlub (talk) 06:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Factual Errors?
I believe the portion under 2004 stating that he wrote "I Wish My Baby Was Born" is not entirely accurate. This song has been around for many years, as noted by High Atmosphere: Ballads and Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North Carolina Collected by John Cohen in November of 1965 released in 1975. --74.141.74.97 (talk) 05:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It says he helped launch the career of Sam Phillips, but her page says he helped produce her fourth solo album, as well as sang background vocals for two established musicians in the Christian music world. He helped, no doubt, but her career was already launched. --Priamel (talk) 03:14, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * He did launch Sam Phillips' career. In the Christian marketplace she was known as Leslie Phillips. He produced Leslie's fourth album, The Turning and then her initial albums on Virgin where she went by Sam Phillips (see AllMusic). She was well-known in the Christian marketplace, but far from being a "hit" with no albums even on the Heatseekers chart (201–300 with no prior albums in the 200). Billboard did not start doing its Christian Albums chart until well after she left, but I don't recall her works being top-selling. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:42, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Heaven's Gate
I see no mention of Mr. Burnett being credited with playing a member of the Heaven's Gate band. He can be seen playing the tambourine as well as starting the count of a song. He is shown in the ending credits as one of the members of the band.Rdkendrick (talk) 20:53, 4 September 2009 (UTC)rdkendrick


 * Which Heaven's Gate are you talking about? -- Foetusized (talk) 18:36, 5 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The Michael Cimino film. He's on the screen for maybe a second or two.  The late Stephen Bruton was also in the same band on that film.  If you look on IMDB, they're both credited as being there. --Kulturvultur (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Music Production
Did T-Bone Burnett produce BoDeans? I believe so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.146.24.82 (talk) 17:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * He produced their debut album Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams -- Foetusized (talk) 01:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Info Request
I have been listening to some of his music and looked in this article to find out what instruments he plays. I wondered if he played the impressive slide guitar I heard on several tracks? I don't see that anywhere. Did I miss it, or could someone with the information add it, as it seems like essential information on him? --Carmaskid (talk) 05:02, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

needs entry for The New Basement Tapes
T Bone produced Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes. It does not appear in his production discog. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.83.67.99 (talk) 08:06, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Redundant section
I don't know why there is a production discography on this page and another one on a separate page. One of them should go. –Vmavanti (talk) 00:13, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:21, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Comments on culture, politics and economy
It seems his talk at SxSW recently is worthy enough to open a section on his views and comments on current issues. Here's a recording on Youtube of his keynote address. --Leighblackall (talk) 00:42, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Not unless a secondary source discusses it. WP:NOTNEWS and all that. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:30, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Ionic
If Code is included why not Ionic?

Anyone who knows how to edit Wikipedia might wish to add it?

"Bob Dylan has rerecorded "Blowin' in the Wind" six decades after its 1962 debut, and the only copy of the new studio recording will head to auction in London on July 7 via Christie's Auction House. In 2021, Dylan entered the studio to lay down the track with producer and longtime collaborator T Bone Burnett, who recorded the song using a new audio medium called the Ionic Original, a hybrid format made from materials typically used in both vinyl and CDs. The result is a durable, analog disc aimed at preserving the highest audio quality, which Burnett, in an earlier press release, called "the pinnacle of recorded sound."

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-rerecorded-blowin-in-the-wind-auction/

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-neofidelity-ionic-original-acetate-disc-of-6381194/ EDLIS Café 21:34, 11 July 2022 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdRicardo (talk • contribs)