tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post5459204722118982672..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: T BoneAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-89197788810173244182008-03-12T00:03:00.000-04:002008-03-12T00:03:00.000-04:00Me and my wife were married and the song "Any Time...Me and my wife were married and the song "Any Time At All" was performed by a couple of our friends. Probably my favorite song of his.Adventures with Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15370712440197181886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-5431161407320261312008-03-10T14:15:00.000-04:002008-03-10T14:15:00.000-04:00I've been listening to T-Bone for decades, and I m...I've been listening to T-Bone for decades, and I must protest that for all the great lyrics he wrote, you choose to quote maybe his most ham-handed song ever! :)<BR/><BR/>When I listen to my old 70s records, there is an artist who is eerily prescient about the present -- TonioK.<BR/><BR/>Listen to "The Night Fast Rodney Went Crazy" and remember it was three decades before mass school shootings. Or "One Big Happy Family:" whose brilliant lines include "..and all the king's idiot sons, never in all of their glorious battles solved anything with a gun."<BR/><BR/>He wrote about Columbine and George Bush and lots of other great stuff 30 years ago.paulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727202517182571557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-68813683277951560562008-03-10T11:58:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:58:00.000-04:00Andrew, my feature story is actually a career over...Andrew, my feature story is actually a career overview/appreciation where I discuss both T Bone's songwriting and his production skills. So I mention both Plant's and Krauss's "Raising Sand" and the about-to-be-released "Tooth of Crime." But the focus is broader than either of those fine representations of his work.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-11174471881224721472008-03-10T11:51:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:51:00.000-04:00Andy,Is your story in relation to the Tooth of Cri...Andy,<BR/><BR/>Is your story in relation to the Tooth of Crime album, or is this a feature based on his involvement with Plant and Krauss?<BR/><BR/>Either way, I'll be looking forward to it. You're the only reason I keep a subscription to Paste.<BR/><BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-45349985457700019542008-03-10T10:53:00.000-04:002008-03-10T10:53:00.000-04:00The music service "Pandora" has been urging T Bone...The music service "Pandora" has been urging T Bone Burnett on me the last several days, and I remarked to my wife how it's funny that I've mostly overlooked his songwriting when I've been so moved by records he's produced over the years. Listening to <I>Raising Sand</I> a few month's back sent me digging through boxes looking for my cassette copy of Joe Henry's <I>Shuffletown</I>, because I suddenly remembered he had produced that too, and I had to hear it again. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it's this ability of Burnett's, demonstrated in what you quote, to sort of sidle up to something and then nail it with all the ball-peen force of the most gifted protest singer, that makes him such a great producer. Nuanced without being abstruse, and as straightforward as a microphone in front of the band when that's what the music calls for.patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891483547486986821noreply@blogger.com