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T Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett (real name Joseph Henry Burnett; born January 14, 1948, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American musician, songwriter, and music producer. In addition to his career as a solo performer, Burnett has produced such artists as Counting Crows, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang. He is a Grammy Award winner for his collaboration with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the music for the film "Cold Mountain." He is the founder of the DMZ label. Burnett's songs have been performed by artists such as k.d. lang ("Till the Heart Caves In"), Los Lobos, Sixpence None the Richer ("Carry You"), Tonio K, Emmylou Harris, Mark Heard ("Power of Love"), Arlo Guthrie, Warren Zevon, Peter Case, B. J. Thomas, and others. Composer for the series True Detective. Burnett worked as a guitarist on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour, after which he founded the band The Alpha Band with two other tour participants.