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T Bone Burnett's First Effort - From 1972 - Is A Winner

Danny M. Dean | Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States | 12/28/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Answers to questions: J. Henry Burnett = T Bone Burnett. No, the B52s, from Athens, GA are nowhere to be found. This B52 band predates that one by about seven years. Whomever found this masterpiece's original master tapes (circa 1972) should be given the solid gold cupie doll. This album ROCKABILLYS OUT! The inclusion of Linda Lu, the single not featured on the original album, makes this well worth the price of admission. T Bone Burnett has become famous, yet again, because of his "O Brother Where Art Thou" work. But, all of his solo material merits a close listen. With Columbia releasing the excellent live recording of the mid-70's, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue (with T Bone providing some tasty guitar licks despite the hinderance of welding goggles!) maybe we can gain hope that we'll see the CD (or DVD Audio) recordings of the Trap Door EP and the Best T-Bone recording of all time: Proof Through The Night. Please, someone, make it so! Oh, and GET THIS CD, NOW!"