T-Bone Burnett, born Joseph Henry Burnett (January 14, 1948) in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, is a songwriter, performer, and producer inspired by multiple traditions of America's musical heritage. He emerged from a self-imposed 14-year hiatus as a recording artist in 2006 to release two collections of music: The True False Identity, his first album of new original songs since 1992, and Twenty Twenty - The Essential T-Bone Burnett, a 40 song retrospective spanning Burnett?s entire career of music-making. T-Bone?s time away from recording and performing led him to other undertakings. He produced various artists such as Tony Bennett and k.d. lang on the A Wonderful World album and The Wallflowers on Bringing Down the Horse. Burnett won a Grammy award for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He worked as a songwriter, and was nominated for an Osc