T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in film ...
. The album is a selection of music written by Burnett for the 1996 production of
Sam Shepard
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Allmusic
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praised the album and wrote "Tooth of Crime is a smart, absorbing, and beautifully disquieting collection of songs that could have come from no one else but T Bone Burnett, and it shows that one of America's best songwriters may be working at a very deliberate pace but he still has some remarkable things left to tell us."
Track listing
# "Anything I Say Can and Will Be Used Against You" – 4:02
# "Dope Island" – 4:16
# "The Slowdown" – 4:43
# "Blind Man" – 1:22
# "Kill Zone" – 4:19
# "The Rat Age" – 5:30
# "Swizzle Stick" – 5:10
# "Telepresence (Make the Metal Scream)" – 3:06
# "Here Come the Philistines" – 3:33
# "Sweet Lullaby" – 3:24
Personnel
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T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in film ...
– vocals, guitar, six-string bass, piano
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Sam Phillips
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis ...
– vocals, backing vocals
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Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot (;
born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.
His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Wai ...
– banjo, guitar
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Greg Leisz
Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.
Biography
Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...
– steel guitar
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Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and The Grays (band), the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score comp ...
– Chamberlin, baritone guitar
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J. D. Foster
JD Foster is an American record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter. He is known for working with country and Americana performers including Dwight Yoakam and Patty Griffin.
Producer, performer and recording ar ...
– bass
* John E. Abbey – bass
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Sim Cain
Rollins Band was an American rock band formed in Van Nuys, California. The band was active from 1987 to 2006 and was led by former Black Flag vocalist Henry Rollins. They are best known for the songs " Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both ...
– drums
* Jagoda – drums
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Jim Keltner
James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".Howard Sounes. ''Down ...
– drums, percussion
* Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
* Greg Smith – baritone saxophone, bass saxophone
* Ken Kugler – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
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Darrell Leonard
Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles-based, trumpet player, composer and arranger.
He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973.
He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom B ...
– trombonium, pocket trumpet
* Les Lovitt – flugelhorn
* Dan Kelly – French horn
* Suzette Moriarty – French horn
* Kurt Snyder – French horn
* Miguel Ferrer – backing vocals
* Leslie Kahn – backing vocals
* David Poe – backing vocals
Production
* T-Bone Burnett – producer
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Mike Piersante
Mike Piersante is a recording engineer and mixer.
2009 Grammy Awards
Mike Piersante won two Grammy Awards in 2009 for his work as Engineer/Mixer. The first Grammy was for " Please Read the Letter" a duet track by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant ...
– engineer, mixing
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Susan Rogers
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Emile Kelman
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Kelman previous ...
– assistant engineer
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Gavin Lurssen
Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.