There have been three T Bone Burnett releases in the past two years, and Rolling Stone has yet to acknowledge the existence of any of them; True False Identity, The Essential T Bone Burnett, and the Proof Through The Night/Trap Door reissue on Rhino Handmade. This is the same magazine that used to report his every move in the 80’s and 90’s, and also named him Songwriter Of The Year in 1983. Did T Bone lose a bet with Yawn Winner? Have they forgotten that he does something other than produce soundtracks? Maybe it would have robbed Britney and Eminem of their much needed square media footage. Regardless, I call on Rolling Stone to turn off the (tom) cruise control, and devote more space to T Bone and other deserving, underrated musicians. Hell, put him on the damn cover, he’s big time now in case you haven’t heard. – Bucks Burnett
