TOWNSHEND REVEALS A 2008 WISH-LIST FOR THE WHO

[Bruce]

>> with the producer T-Bone Burnett, who is
>> an old friend of mine.
>
>
> I've never heard of this guy.  After a quick Google, I know now this:
>
> - he's just had his 60th birthday
>
> - he's recorded a number of songs (enough to fill a recent 40-track 
> compilation).  I've never heard of any of them
>
> - he's produced Tony Bennett, kd lang, The Wallflowers
>
> - he's worked on the soundtracks for such movies as O Brother, Where Art 
> Thou?,  Walk the Line and The Big Lebowski.  (I've heard praise for all 
> these soundtracks before now.)
>

T Bone is the producer of choice in the Bluegrass/Americana world. He just 
did the Robert Plant/Alison Krause CD.

He does have a Who connection. He opened for The Who several times in 1982 
including the show I saw.  I thought he was awful.  It was 20+ years later 
that I found out that Mick Ronson was in his band at the time.  Ronson was 
making chump change touring with Burnett after turning down two grand a 
night to tour with Bob Seger.

Bruce