The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks
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The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks is an album by T-Bone Burnett
, released in 1972 as J. Henry Burnett. It would be eight years before he released his first solo album as T-Bone Burnett. Burnett would next go on to play with Bob Dylan
's Rolling Thunder Revue
and then release three albums with The Alpha Band
.
It was reissued in 1994 on the One Way label.
T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
, released in 1972 as J. Henry Burnett. It would be eight years before he released his first solo album as T-Bone Burnett. Burnett would next go on to play with Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's Rolling Thunder Revue
Rolling Thunder Revue
The Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976; the prevailing theory was that the tour was named after the Native American shaman Rolling Thunder. Others maintained that tour...
and then release three albums with The Alpha Band
The Alpha Band
The Alpha Band was a rock band formed in July 1976 from the remnants of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. Band members were T-Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and David Mansfield, plus sidemen who differed from record to record and included: David Kemper ; gospel great Andrae Crouch; and former Beatle...
.
It was reissued in 1994 on the One Way label.
Track listing
- "We Have All Got a Past"
- "Bring Me Back Again"
- "Now I Don't Mind No Light Sermon"
- "Wouldn't You Think I'd Know by Now"
- "You Been Away for So Long"
- "Sliding By"
- "Hot Rod Banjo"
- "Mama, Please Don't You Lie"
- "Clarification Blues"
- "Money Changer"
- 1994 reissue bonus tracks:
- "I Don't Want to Hear You Cry No More"
- "Linda Lu"
Personnel
- T-Bone Burnett – vocals, guitar
- David Jackson – bass
- Matt Betton – drums
- The Fabulous Skylarks – backing vocals