Jeff Bridges
May 30, 2011
Oscar winner, actor, songwriter and musician Jeff Bridges will release his self-titled major-label debut album on August 16 via on Blue Note Records. Produced by his "Crazy Heart" collaborator T Bone Burnett, the project is considered an organic extension and culmination of Bridges' personal, professional and now musical friendship with Burnett, whom he has known for more than 30 years.
Recorded in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, the album features material by world-class songwriters, including Burnett's "Crazy Heart" collaborators the late Stephen Bruton ("What A Little Bit of Love Can Do," "Nothing Yet") and John Goodwin ("Maybe I Missed The Point," "Everything But Love," "The Quest"), Greg Brown ("Blue Car") and Bo Ramsay ("Either Way"). The album also features several of Bridges' own songs, including "Falling Short," "Tumbling Vine," I Will Wait" (which he wrote with Burnett and John Goodwin) and "Slow Boat" (which he wrote with Burnett and Thomas Cobb).
Burnett assembled a number of his key repertory players, including keyboardist Keefus Ciancia, guitarist Mark Ribot, bassist Dennis Crouch, pedal-steel guitarist Russ Pahl, and drummer Jay Bellerose, as well as guest vocalists Rosanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Sam Phillips, and Benji Hughes, for the project.
By Jackie Chapman
