Jeff Bridges to Release Self Titled Album – 5th September 2011. Watch an Exclusive Interview Here
aaamusic | On 20, Jul 2011
Actor, songwriter and musician Jeff Bridges will release his self titled album Jeff Bridges on September 5th, through Parlophone Records. An Oscar winner for his portrayal of a grizzled former country music legend in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges is Bridge’s major label debut and is produced by his Crazy Heart collaborator and friend of thirty plus years T Bone Burnett. The project is an organic extension and culmination of their personal, professional, and now musical friendship.
Recorded in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, NY, Jeff Bridges features material by a host of world class songwriters, including Burnett’s Crazy Heart collaborators the late Stephen Bruton (“What A Little Bit of Love Can Do,” “Nothing Yet”), 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 compositions, 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). To perform the songs, 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.
Tracklist:
1. What A Little Bit Of Love Can Do
2. Will Wait
3. Falling Short
4. Maybe I Missed The Point
5. Tumbling Vine
6. Nothing Yet
7. Blue Car
8. Slow Boat
9. Either Way
10. Everything But Love
11. The Quest
Bridges and Burnett, who is also known for his work with Allison Krauss and Robert Plant, Elton John and Leon Russell, met in 1980 when Kris Kristofferson introduced them during the filming of the motion picture Heaven’s Gate. The relationship has continued over the years as Burnett selected the songs that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, starring Bridges. T Bone also co-wrote several songs for the soundtrack to Crazy Heart, including “The Weary Kind,” which earned him his second Oscar nomination and first win for “Best Original Song,” along with Bingham, who also took home an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy Award for co-writing “The Weary Kind.”
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