He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue. Burnett has produced artists such as John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Counting Crows and Elton John. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his songwriting contribution to the film Cold Mountain, and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart. His 1992 album The Criminal Under My Own Hat, tended toward adult album alternative music.
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