Celebrity News April 19, 2011
Jeff Bridges Signs Record Deal
Actor Jeff Bridges, who won a Best Actor Oscar as a grizzled former country music legend in " Crazy Heart," has signed a recording deal with EMI's Blue Note Records, which will release his major-label debut album in late summer.
Inspired by their collaboration on "Crazy Heart," Bridges will record the album with his long-time friend, songwriter/producer T-Bone Burnett and will include several of Bridges' own compositions, along with material by a collection of other musicians.
Burnett has assembled a number of his key players to perform on Bridges' album, including Keefus Ciancia, Mark Ribot, Dennis Crouch, and Jay Bellerose, and guest vocalists Rosanne Cash, Sam Phillips and Benji Hughes.
For more about Jeff Bridges, visit his official website!
