S2 E4: T Bone Burnett on "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye"
Acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett (Counting Crows\u2019 August And Everything After; the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack; dozens of others) discusses one of the darkest songs Willie ever wrote: the early-60s murder ballad \u201cI Just Can\u2019t Let You Say Goodbye.\u201d The song debuted on Willie\u2019s 1966 album Live at Panther Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, and T Bone talks about being in the audience that night\u2014because of course he was; he\u2019s T Bone Burnett\u2014along with what it was like to produce Willie himself (2010\u2019s Country Music), and why he calls Willie a holy man.