Turner Stephen Bruton

Stephen Bruton Texas Musician Played with Kris Kristofferson, T Bone Burnett Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2009

Stephen Bruton, a Texas musician long admired and much in demand as much for his astute guitar work as for his insights as a songwriter, died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications of cancer that he'd been battling for several years. He was 60.

Bruton, who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and whose songs had been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett and numerous others, died at the home of his friend ...
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