T Bone Burnett's Chapter and Verse

T-BONE BURNETT STRIDES onstage alone, immediately sitting at the piano. He seems to strike a few soulful chords, wincing at every sound. He stands up, falls to his knees and twists his face into a sharp grimace. Suddenly he breaks character and walks away, as the piano keeps playing itself. Later, he tells the crows "remember Lenny Bruce, how they called him a sick comedian? Well, I'm a sick troubadour."