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 JOHN BUTLER TRIO - Australian Musician magazine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butler was been born in Torrance, in the sunny American state of California on April 1st, 1975.
It was during their 2001/02 tour, when the John Butler Trio decided to record four of their gigs - two in Melbourne at the Forum, two in West Australia, one at UWA and one at the 'Rockit' festival.
It's obvious from witnessing Butler's live performances and the energy that the band creates, that he would rather be performing on stage than be in the studio, but he insists both have their merits.
www.australianmusician.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 /mag/winter03/johnbutler.html   (1221 words)

  
 X-Press Online: THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO - Swiss Goes With That   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The John Butler Trio are waiting to play their first gig in Switzerland at the St. Gallen Open Air Music Festival when the band meant to be playing before them dials in...
Butler says that although Zebra was reasonably well received in America, it was a long way from being a hit single, failing to make it to commercial radio.
If Butler's last album Sunrise Over Sea didn't quite break the perception of his music as issues or protest-based, it certainly allowed him to grow and push it into new directions, particularly with regard to John Butler; the man, husband and father.
www.xpressmag.com.au /archives/2006/01/the_john_butler_2.php   (923 words)

  
 Auralgasms Artist - John Butler Trio - Bio
John Butler is already something of a musical phenomenon in Australia where this -- and three previous albums -- have taken him to the top of the charts and made him one of the biggest concert draws and THE most successful independent musician on that continent.
Their incredible live performances were documented on a 2003 live album, Living 2002-2003, but after several years of nonstop touring, John decided to disband the original trio, taking six months off while his new wife gave birth to a baby girl.
After forming a new version of the John Butler Trio they entered Woodstock Studios in Melbourne to create the album, which would debut at No. 1 on the Aussie charts, a first for an independently released, produced and funded artist.
www.auralgasms.com /frameArtistBio.aspx?BandID=butler   (480 words)

  
 John Butler Interview:
John Butler is a passionate and skilled guitarist, singer and songwriter whose performances are full of talent and emotion.
JOHN BUTLER: Yeah, I was born there in 1975, and I moved here in 1986.
JOHN BUTLER: Um, it was at a kind of pivotal point in my life.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/s881942.htm   (741 words)

  
 John Butler Trio Rock Music > New Videos, Lyrics, Pictures, Mp3 Downloads, News, Concerts, Tickets..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butler was born on April 1, 1975 in Torrance, California from an Australian father and American mother.
John Butler further built his fanbase at this gigs and by the end of 1998, he was planning his first professionally recorded album.
John Butler took a brief break after the five years of solid work since 1992 for the birth of his daughter Banjo.
www.music-artists.org /rock/john_butler_trio.html   (3644 words)

  
 Revolutionary War - John Butler (pioneer)
John Butler (1728-1796) was a Tory who led an irregular unit known as Butlers Rangers on the northern frontier in the American Revolutionary War.
John was born to Walter and Deborah Butler in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut in 1728.
Butler returned to service as a loyalist when the revolution turned to war in 1775.
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 John Butler (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butler (1728-1796), leader of Butler's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War.
John Butler (1975-), an American-born Australian musician and environmentalist, leader of the John Butler Trio.
John M. Butler (1897-1978), former United States Senator representing the State of Maryland.
john-butler.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (59 words)

  
 John Butler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Butler (politician) (1707-1766), British politician - MP, East Grinstead and Sussex
John Washington Butler (1875-1952) US representative for Tennessee.
John Butler (musician) (born 1975), Australian musician and environmentalist
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Butler   (123 words)

  
 CD Baby: JOHN R. BUTLER: Surprise!
John R. Butler was once described by his songwriting hero, Roger Miller, as "that f*&#er standing in front of the limo," when he tried to approach Mr.
Butler has two grown children who lead meaningful, productive lives despite his influence.
Every song on this CD shows that John R. Butler is a fine musician and a hilarious songwriter with a keen sense for the absurdities and hypocrisies of life.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/johnrbutler   (1292 words)

  
 Three Review | John Butler Trio | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
John Butler's debut album, Three, opens with his distinctive fingerpicked, slide-driven guitar that is to be the canvas for the remainder of the record.
John's vocals sound genuinely impassioned and he shows a pretty good range in terms of pitch on the album.
I totally agree with most/all of what John says with his lyrics, but he doesn't really have the lyrical ability to make what he's saying seem moving or especially relevant to the listener.
www.ultimate-guitar.com /reviews/compact_discs/john_butler_trio/three   (682 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sunrise Over Sea: Music: John Butler Trio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butler plays a range of stringed instruments with equal aplomb, but when he plugs in his amplified 11-string guitar, the band roars to life on tracks such as Company Sin, Hello, and Oldman.
Butler's vocals are not always easy to understand, some lyrics seem a bit "hippie trippy," the lyrics are reproduced in a hard-to-read scrawl, and not ever track is a four or five star selection, but the overall effort and delivery are solid and sometimes sublime.
Butler improved very much his compositions, specially his sense of melody, his voice and guitar are mellower, without getting whimsical, fancy.
www.amazon.com /Sunrise-Over-John-Butler-Trio/dp/B0006IQM6C   (4704 words)

  
 Groove Features - John Butler
John has gone on to become a symbol of sorts to Australian musicians for his struggle as an independent artist, and to regular Australians for his lyrical struggle against injustices and the corporate takeover of everything.
There must be a lot of people trying to explain their jobs now, meanwhile John’s entire mechanism consists of him, his family and his music.
In the last six years or so John has been leaning into his guitar playing full bore, going from playing the street corner to massive gigs in front of a strange menagerie of audiences.
www.groovemagazine.com.au /Features/7/john_butler.html   (794 words)

  
 Black Gospel Music Information - The Minister John Butler Bio
A servant of God, John Alvin Butler, was born on October 14, 1965, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
John Butler is no stranger to the stage, while performing what God has called him to do.
The powerful vocals of John Butler, is a force to be reckoned with while receiving a great deal of attention from his peers.
www.blackgospelmusic.info /a/bios/the-minister-john-butler   (407 words)

  
 John Butler Trio Interview
John- She actually asked me for directions once; than I ran into her after a gig and we just hit it off.
John- Well, I was born in California then moved to Australia because of my Father.
John- After attending 12 years of High School take a break from college, just for one year.
www.neonlounge.com /interviews/john-butler-trio.php   (304 words)

  
 This musician is over the moon - Music - www.theage.com.au
Melbourne-based musicians the John Butler Trio made history yesterday when their independently produced album Sunrise Over Sea debuted at the top of the ARIA charts.
Butler, 28, and his Jarrah Records label mates, the Waifs, have written the blueprint for successful independent bands in Australia.
Butler added: "As an independent musician, this achievement is even more of a surprise and immense honour.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/03/15/1079199158973.html?from=storyrhs   (372 words)

  
 MTV.com - News - You Hear It First   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Butler's laid-back approach to his musical career is the sort of attitude that might prevent most aspiring musicians from ever leaving their parents' basement.
The John Butler Trio's indie success hasn't had much of an effect on its frontman, however, who sees each new achievement as just another chapter in his life.
In fact, childhood ambitions for Butler — who lived in a rural part of Torrance, California, until he was 8 — ran the gamut from professional skateboarder to Green Beret.
www.mtv.com /news/yhif/john_butler_trio   (964 words)

  
 Glide Magazine Features - John Butler Trio: Laid Back Export
Butler began playing guitar at age 16 after his grandmother gave the teen his deceased grandfather’s 1930 Dobro.
Butler began his musical career busking with his guitar on the streets of Freemantle, Australia before he began releasing CDs with The John Butler Trio independently in 1996.
John Butler is an accomplished slide player but is an equally talented finger pickin’ guitarist.
www.glidemagazine.com /articles189.html   (942 words)

  
 X-Press Online: John Butler - Dawn Again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
At first a local guitar hero, performing largely solo and acoustic, Butler would later form the John Butler Trio (JBT) and later still team up with Phil Stevens and The Waifs to form Jarrah Records, which is now regarded as the template for independent success.
John Butler's attempts to raise important issues in both politics and the environment have been unflinchingly sincere, heartfelt, direct and personal in nature, and while this has drawn in a great many fans, it has brought with it detractors who cite everything from his appearance and accent and accusations of 'preachiness' to question his credibility.
I look at people like John Howard or George Bush and it seems like they just weren't told they were loved enough by their dads and mums, because they're such dickheads such assholes.
www.xpressmag.com.au /archives/2004/03/john_butler_daw.php   (2276 words)

  
 VH1.com : John Butler Trio : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
John Butler began his career as a busker, playing for money on the streets of Fremantle, Western Australia and selling a self-recorded cassette tape.
Several years later, at age 16, John began playing guitar; that same year, his grandmother presented him with a 1930's Dobro that had belonged to his grandfather, a firefighter who perished in a 1956 forest fire.
John began developing a fan base via busking - and the street gigs evolved into bar and club dates.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/butler_john_rock_/bio.jhtml   (1678 words)

  
 John Butler to fund the arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Musician John Butler is putting his good fortune back into the community with the announcement of The JB Seed, a program offering support to develop genuine artistic expression.
According to Butler "the categories we have chosen are designed to explore and encourage the social, cultural and artistic diversity that exists in Australian society.
Butler has budgeted $50,000 for the grants with a maximum of $10,000 per category.
www.undercover.com.au /news/2005/jan05/20050105_johnbutler.html   (208 words)

  
 The Dahlonega Nugget: Serving Dahlonega and Lumpkin County for more than 110 years
Butler was a native of Lumpkin County who had lived in Illinois for several years.
He made a bluegrass album with a band he traveled with called "The Bluegrass Travelers" and was also a radio personality called "Farmer" on the "Man-Cow" Show on a rock radio station in Chicago.
He was preceded in death by his father, John Ford "J.F." Butler.
www.thedahloneganugget.com /articles/2005/05/18/obituaries/06butler.txt   (169 words)

  
 Bands To Hear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butler Trio is an Australian-based band who in recent years has been the supporting act to Jack himself.
Contrary to what their name suggests, The Beautiful Girls is a group of three talented male musicians with an unmistakeable musical gift.
A unique sound with hints of David Gray and Ryan Adams, Dean Fields is a musician with a very passionate and sweet soulful style.
www.jackjohnson.icyspicy.com /catalog.html   (908 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: John Butler Trio Live at Albert Waterways Community Centre on 2004-05-27
John threw in 'Take' before the encore (pee-break), which was decided on the spot.
I discovered John when i was on holiday in Australia in the summer and went to see him in Manchester this year in November.
He's the most talented musician ever and it's a shame that he didn't get more publicity whilst he was in England.
www.archive.org /audio/etree-details-db.php?id=14930   (484 words)

  
 John Butler Trio Lyrics Photos New Album MP3 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
John Butlers mum is American and his father is Australia, his descendants are traced back to Ireland also.
John is currently married and just became a father in 2003, to a daughter named Banjo.
Here, as the John Butler Trio faded from the PA, there was a focus on broad and comprehensive policy: consciously presumably, for a...
www.john-butler-trio.com.cob-web.org:8888   (717 words)

  
 APRA Music Awards - Media Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
JOHN BUTLER has made APRA Music Awards history by taking out the hotly contested award for SONG OF THE YEAR.
Renowned for his musicianship and his enthusiastic support for the jazz arts Don Burrows is known as one of the world's finest composers and interpreters of the jazz tradition.
John Butler Trio performed 'Zebra' - the 2004 Song of the Year.
www.apra.com.au /awards/music/media_releases/040524-John_butler_makes_apra_history.asp   (668 words)

  
 More on Tampa Day 2006 : Melbourne Indymedia
The SAS stormed the ship in what was almost certainly an act of piracy, and they held the Tampa hostage until on the third day of the hearing, on the Sunday, the government announced the Pacific Solution.
John Howard announced on that day that the people rescued by Tampa would never be allowed to set foot in Australia.
Philip Ruddock is a disgrace to the office he now holds [Attorney-General], and John Howards is a disgrace to his office...
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/08/120657.php   (2129 words)

  
 IGN: John Butler Breaks Loose
Ah, yes, cycles, as in movement, as in the life force that largely propels Butler in his music and life.
Butler has, at various times in his life, been a painter, skateboarder, and of course musician.
That glow, that rhythmic interchange, the desire to share, that's John Butler in a nutshell.
music.ign.com /articles/607/607470p2.html   (480 words)

  
 Upcoming.org: John Butler Trio, Mick Hart at Queen Margaret Union :: QMU (Saturday, October 22, 2005)
The John Butler Trio effortlessly combines gritty soulful vocals, elements of hip-hop, and Appalachian folk with subtle hints of everything from reggae to Zeppelin.
As a multi-talented musician, John plays a variety of instruments, including numerous 12-strings, lapsteel guitars, and banjos, with dexterity on par with some of the all-time greats.
In their native Australia, the John Butler Trio has established themselves as one of the most successful independent artists in recent history.
upcoming.org /event/35880   (327 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/johnbutlertrio
They've been delivering their music to the globe and now The John Butler Trio are pleased to announce they will return to Australian stages to celebrate Funky Tonight, the first offering from their highly anticipated new album.
In recent months The John Butler Trio has built an enthusiastic fan base overseas achieving great success in The USA, France, Germany and Japan with their highly acclaimed Sunrise Over Sea album.
John ventured into Sing Sing Studios in June with bass player Shannon Birchall and drummer Michael Barker to lay down the new tracks enlisting Mario Caldato Jr (Beastie Boys) to co-produce and engineer the new album which will see release early in 2007.
www.myspace.com /johnbutlertrio   (1571 words)

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