John Butler

b. 1 Apr 1975, Torrance, California, USA. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Butler grew up in Australia from age 11, his Australian dad having relocated the family members there in 1986. He went to Curtin University or college in Perth, Traditional western Australia, where he analyzed art background. Butler was right now greatly into music and experienced begun to create his own materials. His self-recorded cassette debut demonstrated well-known in Perth and prompted him to keep university to go after a music profession. He created the John Butler Trio with Jason McGann (drums) and Gavin Shoesmith (bass), and documented a self-titled recording and EP that noticed him branching right out of the all-instrumental strategy of his previously cassette. The mixture of acoustic and electrical rock styles continued to be the same, nevertheless, with the regular extended exercises highlighting Butler’s virtuosity on your guitar. The recognition from the John Butler Trio within the Australian live circuit designed it was just a matter of your time before they broke through having a studio room recording, which duly occurred using the launch of 2001’s Three. Buoyed by the air success from the songs ‘Betterman’ and ‘Consider’, the recording quickly racked up platinum position in Australia and premiered in an extended format in america. Rory Quirk and Andrew Fry changed Shoesmith for trips to market the recording, while Shannon Birchall (upright bass) and Nicky Bomba (drums) helped record the 2003 follow-up Sunrise Over Ocean. The album, that was the first launch within the Jarrah Information label setup by Butler and fellow Australians the Waifs, was another good assortment of bluesy origins rockers with just the extended shutting track ‘Occasionally’ overstaying its pleasant. Michael Barker changed Bomba on following releases, including two consultant live outings as well as the 2007 studio room set Grand Country wide. The second option collection demonstrated a larger willingness to test out other musical designs, notably rap (‘Daniella’) and reggae (‘Groovin’ Gradually’).