John Butler

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John Charles Wiltshire-Butler (born 1 April 1975), professionally known as John Butler, is an American-born Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer.

He is the front man for the John Butler Trio, a roots and jam band, that formed in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1998. The John Butler Trio has recorded five studio albums including three that have reached number one on the Australian charts: Sunrise Over Sea, Grand National and April Uprising.

His recordings and live performances have met with critical praise and have garnered awards from the Australian Performing Right Association and Australian Recording Industry Association. Butler was born in the United States and moved to Australia at an early age.

He began playing the guitar at the age of sixteen.

In 2002, Butler, along with several partners, formed their own record label.

He is also the co-founder of a grant program that seeks to improve artistic diversity in his home country, Australia, where he resides with his wife and children.

Early life and education

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler was born on 1 April 1975 to an Australian father, Darryl Wiltshire-Butler, and an American mother, Barbara (née Butler).[A] He was named after his paternal grandfather, John Wiltshire-Butler, a forestry worker who died fighting a bushfire in Nannup. Butler has British, Bulgarian, and Greek ancestry through his father. His genealogy was investigated on an episode of the SBS Television series Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired on 1 November 2009. The show traced his family history from his deceased grandfather's war diaries through to ancestors in Bulgaria and the events of the 1876 April Uprising.

In January 1986, after his parents divorced, Butler's father moved the family to Western Australia. They eventually settled in Pinjarra, a small country town, and Butler attended Pinjarra Primary School and Pinjarra Senior High School. He began playing guitar at the age of sixteen after his grandmother gave him a 1930s dobro belonging to his deceased grandfather. In 1996, he attended Curtin University in Perth and enrolled in an art teaching course, but eventually abandoned his studies to pursue a career in music. Some of his first musical performances were as a busker at the Fremantle Markets. Butler was also participant in the Western Australian skateboarding scene, and is recognised for his involvement with the internationally renowned "Woolstores" street spot in Fremantle.

Personal life

Butler is married to Danielle Caruana, an Australian musician and vocalist who performs under the name of Mama Kin. They have two children, a daughter and a son. They also have an adopted son, Alex, who is also a musician.

After wearing dreadlocks for 13 years, Butler cut them off in early 2008. In an interview with the Herald Sun newspaper in 2008, Butler acknowledged that he had been referred to as the "million dollar hippie" in various articles and around his hometown in Australia. The nickname refers to his inclusion on the Business Review Weekly list of the 50 richest entertainers in 2004, with reported earnings of A$2.4 million.

Prior to the release of the John Butler Trio's sixth album, Flesh and Blood, Butler explained:

Butler also admitted to substance use: "I've never had any big addictions. I feel like I might smoke pot a bit too much, and I've done cigarettes." He affirmed to his audience that he is "normal" and is "going through all the same things" they are, and he asked that he not be placed on a "pedestal".

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Career

After high school, John went to Encinitas, California, where he spent two years with his brother Jim and began his musical career in a band called Vitamin. At the Metaphor Cafe in Escondido, California, John Butler's first appearance was on September 9, 1994. Vitamin was written up and discussed in "Go" magazine, they appeared all around San Diego and played one show in the Osmant's Houston, Texas opening for Dive, who later became Osmant in 1995. In 1994, Vitamin released two songs, "Deadhorse" and "Mary Jane," in the Belly Up Studios in Solana Beach, California. Promo, a vitamin bandmate, formed the Perth funk band Ozzie Rea. Both the two performers appear on The Live at Mojo's CD and together on New Years Ever Y2K. On the streets of Fremantle, John Butler was a busker playing his own tunes. He released Searching for Heroes, a self-recorded cassette of his instruments in mid-1996, selling 3,000 copies. "Indian, Celtic, bluegrass, and folk" were among his musical styles. Butler appeared at the Seaview Hotel in Fremantle in 1997 for his first paid appearance. Dennis Stevens, the club's owner of North Fremantle Mojo, had hired Butler as a regular performer in 1998. Stevens became his boss and later his business partner.

John Butler started his music career in a band called Vitamin, and his first paying gig was at the Metaphor Cafe in Escondido, California. Vitamin E was published twice in the Escondido Times-Advocate. Vitamin giggled all over San Diego and appeared in one show in Houston Texas in 1995. In 1994, Vitamin released two tracts named "deadhorse" and "Mary Jane" in the Belly Up Studios, Solana Beach, California. Ozie Rea, a vitamin bandmate, migrated to Australia in 1998 and fronted a Perth Funk band named Projector, which also posted John Butler Trio Drummer, Jason McGann (sound engineer mojo) on The Live at Mojo. Ever Y2K's website. Vitamin's John Butler (12 string guitar, vocals) (vocals) Corey Bancroft (bass) Gabe (Tiref) Jim (Harmonica)

Butler was joined by drummer Jason McGann (Mojos sound engineer) and bass player Gavin Shoesmith to form the John Butler Trio, which was released on Waterfront Records in December 1998. Michael Barker (2003–2009) and Nicky Bomba, bass players Rory Quirk (2001–2002), Shannon Birchall (2002–2009), and Byron Luiters were among the John Butler Trio members at various times. Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, and Jeff Lang all inspired the band's musical style. In 1999, the band toured around Western Australia.

Butler and Shaun O'Callaghan produced the band's second album, Three. In April 2001, it was first published and distributed on Waterfront Records. It included songs "Take" and "Betterman," which were both on radio airplay on Triple J's Australian alternative youth radio station Triple J and ranked in its annual Hottest 100. The band appeared at the Big Day Out concert series and the Woodford Folk Festival.

"Zebra" was released as a single in December 2003 and gained mainstream radio airplay and debuted on the ARIA Charts in the top 30. At the 2004 APRA Music Awards, it was named as 'Song of the Year.' Sunrise Over Sea, a compilation of hits, was released in March 2004 and peaked at No. 1 in terms of popularity. ARIA Albums Chart No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was the first commercially released and distributed album to debut at No. 1 on a first Thursday. Butler's ARIA 'Best Male Artist' award was given the same year by 1 and Butler.

John Butler Trio produced a promotional studio diary of the recording progress of their forthcoming album, Grand National, which was released in March 2007 and peaked at No. 12 in September 2006. 1. Funky Tonight (EP) was launched in December 2006 and included tracks from their live shows such as "Daniella," "Fire in the Sky," and "Funky Tonight." At Easter 2007, the band appeared at Federation Square in Melbourne's entertainment hub. Vika and Linda Bull, Jex Saarhelart, and Nicky Bomba were among the one-off performers on Grand National that had collaborated on Grand National, including Vika and Linda Bull, Jex Saarhelart, and Nicky Bomba. The appearance was on television and then came on DVD in November.

Butler appeared on SBS Television's documentary Destination Australia – Bridge Between Two Worlds teaching to refugees in a class at Perth's Highgate Primary School on October 21. Butler's discovery of his Bulgarian ancestor's participation in the April Uprising gave the trio the title for his next No. 5. In March 2010, the uprising of 1 album, the April Uprising, was released. At the Kelly tribute concerts staged by Triple J in mid-November 2009 (with Carmody, Kelly, Missy Higgins, and Dan Sultan), Butler performed "How to Make Gravy" and the Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" (with Carmody, Kelly, and Dan Sultan) and the Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" (with Carmody, Kelly, and Dan Sultan), which was released as the 2010 live album Before Too Long Live album Before Too Longer

Butler appeared under the moniker Brave and the Bird under the banner Brave and the Bear on February 19th, 2011 (an annual fundraiser for the homeless) at the Fremantle Arts Centre.

Following the band's biggest tour of the United States, the early sessions for the John Butler Trio's sixth studio album began in mid-2013. For the first time in the band's lifetime, the members began with a blank songwriting slate rather than relying on Butler's initials. Butler, Luiters and Bomba at The Compound in Fremantle, Western Australia, co-wrote content for the first time, departing from the Butler-centric process of the past: "I had always carried the stuff." Bomba later left the Compound space to work on his Melbourne Ska Orchestra project, and Grant Gerathy took over.

In an interview during the band's tour in the United States, Butler spoke about it:

"Wings Are Wide" was one of Butler's songs on the record, and it became the basis for his songwriting. Butler confessed that "I wasn't at all into roots music or playing the slide or something when I first got it," and that it sat under my bed for a long, long time." Flesh and Blood, which was released in Australia on February 8, 2014, was released by Jan Skubiszewski and features a vocal duet with Ainslie Wills.

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