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Fremantle-based vocalist/guitarist John Butler is Australia's answer to jam-oriented singer-songwriters such as Dave Matthews and Ben Harper. Butler leads his tight ensemble through an impressive set of folk-tinged rock on 2007's GRAND NATIONAL. Featuring bold, organic production by Mario Caldato, Jr. (the Beastie Boys, Beck), the album showcases the rhythmic mastery of bassist Shannon Birchall and drummer Michael Barker, while fully spotlighting Butler's amiable vocals and deft work on acoustic and electric guitars and other stringed instruments. Highlights of the immediately engaging record include the exuberant "Better Than" and the fast-paced "Funky Tonight." Those looking for another earnest and emotive jam-band hero will find him here.
Composer: Shannon Birchall.
Personnel: Danielle Caruana (vocals, chant, background vocals); Jessie Goninon, Stacia Goninon, Nicky Bomba (vocals, chant); John Butler (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, nylon-string guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica); Vika Bull (vocals, background vocals); Shannon Birchall (violin, double bass, bass guitar, background vocals); Stephanie Thom, Aaron Barndon, Janette Mason, Charlotte Armstrong, Sue Simpson, Andrea Keeble (violin); Erikki Veltheim (viola); Helen Mountford (cello); Eugene Ball (trumpet); Michael Caruana (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jex Saarelaht (piano); Michael Barker (vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, drums, congas, bongos, claves, cowbells, kalimba, shaker, tambourine, timbales, timpani, tubular bells, vibraslap, crotales, background vocals); Ray Pereira (talking drum); Bobby Singh (tabla); Chad Hedley (turntables); Linda Bull (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: John Butler; Mario Caldato, Jr.; Robin Mai.
Recording information: Sing sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia; Woodstock Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
Photographers: Martin Philbey; Angelo Kehagias; Tom Walker; James Minchin.
Unknown Contributor Role: Michael Barker. Grand National Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $1.79) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs | | Label | Atlantic | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank |  13323  | | CD Universe Part number | 7385197 | | Catalog number | 101649 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 27, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Shannon Birchall; John Butler; Mario Caldato, Jr.; Michael Barker | | Engineer | George Nikoloudis; Mario Caldato, Jr.; Robin Mai | | Personnel | John Butler - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, nylon-string guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica
Michael Barker - vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, drums, congas, bongos, claves, cowbells, kalimba, shaker, tambourine, timbales, timpani, tubular bells, vibraslap, crotales, background vocals
Andrea Keeble - violin
Helen Mountford - cello
Eugene Ball - trumpet
Danielle Caruana - vocals, chant, background vocals
Janette Mason
Linda Bull - background vocals
Ray Pereira - talking drum
Shannon Birchall - violin, double bass, bass guitar, background vocals
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John Butler Grand National Songs | 1. | Better Than |
| 2. | Daniella |
| 3. | Funky Tonight |
| 4. | Caroline |
| 5. | Good Excuse |
| 6. | Used to Get High |
| 7. | Gov Did Nothin' |
| 8. | Groovin' Slowly |
| 9. | Devil Running |
| 10. | Losing You |
| 11. | Nowhere Man |
| 12. | Fire in the Sky - (Not Final Mix) |
| 13. | Gonna Take It |
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Grand National Music Review Purchase Grand National CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Muddy Waters Folk Singer CD (1964) Remastered
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"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" and "The Same Thing" did not appear on the original version of FOLK SINGER. They were recorded at a separate session in April 1964, three months after FOLK SINGER was released.
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The John Butler Trio's U.S. debut album, Sunrise Over Sea, is phenomenal -- from the opening notes of "Treat Yo Mama," a muscular and soulfully expressive roots rocker, to the final strains of the expansive, ten-minute-long ...
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Additional personnel includes: Rosie Johnstone, David Broadfood, Brenda Foster (background vocals).
John Butler's debut album, Three, opens with his distinctive fingerpicked, slide-driven guitar that is to ...
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There are one-hit wonders throughout the history of music, but very few one-album wonders like the Arc Angels. After the death of blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, fellow singing guitarists, Texans, and Vaughan devotees Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton formed the quartet with Vaughan's rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Their 1992 debut release would also be their swan song, but the self-titled album would prove to be one of the best rock/pop/blues recordings of the decade as well. The opening "Living in a Dream" is the only tune Sexton and Bramhall II co-composed, and is perhaps the closest that the Arc Angels come to re-creating Vaughan's signature sound. "Paradise Cafe" is one of a handful of tracks Sexton co-wrote with pop composer Tonio K., but he and Bramhall II engage in some ZZ Top-like call-and-response vocals, and Bramhall II's Vaughan dedication, "Sent by Angels," features some of the album's most impassioned singing. Funky tunes like "Sweet Nadine," "Good Time," and "Carry Me On" lighten the mood, and Shannon, Layton, and guest keyboardist Ian McLagan play brilliantly throughout in setting up the singing guitarists. The spirit of Vaughan permeates the recording, from the production of Little Steven to the liner notes ("Dedicated to our friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. We miss you"), yet never sounds forced, purposeful, or contrived. Alas, the final two songs -- the rocking "Shape ...
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