john butler reviews

bindy123

So yeah I am a John Butler Fan...for me to really like music I need to love the music itself...believe the message...and be inspired by the artist...who they are and how they live their life.

Besides John, Ben Harper and Eddie I dont have too many others that do it for me in all three areas...

Anyway you dont have to be a fan to have a say in this thread...I, or anyone else that wants to, will post some JBT performances...you can watch and give your review...

Music is so subjective so if you dont like it...say that...no offense taken...let me know what you really think

This is an instrumental tune called Oceans


http://youtu.be/ja9UeCypJNw

willc431994

Good to see some love for JB, an amazing artist.
I agree with you, Eddie, Ben and John, all very similar with where they are coming from with their music.
Check out the version of ocean from the max sessions at Sydney opera house 2004, one of the best things you will ever watch.

bindy123

Thanks so much for the reply and info willc. I have seen a few versions but not the one you mentioned...he plays it differently every time...I can watch it over and over and over, and it blows my mind every time.

Here is the version you mentioned...and yes it is incredible...and its much shorter than the other in case anyone saw the length of the first version and decided they didnt have time to watch it all

http://youtu.be/t-eBWNa3cds

mckay

His newest album "Tin Shed Tales" has been on heavy rotation since it was released...if you haven't listened to it yet...stop what you're doing now and go get it...lol.

Here's a great video of one of my fave songs by him:

http://youtu.be/rsWmZhyK5oQ

catefrances

ive only ever seen JB play festivals and what i love most is that he gets all the white boys up dancing. its fun to watch.

acutejam

Bought an iPod many many years ago that came with free songs. One song just stunned me and I checked every Incubus album for it (it was a shuffle so I couldn't study track names/artists).

Then I figured out it was JBT, "What You Want." Remains one of my fav songs to this day, never been removed from the iPod Shuffle....

So I bought Sunrise Over Seas and just knocked me out, fantastic album. Loved his electrified acoustic sound, blending the mic'd acoustic sound with that Marshall amp back there, getting the feedback all blended in so sweet. Just an amazing sound. That's really what hooked me -- his layered guitar sound.

But his lyrics were awesome, the arrangements just stunning -- just great music. But he was always playing festivals in the Bay Area, shows I couldn't or wouldn't make the effort for, so it took me quite some time to catch him live, four years....

But soooo worth the wait, here's the review:

http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.ph ... r#p3335361

Don't have his last 2 albums yet, the show boot is in constant rotation though, JBT should open for Pearl Jam! I've constantly put JBT down in the forums as "Bands I'd Recommend" around here. I'm surprised he and Eddie have never crossed paths, at least that's been talked about, so many common elements between them.

For that matter, don't have his first record either, Three. Just Sunrise and Grand National, but both are in heavy rotation. The new stuff (in 2010) didn't click with me as much as Sunrise, and at first I was bummed that he was changing up his bandmates so much -- some misguided internalization by me that "Oh, now he's big, he's ditching the folks that helped get him there!" But his explanations ring true, pick the right musicians for the right mood and what not -- and his old mates all had other projects they returned to.

Regardless of all that, he is a phenomenal live act -- all those years of busking I'd say, so comfortable and open and honest. Just a good, good soul, great vibe, definitely in that Jack Johnson mold of awareness, more so even. And a good dose of Marley, Matthews, Snoop!!! hehehe.

Hope he brings the Tin Shed to the States!

PNuttyJam

Blurry, but my front row view from seeing them in Des Moines, Iowa in 2010. Love me some JBT.

ComeToTX

mckay wrote:

His newest album "Tin Shed Tales" has been on heavy rotation since it was released...if you haven't listened to it yet...stop what you're doing now and go get it...lol.

Here's a great video of one of my fave songs by him:

http://youtu.be/rsWmZhyK5oQ

Been listening to it a lot as well.

bindy123

acutejam, man I am so sorry, I did go through a few pages of the forum to see if there was already another thread for JB...but obviously didnt check thoroughly enough...really loved reading your comments.

JBT opening for Pearl Jam would be so awesome...

John Butler used to play regularly at the Jetty Hotel near where I grew up back in the mid ninetees...it was like ten bucks to see him, I think even free a few times...he did a lot of instrumentals...even then he was incredible live...then he got big...it was so cool to see

even cooler to see his fame hasnt changed him even the slightest bit...and mckay, I will take your advice and get on to it today!

he.who.forgets

I'm also a big fan of JBT. Only had the privilege of seeing him once though. I'm yet to pick up tin shed tales but definitely intend to do so soon. Glad to see all the love

bindy123

Hey acutejam, this is for you, its my favourite off Three...youve probably heard it but just in case you havent...let me know what you think...


http://youtu.be/G_f396TbiQg

acutejam

bindy123 wrote:

Hey acutejam, this is for you, its my favourite off Three...youve probably heard it but just in case you havent...let me know what you think...


http://youtu.be/G_f396TbiQg

YUP! I'll need that album! And that DVD! Everything I dig about JBT in that vid!

samjam

JBT is the shit. Just all around GOOD music- some seriously talented guys playing funky, fun music with a message. Saw them twice in 2010, opening for DMB, which I was really excited about as I wasn't able to see their NYC show earlier in the year and, of course, they were amazing! Hope to see them again.

willc431994

Yeah you gotta get Three, its JBT's best album. Tin shed tales is pretty sweet too, just John solo, nice. Was lucky enough to score front row tix to his tin shed show here in Canberra, amazing gig, he's a funny dude too, good stories, like ed. Those two would make an awesome show.

bindy123

Only stumbled on this song a few days ago and cant stop listening to it. The end of Johnnys Gone from April Uprising has an instrumental section at the end that I always loved but didnt understand how it fitted that song, now realise it is actually this song...no idea what the thinking behind that was...if anyone knows let me know...

http://youtu.be/udofiVEa_x4

bindy123

catefrances wrote:

ive only ever seen JB play festivals and what i love most is that he gets all the white boys up dancing. its fun to watch.

Here is one dedicated to my bestest 10c friend...check the white boy in the background...despite not removing his hands from his pockets, he still manages to get a pretty funky white boy groove going


http://youtu.be/jfM9xRqthc4



hehehe, it cracks me up...first the left hand goes...then the left leg...then both legs...then the hips and shoulders, and then the head gets in on it too...

catefrances

bindy123 wrote:

catefrances wrote:

ive only ever seen JB play festivals and what i love most is that he gets all the white boys up dancing. its fun to watch.

Here is one dedicated to my bestest 10c friend...check the white boy in the background...despite not removing his hands from his pockets, he still manages to get a pretty funky white boy groove going


http://youtu.be/jfM9xRqthc4



hehehe, it cracks me up...first the left hand goes...then the left leg...then both legs...then the hips and shoulders, and then the head gets in on it too...

thanx.. that was awesome. once again JB demonstrates his awesomeness and how somewhat inexplicable my never having seen him play live outside festys is. crazy girl, just crazy. :fp:

moretonbayfig

JBT covering the Beatles... enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_OXHGv20iw

bindy123

moretonbayfig wrote:

JBT covering the Beatles... enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_OXHGv20iw

Thanks so much, that is very very cool...have watched it atleast half a dozen times

Saw JBT last on his April Uprising tour in 2011 and, despite having the most fantastic time, really missed seeing him play the lap steel guitar

Go Beavers

A friend suggested I see JBT a few weeks before they came to town last summer, which was the best recommendation of the year. I checked a couple videos before going since I heard of them, but hadn't heard any of their songs. The songs I heard had a good guitar focus and borrowed from different styles, so I knew that it should be good. It was at a pretty small outdoor venue and I got to be two deep, and I was blown away. Great soul to the band and they seem to really enjoy playing together. A week or two later I saw pictures of them playing at DMB caravan at the Gorge, thinking that would be a great time, but I don't think I'd make the second row there!

Boriez

Im a fan too, Monday will be my first show can't wait!