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█ █▓░█ Recorded October 29th, Frannz Club, Berlin. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ 1. Bound to ramble █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 2. Attitude █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 3. Treat Yo Mama █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 4. Company sin █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 5. Oldman █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 6. Ocean █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 7. Peaches & Cream █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 8. Betterman █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 9. Somethings gotta give █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 10. Pickapart █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 11. Hello █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 12. Zebra █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 13. Funky █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ Biography on www.vh1.com █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ Sunrise Over Sea may be the John Butler Trio's █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ American major label debut, but it's hardly your █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ typical introduction to a new artist. The album's █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ mesmerizing 13 tracks deliver a perfect, eclectic █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ blend of blues, reggae, classic country, Appalachian █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ folk, funk, rock and hip-hop beats into a form and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ style that ultimately can only be classified as... █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ well, the John Butler Trio. But the real truth is █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that Sunrise Over Sea isn't actually a debut album at █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ all. 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. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Independent is perhaps the most important word in █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that last sentence. 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. Since that beginning, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ his career has evolved completely on his own terms, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ while his austere rise to fame has been as organic █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and grassroots-based as the styles incorporated into █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ this gifted singer-guitarist-composer's music. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ In many respects, the unique musical hybrid that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Butler creates almost seems to have been part of his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ destiny. Born in America, Lomita, California, in █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ 1975, John grew up in a rurally zoned neighborhood, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ where he still has memories of milking goats as a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ child. In 1986, at the age of 11, his family moved to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ his father's native Western Australia, to a small █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ town called Pinjarra. 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. His grandfather -- █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ also named John Butler -- had wanted the Dobro given █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ to the first of his descendants who learned to play █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ guitar. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "That's the only way I've gotten to know him," says █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ John, "through talking to my grandmother and playing █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ the guitar. At times when I feel, 'My God, what am I █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ doing?' or feel like I'm just part of some roots hype █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that seems to be going on these days, it reaffirms █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that I'm meant to be doing this. I'm meant to be █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ playing slide. I'm here to play that guitar for a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ reason." █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ Despite his American roots and his years spent █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ playing guitar, John amazingly only began to adapt █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ the styles that make up his current sound during the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ last five years. "It was around 1998 that I became █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ most interested in the blues after I saw an █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Australian artist named Jeff Lang -- an amazing █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ soul/roots guitar-singer-songwriter who first opened █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ my mind to the idea that there's actually blues music █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that's not in the doldrums of 12-bar rhetoric. And it █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ just blew that whole world open and made it relevant █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ for me. And then hearing the O, Brother, Where Art █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Thou? album suddenly opened my mind to the idea that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ country music's not just what's on country radio; it █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ can be deep, soulful music. From there, I went to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Gillian Welch -- and then it all began to make total █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ sense! █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "That music, along with reggae, just feels right for █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ me. But then so does hip-hop. I like to smash them █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ all together because they're all related. Hip-hop █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ comes from funk, and funk comes from blues, and blues █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ comes from a clash of English folk and African songs. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ And you can play any Country & Western song to a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ reggae beat because they both love accentuating the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ offbeat. So all that music does seem to have a tie █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that works together." █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ After graduating from high school, John picked fruit █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ for six months - after getting a deferment to study █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ fine arts - raising enough money to visit his brother █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ for a year in San Diego, where he worked making █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ stained glass and formed his first band, Vitamin. It █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ was shortly after returning to Australia to attend █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ university that he saw Jeff Lang, discovered open █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ guitar tuning, and turned to busking. The rest is now █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ part of Australian musical history. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "I began taking my guitar to school because I was not █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ enjoying having to write 10,000-word essays on why █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ art is good," he laughs. "I wanted to make art. And █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ busking just flowed. The first time I ever did it, I █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ made 30 bucks in an hour. The reason I originally got █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ into art was because I wanted to try to make a living █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ doing something I love. And busking achieved that." █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ John began developing a fan base via busking - and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ the street gigs evolved into bar and club dates. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ After forming the first version of the John Butler █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Trio, John released an eponymous self-funded debut █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ album, twice sold-out a 300-seat local club for the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ launch\0xC9 and has never looked back. The band then █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ released an EP featuring several songs time-friendly █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ enough to get them airplay on Australian national █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ radio. The trio was soon touring the continent █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ constantly - and by the time they released their █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ second album, Three, the band was playing large █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ theaters throughout Australia. The independently █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ released album soon went platinum. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ 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. During █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ this "recharging", John wrote most of the music that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ would become Sunrise Over Sea. After forming a new █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ version of the John Butler Trio - featuring his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ brother-in-law Nicky Bomba on drums (Michael Barker █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ is the trio's touring drummer, as Nicky is committed █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ to his own band) and virtuoso Shannon Birchall on █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ upright bass - 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. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ The album went double-platinum in ten weeks, and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ ended up winning "Best Male Artist," "Best Indie █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Release," and "Best Blues & Roots Album" at the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Australian ARIA Awards. At the 2004 APRA Awards █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ (Australia's version of the ASCAP/BMI Awards), the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ John Butler Trio's "Zebra" was voted Song Of The █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Year, once again setting a precedent for an █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ independent artist. Most recently it has been voted █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ by the Australian public to the No.2 spot on their █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ influential "Album of the Year" 2004 national poll. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ The band toured America several times over the years. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Although they turned down offers from various U.S. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ labels, hoping they could perhaps make it █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ independently in the States as well, John finally █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ signed with Lava Records following a second acclaimed █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ appearance at the South By Southwest music conference █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ in Austin, Texas last year. The decision ultimately █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ came after Lava agreed to give John the same type of █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ artistic and business freedom he's enjoyed thus far █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ in his career. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "After having all that control -- producing and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ funding my own albums and having control of every █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ aspect of my career -- it would've been very hard to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ have someone telling me what producer to work with or █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ what songs to play," explains John. "It just wouldn't █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ have really worked at this point. It wouldn't have █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ been very conducive to my creativity, especially █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ since this is so personal and such an intimate part █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ of me. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "I'm not this idealistic kid saying, 'Hey, I'm doing █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ things my way.' I realize all aspects of business █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that need to be done. At the same time, I've always █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ followed my own heart and it's worked so far. We were █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ No. 1 in Australia the week we were signed in █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ America, so they obviously must have thought I knew █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ what I was doing. And they've been great. They █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ respect all my viewpoints. For instance, all my █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ posters and CDs will be printed on recyclable product █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ as this is really important to me. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ His recycling demands should make it obvious that the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ environment is a big issue for John, both in his art █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and his personal life. His lyrics have frequently █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ been labeled "political" -- in fact, John has been █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ befriended by and has recorded with American kindred █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ spirit, Michael Franti of Spearhead -- although John █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ has an interesting take on the subject. "I try not to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ pigeonhole myself as a protest singer, so to speak, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ because to me, the environment and social issues are █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ just integral to life," he explains. "It's not that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ I'm an environmentalist so much as it's just me █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ observing the world around me. It's just common █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ sense. I want to breathe clean air and drink clean █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ water and hope that my children's children's children █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ can do the same. These things are just basic rights █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and factors in every person's life. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ "So when people say I write political songs -- well, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ I guess you can call it that. But when I look at the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ world not wanting to go to war and then see certain █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ political leaders take us to war anyway, how can I █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ not write about that and all the things going on █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ around me? To me, art is about understanding, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ reacting to, and interpreting what's going on around █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ me -- whether it's having a child, or how my wife █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ makes me feel, or how when I drive south in Western █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Australia, it looks like a goddamn dump because a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ logging company has just trashed it. I just write █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ about the world I live in -- and I think that's what █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ good art does. I've always just written songs for █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ myself. But I believe if someone is speaking their █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ personal truth and being as honest as possible, it █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ resonates with other people. I know Tracy Chapman or █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Bob Dylan or Bob Marley were all just speaking their █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ minds, but in their truth, they ended up speaking for █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ a lot of us." █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Sunrise Over Sea seems bound to resonate █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ spectacularly with American audiences, as the John █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Butler Trio move on to the next phase of their █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ phenomenal success. "My first aspiration was just █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ busking to support myself and see the country," says █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ John. "That's about as big as the dream was. So it █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ kept me from getting involved in the race for █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ success, the competition, the hype. I learned a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ lesson from when I wanted to be a pro-skater as a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ teenager and found myself wanting to find a sponsor █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ more than enjoying the sport. Of course, it all rears █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ dreams unfold, and you find yourself winning awards █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and selling albums, you realize you do want to excel █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ at what you do. But I understand that excelling █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ really has nothing to do with albums sales or public █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ acceptance as much as it has to do with just getting █░▓█ █
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