John Butler (musician)
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John Butler performing in Perth (2012)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Charles Wiltshire-Butler |
| Born |
1 April 1975 Torrance, California, United States |
| Origin | Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Bluegrass, alternative rock, jam band, Celtic, roots, funk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record label owner, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, didgeridoo, banjo, stomp box, ukulele |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Waterfront, Jarrah |
| Associated acts | The John Butler Trio, The Waifs, Mama Kin, Brave and the Bird |
| Notable instruments | |
| 1930s Dobro, Maton eleven-string guitar | |
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler (born 1 April 1975), known professionally as John Butler, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is the front man for the John Butler Trio, a roots and jam band, which 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 of Australia where he resides with his wife and children.
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler was born on 1 April 1975 in Torrance, California, 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.
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