John Butler Trio Lyrics
Other Songs
A Star Is Born
Attitude
Believe
Better Than
Betterman
Blame It On Me
Bound To Ramble
Bullet Girl
Busted
Caroline
Close To You
Cmon Now
Cold Wind
Colours
Company Sin
Crazy
Damned To Hell
Daniella
Desert Snow
Devil Running
Devil Woman
Dont Understand
Dont Wanna See Your Face
Earthbound Child
Fire In The Sky
Fool For You
Funky Tonight
Gone
Gonna Be A Long Time
Gonna Take It
Good Excuse
Gov Did Nothin
Grand National
Groovin Slowly
Hello
Home
How You Sleep At Night
Id Do Anything
Inspiration
Johnnys Gone
Johnnys Gone-Satisfy Segue
Keeper
Life Aint What It Seems
Livin In The City
Long Trek
Losing You
Media
Message In a Bottle
Money
Mystery Man
Newd
Nowhere Man
Ocean
Old Man
One Way Road
Only One
Peaches And Cream
Peaches & Cream
Pickapart
RAGGED MILE
Ragged Mile (Spirit Song)
Revolution
River Song
Seeing Angels
Sista
Some Place Familiar
Somethings Gotta Give
Sometimes
Spring To Come
Steal It
Take
Take Me
Therell Come A Time
To Look Like You
Treat Yo Mama
Treat Your Mama
Trees
Used To Get High
Valley
Waited For You
What Can I Be?
What You Want
Wings Are Wide
Young And Wild
Youre Free
Zebra
The John Butler Trio were an Australian roots-rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler, an APRA and ARIA-award-winning musician. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums, Gavin Shoesmith on bass and John Butler on vocals. By 2009, the trio consisted of Butler with Byron Luiters on bass and Nicky Bomba on drums and percussion, the latter being replaced by Grant Gerathy in 2013. After both Luiters and Gerathy exited the trio in early 2019, bassist OJ Newcomb and drummer Terepai Richmond (also of The Whitlams) joined the band, accompanied by touring musician Elana Stone on keyboards, percussion and backing vocals.
The band's second studio album, Three (2001) reached the top 30 in the Australian album charts and achieved platinum sales. The band's subsequent studio albums: Sunrise Over Sea (2004); Grand National (2007); and April Uprising (2010) all debuted at the number one position on the Australian album charts, with all three albums reaching platinum sales status. Living 2001-2002 (2003), the band's first live album, reached the top ten and also achieved platinum status in Australia.
The band's second live album, Live at St. Gallen (2005), also achieved gold record status. The band's releases since 2002 have been marketed independently by Jarrah Records, which Butler co-owns with West Australian folk band the Waifs and manager of both acts, Philip Stevens. Their final studio album, Home, was released in 2018.
Members:
The band's second studio album, Three (2001) reached the top 30 in the Australian album charts and achieved platinum sales. The band's subsequent studio albums: Sunrise Over Sea (2004); Grand National (2007); and April Uprising (2010) all debuted at the number one position on the Australian album charts, with all three albums reaching platinum sales status. Living 2001-2002 (2003), the band's first live album, reached the top ten and also achieved platinum status in Australia.
The band's second live album, Live at St. Gallen (2005), also achieved gold record status. The band's releases since 2002 have been marketed independently by Jarrah Records, which Butler co-owns with West Australian folk band the Waifs and manager of both acts, Philip Stevens. Their final studio album, Home, was released in 2018.
Final line-up:
John Butler - lead vocals, guitar (1998-2019)
Owen "OJ" Newcomb - bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2019)
Terepai Richmond - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2019)
Former members:
Gavin Shoesmith - bass (1998-2001)
Jason McGann - drums, percussion (1998-2003)
Rory Quirk - bass (2001-2002)
Andrew Fry - bass (2002-2003)
Shannon Birchall - bass, backing vocals (2003-2009)
Nicky Bomba - drums, percussion (2003-2004, 2009-2013)
Michael Barker - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2004-2009)
Byron Luiters - bass, backing vocals (2009-2019)
Grant Gerathy - drums (2013-2019)
From: Fremantle, Western Australia
Genre(s): Alternative rock, bluegrass, blues rock, funk rock, reggae, roots rock
Active From: 1998-2019