He's playing pop music, with all the sentimental, occasionally trite lyrics and clean major chord phrasing that accompany that style, but it's pop music done well, with impressive musicianship from Butler (on banjo, lapsteel, and acoustic and electric guitar), percussionist Michael Barker, and bassist Shannon Birchall. Butler, however, should feel confident that he can hold his own against any of the Dave Matthewses, Ben Harpers, or John Mayers (all three of whom he can be easily compared to) out there. as he has had in Australia, his father's homeland and his own residence for the past 20-odd years. It's been a few years now since John Butler and his trio first cracked the American market, but he's never had quite the same success in the U.S. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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