In April 2024, with the release of his solo album Running River , Butler confirmed that the John Butler Trio had dissipated following the conclusion of the Home tour in late 2019.
On March 11, 2019, John Butler Trio announced that Byron Luiters and Grant Gerathy would be leaving the band.
John Butler Trio released the first single and title track ” Home ” in August 2018 ahead of the album, Home , which was released on 28 September.
Singles from Flesh & Blood were performed by the Trio on the American late-night talk show Conan on 24 February 2014 , and for Triple J ‘s Like a Version on 11 April 2014. Their roots rock cover of Pharrell Williams ‘ ” Happy ” features on the CD and…
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Flesh & Blood , produced by Jan Skubiszewski , was released on 7 February 2014, with the initial single “Only One” released on 15 November 2013. While the single ranked 87th in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2013 , the album itself received the 2014 ARIA Award for Best Blues…
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On 31 August 2013, it was announced by John Butler that Nicky Bomba (drums and percussion) will be leaving the band. Subsequently, on 8 October, Butler announced that Grant Gerathy of Ray Mann Three will be the new drummer for the Trio.
In February 2012, John Butler recorded a studio version of the Trio’s instrumental single ” Ocean “, at The Compound in Fremantle , and uploaded it to the band’s YouTube channel later in that year. The 12-minute video clip went viral , and has accumulated over 35 million views online.
Michael Barker went on to form Swamp Thing with guitarist/singer Grant Haua, based in New Zealand. Their first album Balladeer was released in May 2011.
On 4 June 2010 John Butler Trio played a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre , which was streamed live to fans around the world at Livestream .
The new line-up has spent the last few months in a studio in Fremantle, recording the band’s fifth studio album, which was released 26 March 2010. The album will be called April Uprising , named after Butler’s voyage to find his ancestors on SBS Television ‘s genealogy series, Who Do…
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