On 20 October 2006, the track also appeared as the opening music for the episode ‘Traffic’ (Season 3, Episode 5) of the popular US Crime drama Numb3rs .
In 2005 John Butler and co-founder Danielle Caruana (his wife) inaugurated the JB Seed grant program. “The Seed aims to help Australian artists from any background, creating art and music across any genre, to establish themselves as self-sustained, professional artists.” Caruana also plays independent music, she plays under the name…
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John Butler told the Australian edition of Rolling Stone released in April 2004 that he wanted greater freedom to pursue his vision. “Essentially what I learnt out of this process was, more so than ever, I’m the keeper of the music. I have the intuition and the foresight to pick…
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The title Sunrise Over Sea is taken from the lyrics to the second track, Peaches and Cream. The album debuted at number one in the national album charts on 15 March 2004 and achieved gold record status in its first week of release.
John Butler would win an Australasian Performing Right Association award for Song of the Year in March 2004.
and made the ARIA singles charts in early 2004
The Zebra EP was released in December 2003
As a result of intensive touring, the band developed a strong live reputation in Australia. The band released Living 2001-2002 in February 2003, a double live album which had a top ten debut in the ARIA album charts and went on to achieve platinum sales. Butler took a brief break…
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In late 2003, John Butler entered Woodstock Studios in Melbourne owned by Joe Camilleri , the leader of Jo Jo Zep and the Black Sorrows . He had a new band consisting of percussionist Nicky Bomba and upright-bass player Shannon Birchall . After recording the album, Bomba returned to his…
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Butler, his manager Phil Stevens and fellow Western Australian folk artists the Waifs , founded Jarrah Records in July 2002.