Instead of bringing his ideas to the table to be fleshed out by his band mates, the three men started with a blank slate.īomba plays on the lion's share on the album, but has now left the group to focus on his own Melbourne Ska Orchestra. The early sessions, held in mid 2003 after the band returned from their biggest American tour, broke protocol with his songwriting modus operandi. John Butler his studio space in Fremantle. While he wasn't abandoning the protest and social commentary songs of his youth, Butler wanted to cast his lyrical net wider, and so he decided to magpie other people's life experiences. It had been three years since Butler and his trio released April Uprising, when Butler, bassist Byron Luiters and drummer Nicky Bomba gathered at The Compound in Fremantle which serves as the band's headquarters and the frontman's artistic space.Īnd he wanted to shake things up, find different sounds, tell different stories. And challenged its audience to follow suit. The point is, Flesh and Blood features several songs which mark a departure for a man whose music always wore its conscience on its sleeve. "And I have written many songs of adulation for my wife." "It's not about me and Danielle," he says. When he showcased the songs from the sixth John Butler Trio record Flesh and Blood during concerts late last year, the frontman explained to his fans these were not songs ripped from the chapters of his own life.īutler did so jokingly, lightly but it seemed a necessary disclaimer from an artist whose fans will pour over every lyric and nuance of his work. The first song tells the tragic tale of its protagonist finding his wife in bed with another man the second captures the toll of a relationship filled with drama. Devil Woman is not about John Butler's wife.
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