The John Butler Trio is a jam band from Australia formed in 1995 led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. Current members are Michael Barker (drummer) and Shannon Birchall. John Butler got his start busking in front of crowds at the Fremantle Markets in Western Australia, this background in folk music and reggae heavily influenced his sound. Two albums released by the band Three (2001) and Living 2001 - 2002 (2003) have gone platinum in Australia and reached the top ten of the Australian album charts in those years. The 2004 album Sunrise Over Sea debuted at number one on the Australian charts on March 15, 2004 reaching gold record status in its first week on sale. This success is more impressive given that the bands releases are marketed independently by Jarrah Records which John Butler co-owns with West Australian folk band the Waifs.


The band has won an ARIA award for "Best Independent Release" for Three in 2001 and has been nominated for three others.

John Butler (27th December 1998)
JBT Ep (31st July 2000)
Three (18th April 2001)
Living 2001-2002 (10th February 2003)
Zebra EP (1st December 2003)
Sunrise Over Sea (8th March 2004)
What You Want Ep (9th August 2004)
Somethings Gotta Give EP (6th December 2004)
Live at St. Gallen (5th December 2005)
Funky Tonight - single (9th December 2006)
Grand National (27th March 2007)

Many tracks can be streamed and downloaded at their website,http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/