Andrew 'blind boy' Butler. Folk singer, novelty instrumentalist, Harmonica and Jews-Harp virtuoso, poet, mystic, apocalyptist, philosopher, polymath, romantic and bricoleur.
Influences
The breeze that blows through the forest, the spiral on the shell of a snail, the art of the blind, the process of inspired redaction, 'The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross', mountains and the sea, the amanita muscaria and you.
Sounds Like
Sam Hinton, Utah Philips, Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Hobart Smith, Ivor Cutler, Sonny Terry, Ted Hughes, William Blake, Enoch, Bert Jansch, Huddie Leadbetter, Cliff Edwards, Mississippi John Hurt, Lonnie Donegan, Cisco Houston, Davey Graham, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hermann Hesse, Aleister Crowley,Tedham Porterhouse, Mike Stevens, Donovan, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Max Miller, Leroy Troy, Noel Coward, George Formby, 'Harmonica' Frank Floyd, DeFord Bailey, David Holt, Washboard Sam, Rainer Maria Rilke, Skip James, Memphis Jug Band, Jesse Fuller. Theis the Blind, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Hua Yanjun (blind Ah Bing), Blind Boy Fuller Number One, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell.
Blind Boy Butler fans might be interested in this:
Picnic Club Special with Andrew "Blind Boy" Butler, Fuel Bar, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 Mon July 20th, 7.30pm, adm free: Andrew "Blind Boy" Butler is best known as one third of highly acclaimed (and extremely busy) outfit Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medicine Band. As a solo artist Andrew plays just about every instrument known to mankind and musical influences range from Leadbelly to George Formby! He promises a host of new material in his Fuel set... Support comes from: Picnic Area, Manchester’s own alt country renegades; highly acclaimed scouse new country band The Good Intentions, whose new album "Poor boy" is well worth buying; and Tea For One, aka Neil Wardle (yes there is only one of him!), whose bluesy brand of Americana is reminiscent of Robert Plant’s recent work.
Hi Andrew! How's it going? Thanx for accepting my request! Come check out the songs from my brand new EP on my page! I'd really appreciate your opinion of them:) Cheers Itamar
Aidan Smith appears in-store at Piccadilly Records with his Indulgent Friends to mark the official release of his new album, Allotments.
Tuesday 22nd July, FUEL, Wilmslow Rd, Withington, Manchester
The Miserable Rich will be live on Marc Riley's BBC 6Music show at 7pm, after which they will dash down Wilmslow Road to perform at Fuel before heading home to Brighton. Joining them in Fuel will be Table and Nancy Elizabeth.
8pm. £3 donation (for which you also get a copy of the new single, "Pisshead/Boat Song").
"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments. It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
Aidan Smith and his Indulgent Friends play at The Art of Tea in Didsbury. A new album, Allotments, is due out soon and advance copies will be available at the show.
Also playing are Brighton's The Miserable Rich, returning to Manchester just two weeks after their great show at Hedge for a more intimate set in this wonderful cafe. And this time they'll have vinyl copies of their debut single, Pisshead/Boat Song...
The Art of Tea 47 Barlow Moor Road Didsbury M20 6TW
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