Shoesmith had decided to leave the John Butler Trio by this point, but he was replaced by Rory Quirk and then later by Andrew Fry, who joined the band for its 2002 American tour. The JBT EP followed in 2000, and Three - the first of Butler's albums to also receive an American release - appeared in 2001.
He released the self-titled John Butler in 1998, having recorded the album with drummer Jason McGann and bassist Gavin Shoesmith. The busking performances eventually gave way to a weekly residency at Mojos, a bar in North Fremantle, and Butler balanced his Tuesday evening gigs with preparations for a proper studio album.
Butler showcased his budding skills by busking on the streets of Perth and Fremantle, and he began building an audience after releasing a homemade cassette featuring his own instrumental songs. He quickly began learning to play different styles of music, including Indian, Celtic, bluegrass, and folk. After showing interest in the guitar, the 16-year-old Butler was given his late grandfather's Dobro. Though he spent the first 11 years of his life in California, it was in Australia - his father's native land - that guitarist John Butler picked up the instrument that would later launch his music career. While facets of alt-rock began seeping into the mix on 2010's acclaimed April Uprising, and 2018's Home saw the group incorporating some electronic elements, the John Butler Trio have never lost their knack for pairing deft musicality with addictive yet off-center grooves, and have managed to maintain a large and loyal fan base both at home and abroad.
Australia's biggest contribution to the jam band movement, the trio's heady amalgam of reggae, political folk, blues, pop, and acoustic soul dominated the regional charts in the 2000s and 2010s. John Butler is an Aussie roots rock guitarist and frontman for the John Butler Trio, who emerged in the late '90s and found success via the platinum-selling albums Sunrise Over Sea (2004) and Grand National (2007).
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