Gregory "Butter" Haubrich - ProfilesArchive

About Me

War is the Enemy. Music is Life.Butter is a trial lawyer and musician in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.I play trumpet and keyboards, write, arrange, and record original music.I recorded "It's Butter" with the members of Big Daddy and the Sauce Monkeys, plus some of my other friends. It's multi-genre, all originals.Right now I'm working on So Cool, So Blue, my next CD which is all original jazz compositions. Demos of Popcorn Stomp and Coimbatore are up on myspace.com.My musician friends here in town who record with me include Terry "Big Daddy" McCann, vocals, flute, and engineering; Joey Larson, guitar; Craig Wentz, electric and acoustic bass; and Glenn "Glennbo" Pulley, percussion and engineering. Also on the CD "It's Butter" are Dave Naehrer, lead vocal; Mary McGrew, lead vocal, Arnell Johnson, lead vocal; Shawna LaRee, backup vocal; Dwight Trahen, percussion; and Dave Miller, fiddle.The songs on So Cool, So Blue are all recorded and performed by me -- at least so far ...My record label and music company is Cool Blue Mood, LLC -- my publisher is LOL Publishing.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/9/2006
Band Members: Gregory "Butter" Haubrich -- songwriter/arranger/producer/keyboards/trumpet/vocalist trained by his dog who had throat cancerCraig Wetz -- electric and acoustic bassGlenn "Glennbo" Pulley -- songwriter/arranger/percussionJoey Larsen -- guitar Studio solo and rythm electric guitarTerry "Big Daddy McCann -- Recording technician -- and vocal and flute on "Conductor Man"
Influences: Miles Davis Freddie Hubbard John Prine Benny Goodman Bob Dylan Carlos Santana Herb Alpert Clifford Brown Louis Armstrong John Mayall Blood Sweat and Tears Benny Carter Benny Goodman Keith Jarrett The Guess Who Gordon Lightfoot Joni Mitchell Herbie Hancock CSN&Y Thelonius Monk Ella Fitzgerald Grand Funk Railroad The Guess Who Chicago (Chicago Transit Authority) America Bob Dylan Me myself and I
Sounds Like: ME -- BUTTER John Prine Santana Miles Davis Big Daddy jazz blues rock funk Maze new age improv
Record Label: Cool Blue Mood, L.L.C.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new song lyrics -- souls and little children -- revised and completed

Souls and Little Children c Butter 2007 Oh well you'll never get to heaven by killing little children No you'll never earn a harem murd'ring women in the street you won't earn those virgin slaves or r...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:05:00 PST

Didja know about the peace offer from Iran?

Little covered by the mass media is this crazy but true story about Iran. In 2003 Iran made the US an offer, through the Swiss ambassador. The basic terms were: Iran would: 1) help US...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:38:00 PST

check out polititunes.com

go to www.polititunes.com and listen to some of the good protest music out there today. The net is the new underground radio, since the airwaves radio is controlled by the corporate mass media a...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:24:00 PST

what if there were no M L King?

Monday, MLK birthday, I was wondering what happened to the idea of non-violence as a prevailing ethic in our culture. We pay homage to peace, but we still glorify war. Then we get in a war...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:51:00 PST

New instrumental jazz

I posted a couple new songs today: Popcorn Stomp, and Coimbatore. Popcorn Stomp is a jazz/funk/fusion I recorded at home last weekending combining acoustic trumpet with digital fusion piano, syn...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:39:00 PST

new song lyrics: Souls and Little Children

Yesterday a bomberoonie in Baghdad blew himself up next to a bus loading women and children going to the veg market. It triggered a new song, part of which is reprinted here: Souls and Little Ch...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:00:00 PST

why my anti-war songs are free to download

On my space you'll notice the protest and anti-war songs are free to download, while the others are not. Why? Spread the news around the world. I want people to know who wrote and re...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:31:00 PST

International Law on Intervention in other nations

Regarding the argument that Saddam Hussein was a bad man who deserved to have his statute toppled: After one of the long series of destructive wars that occurred in Europe in the middle of the 2d Mill...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:43:00 PST

On Democracy

Butter's Blues and Views - on democracy You got the blues when you think about the state of the world? Well why not? Here we are in the cradle of democracy, working as hard as we can to...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:23:00 PST

Defacing America's Image

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2006 Butter's blues and views -- on defacing America's image When people come to America they always find it's a little different than the dream land of equality and opportunit...
Posted by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:10:00 PST