Michael Butler

Michael Butler age 45: I’ve been a musician all my life here in LI/NYC & making a living at it for the last 15 years. 11 of those years were spent as a resident performer at an Irish bar on 46th Street "O’Flaherty’s" performing cover music (Fri & Sats ). For the last two & a half years it’s been mostly private events, work for organizations and alot of events with children as well. My Original music is still my passion & will always be what I feel I was made to do. I now play folkish acoustic music & I’m looking to perform on festival stages anywhere around the world. My past is one of Rock n Roll mostly, but I’ve loved all R&B, pop, disco, Rap, even Country music... good music is good music. For me taking a turn into Heavy Metal in the late 80’s was something of a mistake, but I still managed to record one of my best original demos under the name of "Horsepower". Earlier than that I had been in a band (Blue Fyre) that was a warmup act ( Fri & Sats) at CBGB’s in the early 80’s though to the mid 80’s. In recent years I’ve unplugged my electric guitar, grown my dreads and play a power packed set of original music...My desire is to perform for you somewhere on stage in this big small world MB. THE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW in The Polish Magazine "Twoj Blues" Sept 16th 2006 Issue "Music For Another Day" (Roots). The Author of this CD is a 43 year old African – American New Yorker who Plays music which he describes as “modern folk”. His style falls somewhere between Bob Dylan (from the time of “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” or “Desire”) Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young, Tracy Chapman, and Erik Bibbem. The full blooded sound of acoustic guitar together with a violin, piano and folk voice gives it a unique atmosphere sprinkled with beautifully sounding “Beatle” choruses. From the very first sound to the last, this CD grabs your attention and creates an atmosphere. Michael Butler wrote that he will gladly accept invitations for concerts in Europe. I suggest to the organizations to accept his offers. Andrzej Matysik------You can Purchase “Music For Another Day” CD can be purchased online at: http://www.musicdistributors.com/album_details.php?id=229 And http://www.3dpublishing.com/music/index.html ---- Plus My CD “Every Turn” can be purchased at http://cdbaby.com/cd/michaelbutler