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About Me

My name is Tommy Butler. I was born in Elizabethtown North Carolina. I moved to Nashville Tennessee to succeed at playing my favorite instrument "PEDAL STEEL GUITAR". So far I aint rich but I am having a blast. Adventure after adventure comes my way and I truly dig it. This is a tough business but the rewards are worth it. I have been a farmer, a police officer ( yes I wrote alot of tickets, arrested alot of people, got sued, got shot at, shot back, & I was great at it), a fireman, and I even did a short amount of time doing medical stuff. I AM A MAN, HEAR ME ROAR. I have a wonderful & talented daughter. I am blessed. I love my family. I play Derby Steel Guitars, Fluger Electric Reso's, Holyfield Lap Steels, ghs Strings, and Peavey Amps. Ken Fox does all my amp work. I fish, I hunt,I eat, & I my love my GUITAR. When I aint on the road I am still play'n somewhere. I do sessions and I got friends. Someone knows where I am at all times. I believe in GOD.... I am an AMERICAN. I speak english unless I am speaking gibberish. I love life and I am gonna enjoy every minute of it.Johnny Paycheck - If You Think You're Lonely
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To my mentor and friend. I miss you Jeff. Pick it buddy !! ....

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Music:


Television:

Miami Ink, LA Ink, Dukes Of Hazzard, & Rescue Me.

Books:

The B-I-B-L-E.................. "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and Called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"

Heroes:

Danny Gatton, Rabbit Easter, Don Shaw, Jeff Newman, Buddy Emmons, Mike Johnson, Paul Franklin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Smiley Roberts, Most Of All My Dad !!!!
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My Blog

Today @ Dale’s Seafood

I was @ Dale's Seafood in Whiteville NC eatn lunch with my Dad and his wife. Much to my twisted humor my dad said... They sure have good ICE here and there I went !!!!I replied yeah that girl has good...
Posted by RUFUS on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:27:00 PST

Nice News Paper Article in Georgia

From Connect Savannah in Savannah Ga. Article by Jim Reed. George "Possum" JonesIt's been said that most anyone who aspires to sing Western pop or roots music on some level wishes they could sing lik...
Posted by RUFUS on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:11:00 PST

My interview on www.ilovepedalsteel.com

The great Jim Walker was kind enough to interview me for the spring issue. Check it outwww.ilovepedalsteel.com Be sure to look at the PSG of the month as well.
Posted by RUFUS on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:50:00 PST

One Take Baby.... YES !!!

I was called for a session today at the last minute. I had one hour from the time of call until I had to be there set up and ready to play.... Happens alot in this town, but hey I aint complaining. Ma...
Posted by RUFUS on Thu, 17 May 2007 04:19:00 PST

Man don't dis me or my instrument

I am in a defensive mood! I guess you can tell that by the title of my post. The steel guitar community is obviously going through an evolution process rite now. Artist like Robert Randolph, though no...
Posted by RUFUS on Thu, 03 May 2007 04:09:00 PST

Guitars I had I wished i'd kept.....

I am a gear head as most of you know... Try this, try that. I have tried alot of stuff thru the years some of it was good..... Some not so good. My first steel guitar was a single 10 emmons... It was ...
Posted by RUFUS on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:52:00 PST