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The band has won an ARIA award for "Best Independent Release" for Three in 2001 and has been nominated for three others. Three was released in the U.S. in 2002 and the John Butler Trio toured the U.S. in that year supporting the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer.
At sixteen, he started to learn the guitar and his grandmother gave him his grandfather's 1930's dobroDobro is a type of steel guitar with a metal resonator set into the body. Like other steel guitars, it is typically played with a steel bar or slide, rather than by fretting the strings with the fingers. Dobro is a trade name, originally used by the Dopye guitar. This guitar was to be presented to the first child to learn the guitar and as none of his grandfathers children did take up the guitar, it was awarded to the first grandchild to learn the guitar. It is still one of John Butler's most treasured possessions.
In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, John Butler attended Curtin University in Perth studying to be an art teacher. At Curtin University, he learned open finger tuning which allowed him to play Celtic and Indian music. He started busking on the streets of Perth where his home grown compositions received a strong response. In mid 1996, he released a self-recorded cassette of his own instrumental compositions called Searching for Heritage which eventually sold 3,000 copies in Perth. By the end of 1996, he had dropped out of Curtin University to pursue a musical career and started playing at open mic nights.
Phil Stevens , a local music promoter and later to become John Butler's manager, was one of the people who brought Searching for Heritage. He offered Butler his first residency every second Tuesday at "Mojos" bar, which he owned in 1998. John Butler further built his fanbase at this gigs and by the end of 1998, he was planning his first professionally recorded album.With Jason McGann on drums and Gavin ShoesmithGavin Shoesmith is a musician. His first rise to fame was through the John Butler Trio band. See that article for information about it. Gavin Shoesmith left the John Butler Trio to pursue his song writing career and to be able to focus on his love of the on bass, the first version of the John Butler trio recorded the "John Butler" album in December 1998 which was launched at Mojos. The band toured throughout Western Australia in 1999. The Waifs invited John Butler solo to perform on their Australian tour and he also performed his own gigs. The John Butler Trio then launched its own tour where John met his future wife Danielle Caruana in BroomeFor other places and usages, see Broome''. Broome is a pearling town in the Kimberley region in the far North of Western Australia. The population is approx 12,000 but that grows to around 30,000 in the tourist season. It's famous for its beautiful Indian.
The John Butler Trio released the "JBT EP" in April 2000 as an attempt to put out three to four songs that would be short enough to win radio play. Triple JTriple J JJJ is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). Music played on the station is generally more alternati picked up "Pickapart" and put it on high rotation. The band also developed a reputation on the east coast of Australia with a stunning performance at The East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in Byron BayByron Bay is a town in the state of New South Wales on the eastern most point of the mainland of Australia. Shire population is in excess of 30,000 people (ABS estimate 2003). Byron Bay is located about 800 km north of Sydney and 200 km south of Brisbane. in 2000. The John Butler Trio has become a fixture at this event.