Billy Butler
A tasty soul-jazz and blues guitarist, Billy Butler adroitly mixed a Charlie Christian approach with '50s R&B grooves and backbeats. He coaxed a warm, fat tone from his hollow-bodied electric guitar, and provided deceptively simple solos and fills that became staples of the R&B guitar vocabulary. Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk," featuring Butler, is perhaps the prototype R&B guitar instrumental. "Ram-Bunk-Shush" and "Big Boy" are other highlights of his tenure with Doggett. He began playing with doo wop/R&B group the Harlemaires in the late '40s, then led combos until 1952, when he joined Doc Bagby's trio. Butler co-wrote "Honky Tonk" while playing with Doggett from 1954 to 1961. He also recorded with King Curtis, Dinah Washington, Panama Francis, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Smith, and David "Fathead" Newman in the '60s. Butler worked in Broadway pit bands beginning in the late '60s, but found time for recording sessions with Houston Person and Norris Turney in the late '60s and '70s. He led his own band and recorded for Prestige in the late '60s and early '70s. Butler also recorded with Al Casey and Jackie Williams. He toured Europe frequently in the '70s and '80s, doing sessions there and in America.
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Night Life (Instrumental)
Jazz - Released by Fantasy Records on Dec 21, 1970
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Don't be that way (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Released by Disques Black & Blue on Feb 1, 1976
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What Must I Do
Miscellaneous - Released by Pogo House Records on Jun 30, 2015
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The Soulman Sessions, Vol. 1
Soul - Released by JettMusic LLC on Mar 19, 2022
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Gay Bride of Frankenstein (Workshop Soundtrack)
Soundtracks - Released by Bitter Company on Feb 16, 2021
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Old Skool - EP (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by NERD records on Aug 18, 2014
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Ease Your Mind
House - Released by Bumpin Underground Records on Feb 11, 2022
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Hold That Sucker Down
House - Released by Bumpin Dubz on Aug 11, 2023
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Need Someone Tonight
House - Released by Bumpin Underground Records on May 3, 2024
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Say You'll Stay (feat. Aenu.Lög)
Soul - Released by JettMusic LLC on Jul 15, 2022
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The Chimes EP (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Mas Profundo Muzica on Sep 5, 2014
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I'm Still Waiting (feat. DanneeJ)
Pop - Released by JettMusic LLC on Jun 17, 2022
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Play Back (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Sugar Shack Recordings on Sep 2, 2014
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Mystery
House - Released by Bumpin Underground Records on Sep 9, 2022
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