Press Release
Source: J. Butcher
Grammy-nominated rock and soul guitarist Jon Butcher is one of a select handful of influential recording artists who emerged from the legendary Boston music scene during the 1980’s. Butcher, who also was recently inducted into the New England Music Hall of Fame, has enjoyed a five decade long career marked by major worldwide tours, MTV videos, eclectic radio releases, collaborations with other major artists and incendiary live performances that continue to this day.
Said Butcher recently, “Last summer I recorded a lot of music for a new album, but didn’t like where it was going. I scrapped the whole thing and started over, threw some shapes and boom – Nuthin’ but SOUL! Nuthin but SOUL is classic R&B inflected Roots Rock, at once fresh and familiar. It’s also Jon’s best songwriting to date. “I love the blues…. Otis Rush, Freddie King and the soul of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. But the 70s era, Hendrix, Sly Stone and that whole thing was pivotal for me. That music represented a chaotic time in America. It also produced some of the most memorable music the world has seen. That for me was the eternal groove.Nuthin but SOUL rides that groove.”
“I’m every proud of this album and hope my friends and fans dig it as much as I do.”
