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Matt Butcher born in ][Birmingham]],][England]] in 1983 is an Folk, Americana, indie recording artist from Orlando, Florida. Butcher, former lead singer of Orlando's The Heathens recorded his first solo album during the summer of 2008. Entitled "Me and My Friends", the album was released independently in the fall of 2008^[1] and was voted one of the ten best of that year in the Orlando Sentinel^[2].

History

Born in England in 1983, Butcher spent his youth moving with his family; first to London, then to Amsterdam then to Colorado Springs before finally settling in Orlando in 1999. Learning to play the guitar at an early age, Butcher soon joined a series of local bans in Orlando, cumulating with position as lead singer for The Heathens. The band enjoyed moderate success, releasing one album, Big White House and toruning the East Coast of the United States. After leaving The Heathens in August of 2006 to pursue his own songwriting, Matt Butcher began playing with a series of different musicians in order to find a sound quality that would suit his distinctive style. Having opened as a solo artist for The Avett Brothers^[3] and Conor Oberst ^[4], Butcher was ready to add additional instruments to fully accompany his songs.

The Revolvers

Starting first with Lap steel guitar player Tom Cooper, Butcher soon added Daniel Berry on drums, Matthew Mendel on organ and vocals, Dave Chmil on guitar and vocals and Gus Ramage on bass. The newly named "Revolvers", both as an homage to the gunslinging South Butcher so often imbues, and the multi-instrumentalist nature of the players of the band, began almost immediately playing at local Orlando venues^[5]^[6], and soon built a loyal following; culminating in a sold out CD-Release show for the "Me and My Friends". The album, produced by Justin Beckler and self-funded by Butcher, was given four and a half stars from five by Reax Music Magazine: saying, "Matt Butcher has carved out his own immediately recognizable niche, a dewey-praire mix of wistfulness and confession executed with a deceptively light touch that only barely suggests the material’s substance... and it only gets better with repeated listens."^[7]

After the success of his debut album, Matt Butcher and his backing band the Revolvers opened for The Avett Brothers on their Florida tour dates^[8].

Butcher is currently in the midst of writing songs for his sophomore effort, an album as yet without a name.

Discography

"Me and My Friends" (2008)

References

External links

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[1] ttp://www.orlandoweekly.com/music/story.asp?id=12804

[2] ttp://www.ourmusicfriends.com/drupal-6.6/node/82

[3] ttp://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090910/ENT/309109947

[4] ttp://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2008/11/antipop-day-fou.html#more

[5] ttp://eventful.com/orlando/events/matt-butcher-revolvers-/E0-001-023420245-7

[6] ttp://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2009/04/listen-to-matt-butcher-the-revolvers.html

[7] ttp://www.ourmusicfriends.com/drupal-6.6/node/82

[8] ttp://blogs.tampabay.com/tbt/2009/07/artist-of-the-day-matt-butcher.html

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-'''Matt Butcher''' born in [Birmingham],[England] in [[1983]] is an [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]], [[Indie (music)|indie]] recording artist from [[Orlando, Florida]]. Butcher, former lead singer of Orlando's [[The Heathens]] recorded his first solo album during the summer of 2008. Entitled [[Matt Butcher Me and My Friends| "Me and My Friends"]], the album was released independently in the fall of 2008<ref>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/music/story.asp?id=12804</ref> and was voted one of the ten best of that year in the [[Orlando Sentinel]]<ref>http://www.ourmusicfriends.com/drupal-6.6/node/82</ref>.
+'''Matt Butcher''' born in ][Birmingham]],][England]] in [[1983]] is an [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]], [[Indie (music)|indie]] recording artist from [[Orlando, Florida]]. Butcher, former lead singer of Orlando's [[The Heathens]] recorded his first solo album during the summer of 2008. Entitled [[Matt Butcher Me and My Friends| "Me and My Friends"]], the album was released independently in the fall of 2008<ref>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/music/story.asp?id=12804</ref> and was voted one of the ten best of that year in the [[Orlando Sentinel]]<ref>http://www.ourmusicfriends.com/drupal-6.6/node/82</ref>.
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