| George "Wild Child" Butler | |
|---|---|
| Born | George Butler (1936-10-01)October 1, 1936 Autaugaville, Alabama, United States |
| Died | March 1, 2005(2005-03-01) (aged 68) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | blues harmonica player, vocalist |
| Years active | 1950s–2000s |
George "Wild Child" Butler (October 1, 1936 – March 1, 2005) was an American blues harmonica player, and vocalist.
Career
Butler was born October 1, 1936, in Autaugaville, Alabama, and began playing blues music in bands in the late 1950s, but it was not until 1966 that he began to receive notice, after moving to Chicago and signing with Jewel Records. His early sessions were recorded with Willie Dixon, Cash McCall and Jimmy Dawkins as sidemen. He recorded an album for Mercury Records in 1969.
In 1981, Butler moved to Ontario, Canada, where he played regularly. In the 1990s, he began recording with record producer Mike Vernon in England, which resulted in two albums released on Bullseye Blues.
Butler died on March 1, 2005, in Windsor, Ontario, of a pulmonary embolism, at the age of 68.
Discography
- Open Up Baby (Jewel/Charly, 1966)
- Keep On Doing What You're Doing (Mercury Records, 1969)
- Funky Butt Lover (TK Records, 1976; reissued as Lickin' Gravy by Rooster Blues)
- These Mean Old Blues (Bullseye Blues, 1992)
- Stranger (Bullseye, 1994)
- Lickin' Gravy (M.C. Records, 1998)
- The Devil Made Me Do It (Ace Records, 1999)
- Sho' Nuff (APO Records, 2001)
References
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 377/8. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "George Butler 1936-2005 - Acoustic Sounds News". News.acousticsounds.com. 1936-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- "George "Wild Child" Butler". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ Bill Dahl, George "Wild Child" Butler at AllMusic
- 1936 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Autauga County, Alabama
- 20th-century African-American male singers
- American blues harmonica players
- American blues singers
- American blues guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Blues musicians from Alabama
- Deaths from pulmonary embolism
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century American guitarists
- Guitarists from Alabama
- 20th-century American male singers
- African-American guitarists
- 21st-century African-American musicians