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John Butler is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Butler's net worth $12 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started playing the guitar when he was sixteen. Later, he began pursuing a degree in art teaching, but ended up leaving school to become a musician.
He considers himself an environmentalist and has been involved in many campaigns, like Save Ningaloo Reef.
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler was born on 1 April 1975 in Torrance, California, to an Australian father, Darryl Wiltshire-Butler, and an American mother, Barbara (née Butler). He was named after his paternal grandfather, John Wiltshire-Butler, a forestry worker who died fighting a bushfire in Nannup. Butler has British, Bulgarian, and Greek ancestry through his father. His genealogy was investigated on an episode of the SBS Television series Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired on 1 November 2009. The show traced his family history from his deceased grandfather’s war diaries through to ancestors in Bulgaria and the events of the 1876 April Uprising.
John travelled to Encintas, California, after high school, where he spent two years with his brother Jim and began his music career in a band called Vitamin. John Butler’s first gig was 9 September 1994 at the Metaphor Cafe in Escondido, California. There Vitamin was written up and reviewed in “Go” magazine they performed all around the San Diego area and played one show in Houston, Texas opening for Dive, who later became Osmant between in 1995. Vitamin recorded two tracks, “Deadhorse” and “Mary Jane” in the Belly Up Studios in Solana Beach, California in 1994. Vitamin bandmate Ozzie Rea fronted Perth funk band, Proton. The two can be found on The Live at Mojo’s CD and performed together on New Years Ever Y2K. John Butler was a busker on the streets of Fremantle playing his own compositions. In mid-1996, he released a self-recorded cassette of his instrumentals, Searching for Heritage, which sold 3,000 copies. He played different styles of music including “Indian, Celtic, bluegrass and folk”. Butler had his first paid performance in 1997 at the Seaview Hotel in Fremantle. In 1998, North Fremantle Mojo’s club owner Phil Stevens hired Butler as a regular performer. Stevens became his manager and later his business partner.
John Butler began his music career in a band called Vitamin, his first paying gig was at the Metaphor Cafe in Escondido,Ca. Vitamin was written up twice in the Escondido Times-Advocate. Vitamin gigged all over San Diego and played one show in Houston Texas in 1995. Vitamin recorded two tracts “deadhorse” and “Mary Jane” in the Belly Up Studios, Solana Beach California in 1994. Vitamin bandmate Ozzie Rea moved to Australia in 1998 and fronted a Perth Funk band called Proton who shared John Butler Trio Drummer, Jason McGann (sound engineer mojo’s) Proton and the trio can be found on The Live at Mojo’s CD and gigged together on New Years Ever Y2K. The members of Vitamin were John Butler (12 string guitar, vocals) Ozzie Rea (vocals) Justin Bancroft (electric guitar) Taria Flower Star (bass) Duck Grossberg (bass) Desiree (congas) Gabe (Djembe) Jim (Harmonica) Hailey Odom (harmonica)
