Tim Butler

The Minnesota Music Note - Ep 48 - 30 Guitars, 40+ Years of Music with Tim Butler

3mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• The Monkees TV show was Tim's first musical love, and it led Tim to the Beatles.
• Tim credits Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" with teaching more about guitar than anything else.
• Tim learned the whole 2112 album by Rush note for note. Tim's favorite Rush songs are "Freewill" and "Subdivisions."
• Tim's first band, Continental Kids, started when Tim was playing organ and keyboards, before guitar.
• Tim started jamming and forming bands with friends at school around age 14 or 15.
• Tim owns 30-something guitars, including a mandolin, a ukulele and some basses.
• Tim's solo show, Heartland Acoustic Rock, covers '70s and '80s songs and even includes Elvis's "Don't Be Cruel."
• Life Tragic once played a one-hour set on the main stage at Rockfest in Wisconsin, with Godsmack's gear already set up behind them.
• Tim once drove all the way to Brainerd for a show, only to learn the band wasn't booked that weekend.
• Tim now plays music full time, two to three nights a week.
• Tim still gets nervous at the start of every Ziggy's jam, until a couple of songs in.
• Recommended Tom Moga, John Sonic, the members of Devil's Rejects and Burning Daylight, and drummer Greg White as future guests.