OCEAN - John Butler - 2012 Studio Version

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Channel: John Butler Trio

Views: 55,401,548

Rating: 4.933362 out of 5

Keywords: Ocean, John Butler, Trio, Live, 2012, revolution, jbt, OCEAN 2012, Free, mp3, re-recorded, thank you, Fremantle, Australia, johnbutlertrio, new version

Id: jdYJf_ybyVo

Length: 12min 5sec (725 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 06 2012

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[u/ProfessorPeePeeFace]

Long story I won't tell entirely, but I was on the road with JBT for about three months a few years ago. He played this song, usually in the middle of their set, almost every night over those three months, and *every single time,* the song's power over the room was unbelievable. The song itself was great, yes, but the phenomenon that occurred when he played it was something I truly cannot overstate.

Usually during any show, people are talking, dancing, milling around, whatever. But when he'd play this specific song, everything, and everyone, just stopped. And if they didn't right away, they did within a few minutes of him starting.

Desensitized venue staff, people on all kinds of drugs, people in JBT's crew who had been on the road with this guy for years and heard him play it a million times – everyone stopped whatever they were doing. Everyone tuned in. Everyone was just taken over by it.

And every time it ended – with that storm of power chords, then boom, over – the entire room erupted. There was always at least 2-3 minutes of loud, loud cheering. Some people looked like they could breathe again. Some people were in tears.

Listening to him play it – especially right there, full volume, just a few feet away from you – was some sort of deep, ethereal experience everyone shared, whether they intended to or not. I will never forget it.

JB and his crew are incredibly talented and also humble, too. The show was always amazing. If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it.

[u/thesoak]

I always liked this version better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjwkXrcUrs

[u/Lustforcrust]

This guy blows my fucking mind every time I see him perform Ocean. For me, the real magic starts at 5:15 5:10 and the jaw dropping holy shit moment starts at 8:00. I have to pick my jaw up off the floor by the end.

Edit: as a guitar player myself, Im curious as to what this guys fingers look like.

[u/EvolvingEachDay]

If you like this you need to check out their album "Tin Shed Tales" it's great, Used to Get High and Kimberly are my two favourite tracks on there.

Also, give Passionflower by Jon Gomm a listen, I doubt anyone would regret it.

[u/itsrealbattle]

One of the best songs of all time IMO.

[u/jnobaby]

Jam band? I would put that pretty low on their musical categories

[u/DJ_Spam]

The John Butler Trio
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The John Butler Trio is an eclectic roots/jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They have independently released five studio albums, the last three of which debuted at #1 in Australia, and have had eight Top 40 singles. Having developed a great reputation as a live act, the band have also released three live albums. Apart from their little-known debut album, all of their releases have been on Jarrah Records, co-owned by Butler and The Waifs.

John Butler was born on April 1, 1975 in Torrance, California, to an Australian father and American mother. He moved to the small Western Australian town of Pinjarra in January 1986, when he was eleven. Butler began playing guitar at the age of sixteen, and by 1996 started his career as a busker in Fremantle, Western Australia. The John Butler Trio was formed in 1998 when Butler was joined by Gavin Shoesmith on bass and Jason McGann on drums, and by the end of that year had recorded their debut album John Butler.

They then released Three in 2001, Sunrise Over Sea in 2004 and Grand National in 2007, all of which were certified platinum.

In June 2009, a new line up of the ever evolving John Butler Trio emerged. Prominent Melbourne musician Nicky Bomba of Bomba fame and principal drummer on Sunrise Over Sea joined the band on drums and percussion, as did bass player Byron Luiters from Sydney outfit Ray Mann Three.

The latest album entitled April Uprising came from a journey John Butler undertook for the ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ TV series. He traces the Butler name through generations of hardship to a matriarch who sang for her survival and follows his Bulgarian ancestry to a forebear caught up in a violent revolt called the April Uprising. The recording process for the new album was shared with avid followers via a special studio sessions page on the band’s website.

John Butler comments on the forthcoming new album, “The whole rehearsal and recording process so far has been a lot of fun and very gratifying. I feel the sounds and general spirit and energy of this album are best summed up in the words – free, melodic, funky, phat and rocking. There’s definitely a certain attitude that comes across on the album. Perhaps there’s a conviction, in a song writing and production sense, that I haven’t tapped into so much on earlier works that seems to be more prevalent on April Uprising. There’s chemistry and language that Nicky, Byron and I have found that really compliments these songs in all their different facets”. Read more on Last.fm.

last.fm: 525,247 listeners, 12,169,052 plays
tags: acoustic, australian, rock, alternative, seen live

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[u/secretdojo]

Love this video

[u/hqtrackbot]

I found a higher-quality upload of this track!

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