R E C O R D S
Lindsay Butler
There aren't too many fans of Australian Country Music who don't immediately recognise the name and distinctive guitar style of this legendary picker. Lindsay Butler is like a fine wine, always smooth on the palate, and we can always remember some wonderful vintages through his recording career which spans over 25 years.
His mastery of the Bushballad style comes foremost to mind, but when you listen to several releases over the years, you realise that Lindsay has always merged a wide variety of music styles into his own unique repertoire, and if it's not strictly country, it is always pure Lindsay Butler.
Lindsay was the first Australian guitarist to record a full solo album (1976), which won him his first of 3 GOLDEN GUITARS following year. Since then he has been involved in excess of 1000 recording projects, having played on many winning nominations at the "Australian Country Music Awards" and produced several of them.
Lindsay's touring history is as impressive as his recording career. In the mid 60's he was noticed by the Industry leaders of the time and in 1968 embarked on his first national tour with the late and great ATHOL McCOY. Consequently he then went on to work with BUDDY WILLIAMS, SLIM DUSTY, REX DALLAS, BRIAN YOUNG, STAN COSTER, GORDON PARSONS, BARRY THORNTON, REG POOLE & TERRY GORDON. In fact there are very few artists that he has not shared the stage with through his illustrious career.
Recent years have seen him nuturing talent through his own recording label and touring extensively with his own stable of talent including BRIAN LETTON, SHAZA LEIGH, JEFF BROWN and TOM MAXWELL. This younger eneration of stars respect Lindsay as their producer and for the great guitarist that he is.
Lindsay Butler continues to be a driving force and enjoy success within the Industry having had many accolades and awards recognise his lifetime of devotion to Australian Country Music.
Major Awards
1977 - GOLDEN GUITAR (Australian CM Awards Of Australia)
1978 - INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HANDS OF FAME
1991 - GOLDEN GUITAR (Australian CM Awards Of Australia)
1992 - GOLDEN GUITAR (Australian CM Awards Of Australia)
1999 - TEX MORTON AWARD (Tamworth Songwriters Association Industry Award)
1999 - STAN COSTER MEMORIAL AWARD (Bushballad Awards Of Australia)
Lindsay has been a regular nominee (15 nom's) in The Australian Country Music Awards Of Australia, resulting in 3 Golden Guitar wins, now known as The Toyota CM Awards. He still holds the record of the highest number of nominations for any instrumentalist in the history of the awards.