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Chris Butcher - Vocals, Guitars
Other Instruments:
Keyboards
Harmonica
Bass Guitar
Drums
Bands:
1965-1966 The Cerfs
Don Loy- Guitar, Vocals
Lindsey Butcher- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Jack Emerick- Drums, Vocals
1966-1967 The Rhythm of Rain
Don Loy- Guitar, Vocals
Tom Mackle- Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Lindsey Butcher- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Anthony Vaccaro- Drums
1967-1968 The Window
Kirk Clark- Guitar, Vocals
Chuck Ledford- Guitar
Dick Kern- Drums, Vocals
Rick Beddingfield- Drums, Vocals
Pat Darcy- Bass Guitar
1968 Sable Silver
Glen Thompson- Guitar, Piano
Phil Dolce- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Anthony Vaccaro- Drums
1969 Fortega 1
Wally Bryson- Guitar, Vocals
John Aleksic- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Chuck Rappins- Drums
1970 Fortega 2
Glen Thompson- Guitar
Roger Luthanen- Guitar, Vocals
Lindsey Butcher- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Mac Chafer- Drums
1971-1972 Fortega 3
Lindsey Butcher- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Tom Mackle- Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo, Vocals
Mac Chafer- Drums
1973 Scarecrow
John Juliano- Guitar, Mandolin
Tom Foster- Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
Tom Mackle- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Mac Chafer- Drums
1974-1978 The Butcher Kruck Band
Bob Kruck- Guitar, Vocals
Rick Harrison- Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
George Hanna- Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Brian Misch- Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin
Ed Sarley- Guitar
Greg Sarley- Guitar
Joe Horvath- Guitar
Mark Fisher- Drums
Anthony Vaccaro- Drums
Ralph Viviano- Drums
1979-1980 Tuner 1
Jude Barstow- Piano, Vocals
Joe Horvath- Guitar
Jack Freeman- Bass Guitar
Ralph Viviano- Drums
1980-1981 Tuner 2
Rick Harrison- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Dan Brady- Keyboards, Vocals
Scott Metelko- Guitar, Vocals
Ralph Viviano- Drums
1981-1983 The Keys
Wally Bryson- Guitar, Vocals
Dan Klawon- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Rick Harrison- Keyboards, Vocals
John Hart- Drums, Vocals
1983-1985 The Bender Brothers
Rick Harrison- Guitar, Vocals
1985-1986 The Chris Butcher Band
Rich Branham- Guitar, Vocals
Dennis Stroud- Bass Guitar
Rick Harrison- Keyboards, Vocals
Ralph Viviano- Drums
1988-1994 The Sittin' Ducks
Wally Bryson- Guitar, Vocals
Dan Klawon- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Ken Margolis- Keyboards, Vocals
Ed Brown, Drums, Vocals
2003- Abbey Rodeo
Fred Grupe- Bass Guitar
Justin Butcher- Drums, Vocals
Bob Yokum- Fiddle/Violin, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Vocals
Debbie Daniels- Banjo, Keyboards
Verne McClelland – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Songwriting:
* Music City Song Festival Award
* Billboard Magazine Award
Co- Songwriters:
* Fred Grupe
* Bob Kruck
* Rick Harrison
* Justin Butcher
* Eric Robertson
* Steve Montana
* Shari Johnson
Recording Studio:
Owns Fortega Recording Studio- recorded many area musicians and bands including The Silver String Band, The Balls of Fire, Quasi Qua, The Sittin' Ducks, EZ Crossing, Second Wind, etc. Studied Music, Audio Recording,
Engineering and Electronics and scored among the highest in the nation (and received a scholarship) on the Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios', (SPARS), National Studio Exam in 1986.
Discography- Chris Butcher and Company:
Some of these are hypothetical album titles but all represent actual recordings of songs, both originals and covers, which were done at various stages of my musical career.
Southern Persuaded:
Southern Persuaded (C.F.Butcher)
Play (C.F.Butcher)
Stoned and Blind (C.F.Butcher)
Honey Be Gone (Butcher/Kruck)
Let It Grow (Butcher/Harrison/Montana)
Strange Creek (C.F.Butcher)
Don't Say that You Love Me (Vince Gill)
On The Border (C.F.Butcher)
Feeling the Blues Again (C.F.Butcher)
Secret Love (Butcher/Kruck)
Time For Goodbye (C.F.Butcher)
Love is the Loser (C.F.Butcher)
Finding You (C.F.Butcher)
The Best I Can (Rodney Crowell)
Music, Hiss, Buzzz and Distortion:
That Rock Won't Roll (Restless Heart)
She May Call You Up Tonight (a version of the Left Banke song)
Feels So Right (Alabama)
Do I Have to Draw a Picture? (Billy Swan)
Well Alright (Buddy Holly)
They've Got Love (C.F.Butcher)
You Say You Have No Reason (Butcher/Kruck)
Dancer on a Neon Lit Floor (Butcher/Kruck)
Pretty Girl Why (Buffalo Springfield)
Keep on Pushing (Gene Clark)
Behind Blue Eyes (Who)
Find the Cost of Freedom (C, S, N & Y)
Precious to Me (Dwight Twilley)
It Hurts to Be in Love (R. Meisner & G. Pitney)
Always One (B. Kruck)
Anna (Beatles)
Candle in the Night (Butcher/Kruck)
A Certain Woman (C.F. Butcher)
Blues for Tonight (C.F. Butcher/J.C. Butcher)
True Love (Vince Gill)
Honky Tonk Man (Dwight Yoakum)
She Loves the Jerk (Rodney Crowell)
Once More (Desert Rose)
Hummingbird (Restless Heart)
Treasury of Golden Cover Versions:
Don't Say that You Love Me (Vince Gill)
That Rock Won't Roll (Restless Heart)
The Answer is Yes (Rodney Crowell)
Golden Life (Jack Temphin)
It's Up To You (Rick Nelson)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Beach Boys)
In Dreams (Roy Orbison)
I Go To Pieces (Peter and Gordon)
Do I Have to Draw a Picture? (Billy Swan)
Love of My Life (Everly Brothers)
Devoted To You (Everly Brothers)
Save It For Me (Four Seasons)
Kiss Me Baby (Brian Wilson)
Treasury of Golden Cover Versions- Almost Acappella:
Golden Life (Jack Temphin)
It's Up To You (Rick Nelson)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Beach Boys)
In Dreams (Roy Orbison)
Love of My Life (Everly Brothers)
Do I Have to Draw a Picture? (Billy Swan)
Save It For Me (Four Seasons)
Kiss Me Baby (Brian Wilson)
The Best I Can (Rodney Crowell)
Interim/Rough Mixes- Cover Versions:
The Best I Can (Rodney Crowell)
You Can Go Home (Desert Rose)
My Heart is Set on You (Lionel Cartwright)
Big Heart (Rodney Crowell)
Here Comes the Rain (Mavericks)
Interim/Rough Mixes- Originals:
Everything in Time (C.F.Butcher)
Heartache Moon (C.F.Butcher)
There Ain't Enough Money (Butcher/Robertson)
It's Not Worth Thinking (C.F.Butcher)
Get a Little (C.F.Butcher)
They've Got Love (C.F.Butcher)
Cadillac Daddy (C.F.Butcher)
Nothing Lasts Forever (C.F.Butcher)
Brother Sing (Butcher/Grupe)
Dead in the Bucket (C.F.Butcher)
If I Cry (C.F.Butcher)
Some of the Best of the Butcher Kruck Band:
Dreamer (Cleveland Recording version) (B. Kruck)
Dreamer (615 version) (B. Kruck)
Secret Love (Cleveland Recording version) (Butcher/Kruck)
Secret Love (615 version) (Butcher/Kruck)
Weekend Dancer (C.F.Butcher)
Sunshine (B. Kruck)
Honey Be Gone (Butcher/Kruck)
Just Keep It in Mind (B. Kruck)
Love's Gonna Move Ya (B. Kruck)
The Band Played On (B. Kruck)
Star Summer Night (B. Kruck)
Desperately Denying (R. Harrison)
Life's a Gamble (B. Kruck)
All I Can Do (Butcher/Hanna)
Sweet Surprise (B. Kruck)
City Loves (G. Hanna)
Highway Time (B. Kruck)
Candle in the Night (Butcher/Kruck)
Glad She's Around (B. Kruck)
You Better Be Sure (B. Kruck)
So Young (Harrison/Kruck)
You Say You Have No Reason (Butcher/Kruck)
Some of the Best of the Keys:
Every Little Thing (Beatles)
The Party's Over (Raspberries/W. Bryson)
Hold On Tight (E.L.O.)
Route 66 (classic standard)
Danger Zone (Billy Burnette)
When You Walk in the Room (Searchers)
You Can't Go Back (D. Klawon)
Something in the Night (Vince Gill/PPL)
Restless (D. Klawon)
Stick It (Nick Lowe)
Do You Love Me Truly Julie? (Pure Prairie League/Vince Gill)
You Really Got a Hold on Me (Beatles)
Our Love (Bryson/Robertson)
Who'll Stop the Rain (CCR)
Day After Day (Badfinger)
Moondog Blues (W. Bryson)
Some of the Best of the Sittin, Ducks:
Cryin' (D. Klawon)
Has Been Blues (W. Bryson)
Some of the Best of the Window:
This Precious Time (Terry Knight and the Pack)
Dust My Blues (Bluesbreakers)
Get Out of My Life Woman
And the Sun Will Shine (BeeGees)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (C.F. Butcher)
Two Trains Runnin'
All I Gotta Do (Beatles)
Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)
Fair Weather Friend (C.F. Butcher)
Walk Away Renee (Left Banke)
It's Only Love (part) (Beatles)
Music and Us... the Bender Brothers:
Always One (B. Kruck)
Special Light (R. Harrison)
Finding You (C.F. Butcher)
Tiny Little Lies (R. Harrison)
Produced by... Grupe and Butcher:
Golden Hair & Golden Dreams (Grupe/Anderson)
Weekend Warrior (Butcher/Grupe)
If Only Yesterday (Butcher/Grupe)
Brother Sing (Butcher/Grupe)
First Time, Second Thoughts (Butcher/Grupe)
Foolish Fire (Butcher/Grupe)
Get a Little (C. Butcher)
Cadillac Daddy (C. Butcher)
Everything in Time (C. Butcher/S. Johnson)
Nothing Lasts Forever (C. Butcher)
Heartache Moon (C. Butcher)
If I Cry (C. Butcher)
I'm With You (Butcher/Grupe)
Live It Down (Butcher/Grupe)