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Bernard Joseph Butler (born 1 May 1970) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the first guitarist with
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, until his departure in 1994. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation;
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journalist Mark Savage called him "one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists"."The lowdown on Brits bright stars"
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. 18 February 2009 He was voted the 24th greatest guitarist of the last 30 years in a national 2010
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poll and is often seen performing with a 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 TD SV (Stereo Varitone) with a
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.


Early life

Butler was born to
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parents in
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on 1 May 1970. He spent his summers in his parents' hometown of
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and in an interview given in 2022, he reflected on his upbgringing and Irish immigration to
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.
I don’t know if it’s the case now much, but definitely up to the generation where I was from. Just because of the migration in the sixties, I guess. That was the big thing in the '60s, and we all ended up in
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,
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or North London. Places wherever the trains came into: Holyhead. Growing up, pretty much everyone I knew was Irish.
The youngest of three boys, Butler credits his oldest brother with inspiring his interest in music. The first
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he bought was
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' ''
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'', having become a fan of the band after hearing
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play ''Reel Around the Fountain'' on his
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radio show. When he was eight, Butler's started learning to play the
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, something which he later recalled he "used to get beaten up and spat at on the bus for." His introduction to the guitar came after his brothers lost interest in a "terrible electric guitar" that they'd bought from a catalogue. Butler used it to play along with
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's guitar parts to The Smiths' songs, eventually learning each one note-by-note and becoming proficient without ever having a formal guitar lesson.


Career


Suede

He first achieved fame in 1992 as the guitarist with
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, forging a songwriting partnership with
Brett Anderson Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted The Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler in 2004- ...
. He co-wrote and played guitars or piano on every recording until 1994, when he exited Suede, leaving behind the
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-winning debut ''
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'', as well as the follow-up ''
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''.


Post-Suede

Immediately after leaving Suede he formed the duo
McAlmont & Butler McAlmont & Butler are an English rock/soul music duo, comprising singer David McAlmont and guitarist Bernard Butler. History Formed in 1994, David McAlmont and Bernard Butler had already experienced individual success: Butler as the guitaris ...
with
David McAlmont David Irving McAlmont (born 2 May 1967) is a British vocalist, essayist and art historian. He came to prominence in the 1990s as a singer, particularly through his collaboration with Bernard Butler. In the 2010s he returned to academia, working ...
and they released two singles, " Yes" and " You Do". A compilation album, '' The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler'', was released after the collaboration ended. Butler then released two solo albums under his own name, '' People Move On'' and '' Friends and Lovers'', on Creation Records, yielding the hit single "
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". In 2001 Butler teamed up with McAlmont for a second McAlmont & Butler album, '' Bring it Back'', and they toured the UK after the release of two singles, "Falling" and "Bring it Back". In 2004 Butler formed a new band with Brett Anderson,
The Tears The Tears were an English rock group formed in 2004 by ex-Suede bandmates Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, along with the former Delicatessen and Lodger members Will Foster (keyboardist), bassist Nathan Fisher, and Bernard Butler session dru ...
, based on the same style that yielded their first successes with Suede in the early 1990s. The Tears released their debut LP, '' Here Come the Tears'', produced by Butler, in June 2005. Singles include "
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", which reached number 9 in the
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, and " Lovers".


Collaborations and production work

Butler has played on and/or produced records by
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,
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,
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(of
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),
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,
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, Roy Orbison,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, the
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, The On-Off's,
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, The Mescalitas,
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,
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, Duffy, The View, Arkitekt, Sons and Daughters,
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, Tricky,
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,
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, Natalie McCool and
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. In 2005 he was introduced to Welsh singer Duffy, and contributed to her top-selling debut album ''
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''—it was the best selling album of 2008 in the UK—which won the Best Pop Vocal Album
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in 2008. In 2009 Butler co-wrote/produced/played on tracks by The Veils, Tommy Reilly, Jonathan Jeremiah,
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and Catherine A.D who now performs as The Anchoress. He also commenced production work on Kate Nash's second album '' My Best Friend Is You'' in mid-2009. In 2010 Butler worked with
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,
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,
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, Gabrielle, Howling Bells, The Veils, Simon Dine, and new artists
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, Vince, Daley, Summer Camp, Joe Worricker and Scott McFarnon. Over the 2011-2012 period, Butler produced albums for
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and continued working with Daley on his forthcoming ''Days & Nights'' album, the title track of which was co-written and produced by Butler. He also co-wrote and produced Texas's comeback album ''
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''. Butler again worked at Studio 355 for these recordings. In 2013 Butler worked with the group Teleman, to finish their debut album; worked on songs with London group Flowers; and collaborated with
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and
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. In June 2013, he formed an impromptu improvisational performance at the Sunderland record store run by
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. Alongside members of Warm Digits,
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and 1990s, the impromptu group played a completely unrehearsed and improvised set. In August 2013, Butler played two shows at The Slaughtered Lamb in London, UK, accompanying
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on electric guitar, resulting in a touring and recording collaboration spanning 2 albums and several years of live shows across the globe. In October 2013, new group Trans released the ''red'' EP, the first in a series of EPs for
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. Featuring tracks grown out of improvisational sessions that date back over a year, with Jackie McKeown, Paul Borchers and Igor Volk, the recordings were made at Studio 355. All sessions were improvised, recorded in their entirety and later edited with very few overdubs. In May 2014, Butler organised two special
McAlmont & Butler McAlmont & Butler are an English rock/soul music duo, comprising singer David McAlmont and guitarist Bernard Butler. History Formed in 1994, David McAlmont and Bernard Butler had already experienced individual success: Butler as the guitaris ...
performances to raise funds for The Bobath Centre's work with children with
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. The London shows at the Union Chapel and Islington Assembly Hall sold out, and the duo were accompanied by a full band that consisted of members of
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, Mako Sakamoto on drums and Sean Read on keyboards. In 2017, Butler produced the self-titled debut album of the New York band QTY. In November 2019, Pet Shop Boys released their second single "Burning The Heather" from their forthcoming album '' Hotspot'', featuring acoustic guitar played by Bernard Butler. Acclaimed folk artist Sam Lee collaborated with Butler in 2019 resulting in his widely acclaimed "Old Wow" album and selected live shows which followed. Butler joined Lee's curated Earth Day live stream in May 2020 improvising remotely along to a live stream of nightingales singing in the Sussex forest. This was followed by the release of tracks from the forthcoming sophomore album from Roxanne De Bastion. In 2020 writer Pete Paphides' label Needle Mythology finally released the open collaboration with Catherine Anne Davies. The album "In Memory of My Feelings" compiled 10 songs drawn from the writing sessions begun in 2009 which Butler then pieced together and completed. Artwork was created in collaboration with acclaimed artist Eva Vermandel. During 2021, Butler has been working with Bobby Bluebell (from number one chart toppers The Bluebells) on a new Altered Images album with 1980s band members Clare Grogan and Stephen Lironi. According to Grogan, who announced the release in December 2021, the album would be released in August 2022, on Cooking Vinyl Records, with the name ''Mascara Streakz''. On 15 April 2022, Butler and Irish actress
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released "The Eagle & The Dove", the lead single from their collaborative album. ''
For All Our Days That Tear the Heart ''For All Our Days That Tear the Heart'' is a collaborative album by Irish actress Jessie Buckley and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. Released on 17 June 2022 by EMI Records, it was preceded by the release of the singles "The Eagle & the Do ...
'' was released on 17 June 2022.


Soundtracks

Butler created the soundtrack to the 1997 film ''The James Gang'' and played on the soundtrack of ''
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'', and in 2020 created the score to a BBC ''
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'' episode on Pluto.


Personal life

On 13 April 2014, Butler participated in the London Marathon to raise funds for children with
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, described by Butler as one of the "worst starts in life". Butler explains:
The problem is it’s getting harder for families to get funding for therapy and children aren’t getting the specialist support they need. So I’m raising money for the charity’s treatment fund to make sure that children get seen as early as possible when it will have the greatest impact.
Butler is a resident lecturer at London's BIMM Institute teaching a degree course in Songwriting, a practice he has used live in collaborative events with the Musicians Union. He is Patron of the Bert Jansch Foundation, encouraging fund distribution and collaborative work with artists and business to continue the work of the late guitarist.


Awards

Butler won the Producer's Award at the 2009 BRIT Awards, Producer of the Year at the 2008 Music Managers Forum Awards, was nominated for Best Producer at the 2009 Music Week Awards, and received a Grammy Award for work on Duffy's "Rockferry" which won the Best Album award for 2009.


Discography


Suede

* 1993 -
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- ''
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'' (
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winner) ** singles: "
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", "
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", "
Animal Nitrate "Animal Nitrate" is the third single by English rock band Suede, released through Nude Records on 22 February 1993 and later included on the band's debut album ''Suede''. It charted at 7 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the highest-charting ...
", " So Young" * 1994 -
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- " Stay Together" (Non-album single) * 1994 -
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- ''
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'' ** singles: "
We are the Pigs "We Are the Pigs" is the first single from the album ''Dog Man Star'' by British band Suede (band), Suede, released on 12 September 1994 through Nude Records. Background The single heralded the darker tone that the band had taken for ''Dog Man ...
", " The Wild Ones", "
New Generation "New Generation" is the third and final single from the album ''Dog Man Star'' by English rock band Suede, released on 30 January 1995 through Nude Records. It is the first single to feature music by new guitarist Richard Oakes. Though the tit ...
" * 1997 -
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- '' Sci-Fi Lullabies'' ** (first eleven tracks on a collection of
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) * 2003 -
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- ''
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'' ** (eight tracks on a collection of Greatest Hits)


Solo

* 1998 – Bernard Butler – '' People Move On'' (#11 UK) ** Singles: "
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" (#12 UK), " Not Alone" (#27 UK), " A Change of Heart" (#45 UK) * 1999 – Bernard Butler – '' Friends and Lovers'' (#43 UK) ** Singles: " Friends and Lovers", " You Must Go On" (#44 UK), "I'd Do It Again If I Could" * 2002 – Bernard Butler &
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** Single: "Message for Jojo" (#113 UK) * 2020 – Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler – ''In Memory of My Feelings'' * 2022 –
Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. The recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards, she was listed at number 38 on ''The Irish Times'' list of ...
& Bernard Butler – ''
For All Our Days That Tear the Heart ''For All Our Days That Tear the Heart'' is a collaborative album by Irish actress Jessie Buckley and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. Released on 17 June 2022 by EMI Records, it was preceded by the release of the singles "The Eagle & the Do ...
'' ** Singles: "The Eagle & the Dove", "Seven Red Rose Tattoos", "For All Our Days That Tear the Heart"


McAlmont & Butler

* 1995 -
McAlmont & Butler McAlmont & Butler are an English rock/soul music duo, comprising singer David McAlmont and guitarist Bernard Butler. History Formed in 1994, David McAlmont and Bernard Butler had already experienced individual success: Butler as the guitaris ...
- '' The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler'' ** singles: " Yes", " You Do" * 2002 - McAlmont & Butler - '' Bring It Back'' ** singles: "Falling", "Bring it Back" * 2006 - McAlmont & Butler ** single: "Speed"


The Tears

* 2005 -
The Tears The Tears were an English rock group formed in 2004 by ex-Suede bandmates Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, along with the former Delicatessen and Lodger members Will Foster (keyboardist), bassist Nathan Fisher, and Bernard Butler session dru ...
- '' Here Come The Tears'' ** singles: "
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", " Lovers"


Trans

*2013 - "Red" EP *2014 - "Green" EP


Collaborator/producer

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- "Faster Than the Setting Sun" and "She Needs Me", '' Fly Yellow Moon'' (2010) *
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* – official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Bernard 1970 births Living people English rock guitarists English songwriters English male singer-songwriters English record producers Britpop musicians Suede (band) members People educated at St Ignatius' College, Enfield English people of Irish descent Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Creation Records artists Brit Award winners Grammy Award winners People from Stamford Hill Musicians from London Alternative rock guitarists 21st-century British guitarists