Butlers Words & Music

Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Gene Butler began singing publicly at the age of nine with the Cotton Street Gospel Choir (an all-Black choir in which he was the only Caucasian). 

Butler wrote his first song ‘Momma, Wished I'd Listen To You’ after spending seven hours in the local jail for violating Macon's under eighteen, ten o'clock curfew law.  He was nine years old at the time of his arrest.

Now living in Los Angeles, Butler and his band have played in almost every known music venue known to humans; and in a few that probably shouldn't be known to anybody.  They’ve headlined shows at the Marilyn Monroe Theater in Hollywood, the Troubadour, The Viper Room, the Palomino, the Whiskey, the Roxy Theater, Luna Park, Café Largo, Rusty’s Ranch and most recently at the Red Door Juke Box.

Butler has had the pleasure of playing, recording and sharing the stage with many wonderful musicians and songwriters.  These wonderful great musicians/songwriters include Lucinda William, Chris Hillman, Buddy Miller, Danny Dugmore, Dough Atwell, Brantley Kearns, David Morgan, Gurf Morlix, Dwight Yoakum, Donald Lindley, Dave Pearlman and many more lesser-known musicians who are just as wonderful.  

The Gene Butler Band has just released their eight album ‘Not Afraid To Be Country In LA’.  All their albums available for purchasing via streaming or Classic CD on this website. 

For more information contact: genebutlerband@aol.com

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