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“He plays like a man standing in a doorway fending off bats from entering his house.” ~ Eugene Edwards

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PHOTOS

Butch Norton portrait. photo: Mike Dunn
Buick 6 photo: Mike Dunn
Butch Norton - 20th anniversary CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD” Lucinda Williams Tour kit 2019
Butch Norton - "20th anniversary CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD” Lucinda Williams Tour kit 2019
Cartoon Butch
Ladies and gentlemen... The Savory Band (1978)
These are the days of our lives
Nuts and Sanitizer
Shipwreck Kelly's Bar (Airport Marina Hotel in Burlingame, no longer there) with my 7 piece horn band "SAVORY"... six nights a week, four and a half hours a night... Slingerland, North, and Paiste... circa 1978
Early 60's Butch in Kalamazoo... I keep trying to find a picture with me wearing pants... still haven't found one
Safety first...
Pre-game dugout huddle... photo: Matt Blake
Chariots of fire... Michael Miller show, Jason Roberts, Butch... photo: Sami B
Butch 'Danger' Norton... Austin, TX
Paper doll cutout... clothing sold separately
A pritty face suits the dish-cloot... Eels in Scotland - Beautiful Freak Tour
Altar call
Ya vol in Berlin... photo: Zels Yvo
Shake it to the limit... photo: Roberto Bianchi
Village Recorders - Little Honey sessions... photo: Josh Henry
Vater Slick Skull Nut
Van Dyke Parks at Rufus and Martha Wainwright's Christmas Show 101
Lu and Tom at Tom's last show
Rehearsal with Tracy Bonham
Slow ride, take it easy... Puisano, Italy... photo: Roberto Bianchi
Phil Chen - fantasy island gig
Pre-Lu show
Fool for the city... Puisano, Italy... photo: Roberto Bianchi
Lu and Harmony Butch... Puisano, Italy... photo: Roberto Bianchi
The Butch third eye sees all... Puisano, Italy... photo: Roberto Bianchi
Nikolitsa Butch poster
Hanging out with Morrissey
Thunderbolts and lightning... Michael Miller show, Butch, David Sutton... photo Sami B
Pressure sensitive... Michael Miller show, Butch, David Sutton... photo Sami B
Peace like a river... Michael Miller show, Butch, David Sutton... photo Sami B
Blaze of glory... photo Sami B
Lu end of show
Rock sandwich... Lu, Butch, David
Bless the beasts and the children... Lucinda Williams show with Butch and David Sutton
Lu are so beautiful to me, can't you see...
Marco Giovino is love
Lu with Buick 6
Family portrait... Lucinda Williams + Buick 6... photo: Roman Cho
Lucinda Williams and Miranda Lambert
Peace, love, understanding... Lu, Ringo, Barbara
Lowen and Navarro Band (1990)
Louise Goffin show at McCabes with Ben Peeler, Ed Maxwell
Hardly Strictly Festival with Lucinda Williams (10-8-17)
Hum Music Dodge Ram (2014)
Jai Uttal Bhaktifest (2015)
Afternoon delight... John Bardy and Butch
John Bergamo tribute concert at CalArts
Little Steven Garage Show Live with Lu and Butch
Eels Souljacker tour
Eels Electro Shock Blues show
Subtitled Butch - Eels Electro Shock Blues tour
Eels Daisies of the Galaxy tour
E, Tommy, Butch - Eels photo shoot
Butch calling up E from David Letterman's desk
Bang a ride
Charlie Louvin, Lucinda Williams, Butch
Don Was, Lucinda Williams at Capitol Records Blessed sessions (June 2010)
Don Was, Lucinda Williams at Capitol Records Blessed sessions (June 2010)
Shadow of my former self
Secret weapon... Dreaming Ferns
Shopping for pretty and pink
Listening for the perfect sound... Butch, Tad Wadhams, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro, Richard Dodd
Worth a thousand words
Pies at Fillmore
Drum Magazine shoot... photo: Robert Downs
Cayamo shake down
Backbeat AF - Lu show... photo: Peggy French
More pounding for Drum Magazine... photo: Robert Downs
Even more pounding for Drum Magazine spread... photo: Robert Downs
Brainstick for the people... Michael Miller show... photo: Sami B
Thick as a brick... Jethro Tull's Doane Perry
Formal Butch, e, Kool G, John Parish… Eels Souljacker tour
Sepia is as sepia does
Gang signs... Lucinda Williams show at the Troubadour... photo: Peggy French
Lucinda Williams show... Blake Mills on guitar
Buick 6 for all mankind... Butch, David Sutton
One man's treasure... Buick-6 promo... photo: Matt Blake
Family jewels... Buick 6, Lucinda Williams
Family values
We're number 1... Buick 6 at McCabes
Buick 6 staring contest... Sonoma, USA
Billy Cobham for the soul
Bringing In the Sheaves
Special guest: Brainstick
Buick 6... Aftershow bus sauna
DW Drums endorsement for the people
Buick 6 promo pleasure palace... photo: Jeff Fasano
Rahm Emanuel. Buick 6. Chicago
Christophe's going away party
Team Christophe
Bill Frisell in Dave's Room - Ghosts of Highway 20 recording sessions
Eels: Adam, e, Butch - Electro Shock Blues show Europe
Capitol Records Lucinda Williams Blessed sessions
Lu and Butch at Capitol Records' Blessed sessions
Snare bottom

NEW VIDEO: I’ve Got A Feeling (Live at Abbey Road)

https://youtu.be/vGDRNfepjIE

New Video: WHY #2

https://youtu.be/QOD127gQAZ8

Butch Visits Drummer Plus Drummer

https://youtu.be/Ep9clfo6VHc

Drumhead Live 2020

Drumhead Live 2020 with Butch Norton

Drum Him Out!

https://youtu.be/nDPWWvUz6Ic

New Lucinda Williams Album

  1. You Can't Rule Me Lucinda Williams 4:04
  2. Man Without A Soul Lucinda Williams 5:31

Contraption Set Tour

https://youtu.be/-BvY1hyzPFw

NEW VIDEO

https://youtu.be/T2L6cBBHbsQ

NEW ALBUM

  1. The Course Of Empire a.k.a. BUTCH JEROME 4:51
  2. Call To Katambua a.k.a. BUTCH JEROME 5:53

Hear entire album here.

A.K.A BUTCH JEROME debut demo

https://youtu.be/x_Qu3WIV3qg

WATCH

https://youtu.be/XNCJxErx0xU

NEWS

Eels lunch together
eels lunch get together – with our BRIT AWARD for “Best New Artist 1997.”
Stay tuned.

Butch is a proud member of the HRC. For more info go to HRC.org

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