Butch Norton

Drums, Percussion

BUTCH NORTON HAILS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. IN 1980 BUTCH RELOCATED TO SO CAL TO STUDY WITH RENOWNED PERCUSSIONIST JOHN BERGAMO AT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS WHERE HE MET MRS. BUTCH AND THEY SOON MARRIED IN 1985.

BUTCH’S RECORDING AND TOURING CAREER STARTED IN 1989 WHEN HE HOOKED UP WITH LOWEN AND NAVARRO THEN BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE EELS WHICH LED TO WORK WITH RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, TRACY CHAPMAN, TRACY BONHAM, THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS AND FOR THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS WITH LUCINDA WILLIAMS.

IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE TOURING AND RECORDING BUTCH HAS SUPPLEMENTED HIS TIME LENDING HIS ABILITIES TO MANY MODERN DANCE, MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS, TEACHING, MEDITATIVE, YOGA, SPIRITUAL, HEALING RITUALS AND OTHER VARIOUS PERCUSSIVE ENDEAVOURS. 

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Butch solos on the Hang at Kulak's Woodshed

Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  1. Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  2. You’ll Never Know // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  3. The Whirl // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  4. The Coast // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  5. Too Soon // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  6. Spinnin’ // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  7. Good Girl // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  8. In My Room // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  9. Freedom Now // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  10. Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  11. Possible // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body