Grammy-nominated guitarist Jon Butcher is one of a select handful of influential recording artists who emerged from the legendary '80s Boston music scene. 13 Internationally released albums, MTV videos, hit songs, and incendiary live touring comprise the underpinnings of a rich music career that continues today.
Jon Butcher's signature sound features his soul-infused vocals, and his guitar work reflects a skillful mix of Rock and R&B, Soul, Jazz and Americana, all of it focused through a prism built from the Blues. Jon's live performances are legendary, electrifying and critically acclaimed.
Fall 2022 will see GYPSY CARAVAN, the band and the new album! GYPSY CARAVAN features the collaborative songwriting and ensemble playing of Jon Butcher ( two time Grammy Award nominee and founder of The JON BUTCHER AXIS ), Sal Baglio ( The Amplifier Heads, Tom Hambridge & The Rattlesnakes, The Stompers) and legendary singer-songwriter Allen Estes ( The Estes Boys ). Says Jon," This is a great record, strong, soulful and above all it has its roots in the Blues. I haven't done a band collaborative thing since Leland Sklar and I were in Barefoot Servants. Making GYPSY was electric and so cool on multiple levels. And an opportunity to finally record with two of my best friends!"
GYPSY CARAVAN is 10 new songs of rock, blues and acoustic blues. It's full of rich harmonies and Jon's acrobatic and soul-infused guitar work. Better still, it's the kind of storytelling that reaches hearts, touches souls.
Sal says of making GYPSY CARAVAN, “ This record is a mix of styles that have it’s roots from the same tree. Allen and I share a love of storytelling in our acoustic performances. It’s a natural and honest progression from where I started. And recording with Jon was like being at Woodstock in '69. Jon kept saying to me 'You can leave if you want to we’re just jamming' Then played the Star Spangled Banner ( laughs) ! Working with these guys went down sweet and easy. Like a piece of cherry pie at the all night truck stop diner."
Watch for the new GYPSY CARAVAN album by BUTCHER, BAGLIO & ESTES available everywhere Spring 2022. "What do you get when three Boston/New England veteran, singer/songwriter, musicians and performers get together and make a great big beautiful noise? " asks Allen Estes. " GYPSY CARAVAN, that's what you get. Stories from the road and beyond. I’ve toured as a solo musician for many years after my years with The Estes Boys. In that time you learn things, see things, experience people and life in ways that make you grow as a writer.”
GYPSY CARAVAN the album. GYPSY CARAVAN the band. All coming early FALL of 2022.
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The newest album by Jon Butcher, Sal Baglio & Allen Estes is titled GYPSY CARAVAN. It'll feature big vocals, great songwriting and Jon's acrobatic and intense guitar work. GYPSY CARAVAN is an album you'll want on your turntable and mobile devices. GYPSY CARAVAN, coming soon!
Ten exciting new songs from Boston guitar legend Jon Butcher! This is Jon's best record to date, set for release in Spring of 2021!
The 2 FROM THE ROAD podcast featuring JON BUTCHER and GARY MARINO w/ famous guests from the worlds of music, comedy, sports, acting sharing storiess about life on the road not heard elsewhere, beginning JAN 2019!
Boston-based rock band GLYMPSES releases their first self-titled record in 2019, produced by Jon Butcher
Jon's new album release, 360º is 7 new songs from the mind that brought you LIFE TAKES A LIFE, HOLY WAR, WISHES and 2016's 2 ROADS EAST. Available everywhere NOV 3 !
JON BUTCHER working with the FRACTAL AX8 in the studio and on tour with 2 ROADS EAST and in the studio; "I love the AX8 for how transparent it is in getting work-flow together. And it sounds terrific!"
From Vintage Guitar Magazine, 2017; " I love Jason's pickups, the entire line really as I've used both his PAFs and single coil pickups in virtually all of my touring guitars. They're responsive and sensitive to a light touch as well as ...considerably more!"
JON BUTCHER and mentoring at Rever Youth Center in MA!
JON BUTCHER continues endorsing friend and guitar maker BILL NASH of NASH GUITARS in the studio and for 2ROADS EAST Tour 2017!
The debut album The JON BUTCHER AXIS will be released JAN18 2018 on ESCAPE RECORDS UK! JBA1 has been digitally re-mastered and will be released on Cd for the first time ever.
Two JON BUTCHER AXIS / Capitol Records releases, ALONG THE AXIS and the WISHES albums will be re-released in the US, Europe and Japan during 1ST QTR 2018 by the UK-based record company, ROCK CANDY.
JON BUTCHER Sonhwriters in the Round Concert Series w/ FLY AMERO and ALLEN ESTES @ THE NORTON TREE FARM GLOUCESTER MA
JON BUTCHER w/ FLY AMERO @ THE RHUMBLINE GLOUCESTER MA
JON BUTCHER sits in w/ PARKER WHEEELER @ THE GROG NEWBURYPORT MA
JON BUTCHER featured in the AMY NACHBAR book 617- ROCK N ROLL BOSTON STYLE- Vol #1
The HUGHLEY'S, the hit tv sitcom starring comedian DL Hughley is airing now [ check your local lsitings] featuring theme music written and performed by JON BUTCHER..check it out tonight!
https://youtu.be/jscngQuEbbs
JON BUTCHER joins Los Angeles singer song-writer CHRIS PIERCE for a SOLD OUT acoustic appesrance @ 9 WALLIS ST BEVERLY MA
JON BUTCHER featured in the MAY issue of VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE discussing his newest album 2 ROADS EAST with writer THOMAS GUERRA. See the video, here; https://www.facebook.com/VintageGuitarmagazine/videos/10154230795645924/
The JON BUTCHER AXIS is recording new music for a planned South America tour in Spring 2018. More details to follow..
JON BUTCHER performs THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER for 39,000 BOSTON RED SOX fans FOR THE SECOND TIME!
2ROADS EAST was produced in multiple studios, across multiple time zones over a period of 18mos. 2RE is a technological (though not technical) leap forward for fans of Jon's music, achieving what is arguably his finest sounding recording work yet. Says Jon, “I was aided and abetted during the recording by some of the finest players in the world, from all corners of the globe. They donated their time but most of all their incredible talent to help me create the musical color palette of 2RE. What can I say, I’m humbled and eternally grateful to have such musically gifted friends and classmates!”
The 10-new songs of 2ROADS EAST are stylistically diverse by design. Some songs pre-destined for film underscore by their cinematic origins (TRANSCENDENCE, WITHOUT YOU), others (BRONTOSAURUS, DUST) ferocious reminders of the power and majesty that electric guitar can still in the right hands. Much of 2RE will feel familiar (and reassuring) to Butcher’s long-time fans, particularly the opening track TRANSCENDENCE. It has traceable roots to Jon's debut record The JON BUTCHER AXIS and subsequent video, LIFE TAKES A LIFE (the video was one of two to break the color line at MTV).
“With the music business completely transformed it’s no wonder that forward thinkers are expanding how they see/present themselves, and how they bring their art to market. For me, 2ROADS EAST is an almost literal translation of how I see the world, or at the least, how I see my world.”
2ROADS EAST- the new album by JON BUTCHER on EFX www.jonbutcher.com, 2 ROADS EAST available @ iTunes NOW!
SAT JULY 15 @ TWO TO LOU FESTIVAL, SANDOWN NH w/ AXIS, XPERIENCED !
SAT SEPT 16 @ BOGGESTOCK VII MUSIC FESTIVAL, MILLIS MA w/ MULT ARISTS
SUN OCT 1 @ FARMSTAND CONCERT SERIES, TAMWORTH NH w/ BUTCHER, BAGLIO, ESTES
SAT OCT 7 @ FESTIVAL ANDOVER NH w/ BEATLEJUICE
THUR NOV 9 HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT, HILLVIEW COUNTRY CLUB N READING MA
NOV 11 @ WOODBURY BREWING CO WOODBURY CT w/ DAVID GROSS
FRI NOV 17 @ SOUL OF A LEGEND @ Laconia High/Putnam Fund Concert Series
SAT NOV 25 CHAN's CONCERT CLUB WOONSOCKET RI w/ 2 ROADS EAST
Contact: JON CONRAD/ jon@electricfactoryX.com for info on how to book JON BUTCHER featuring 2 ROADS EAST!
2 ROADS EAST featuring JON BUTCHER, SAT DEC 2 @ 9 WALLIS ST BEVERLY MA
Contact: JOhN CONRAD/ jon@electricfactoryX.com for info on how to book JON BUTCHER featuring 2 ROADS EAST!
@ The Norton Tree Farm Gloucester MA, Songwriter-In-The-Round Concert Series w/ Fly Amero and Allen Estes
The JON BUTCHER AXIS brings their powerhouse live show, AXIS:FULL FORCE to THE SPIRE CENTER for the ARTS PLYMOTH MA. Celebrating 35yrs as a band and performing music from their newly re-mastered and re-released first two Int'l albums, The JON BUTCHER AXIS and STARE AT THER SUN!
JON BUTCHER & FRIENDS
JON BUTCHER'S GUITAR SUMMIT COMES TO THE SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER ROCKPORT MA, A SHOW NOT TO MISSED AND FEATURING MUSIC FROM JONS 16 ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY!
JThe JON BUTCHER AXIS brings their powerhouse live show, AXIS:FULL FORCE to CHAN's CONCERT CLUB WOONSOCKET RI. Celebrating 35yrs as a band and performing music from their newly re-mastered and re-released first two Int'l albums, The JON BUTCHER AXIS and STARE AT THER SUN!
JEANS's PLAYHOUSE LINCOLN NH- JON SITS IN WITH MEMBERS OF POPULAR TOURING GROUPS FROM THE BEST IN BLUES AND ROCK IN A FAST PACED AND HIGH ENERGY EVENING- FUN, INTENSE AND OF COURSE, ELECTRIC GUITARS!
The JON BUTCHER AXIS returns with their powerhouse show AXIS:FULL FORCE to the CENTER FOR ARTS in NATICK, performing music from their first two Int'l releases, THE JON BUTCHER AXIS and STARE AT THE SUN. This show also features original drummer DEREK BLEVINS!
JON JOINS SINGER SONGWRITER CLIFF EBERHARDT IN A RARE ACOUSTIC ONLY SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE, THE HISTORIC JONATHAN'S IN PORTLAND ME
Jon Butcher brings his unique solo performance @ the The FARMSTAND Tamworth NH, featuring musical guest ALLEN ESTES!
JON BRINGING AN INTIMATE SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW TO A WONDERFUL VENUE IN BEAUTIFUL ROCKPORT MA, THE OLD CHURCH.
JON BUTCHER debuts 360º, an eP length record of 6 new songs including the title track 360º. " I feel like I'm channeling my inner Bob Dylan, maybe Highway 61 Revisted!", Jon laughs. " " Dylan took a lot of heat from his original fans becuase he dared use an ELECTRIC GUITAR, the evidence of which was LIKE A ROLLING STONE among others. They couldn't see that evolving is part of the bargain, part of the deal. 360º is both electric and acoustic, and lyrically reflective of the times we live in. How could it not be ?"
See Jon at 9 WALLIS BEVERLY MA on 11/3/2018. The new eP will be available for the first time at the show.
Laconia MA w/ Sugar Ray & The Blue Tones, FREE SHOW by Laconia Putnam Fund
Foxboro MA The JON BUTCHER AXIS w/ THE PEACHEATERS: AN ALLMAN BROS EXPERIENCE
Jon sits in w/ Blues Project, SOLD OUT
A special appearance with the incomparible Behive Queen, CHRISTINE OHLMAN!
AXIS reunion @ one of NE's finest venues, The Natick Center for Arts
ROLLING FOR RECOVERY FEST Charity Fundraising Event, NARA PARK AMPITHEATER Acton MA
TOWER HILL THEATER Laconia NH w/ Blues Project
JON BUTCHER AXIS w/ special guest Hirsh Gardner, The Spire Permormance Center Plymouth MA
Special peformance by The JON BUTCHER AXIS @ GLOUCESTER STAGE Gloucester MA w/ special guests GLYMPSES
he JON BUTCHER AXIS Sat 03/28 The Bull Run Shirley, MA 1st AXIS show at Bull Run in 10 years
Opening the show, ALLEN ESTES
The JON BUTCHER AXIS Fri 04/10 at The Rex Theatre Manchester, NH
Opening the show ALLEN ESTES
Sat May 29th 1PM Tupelo Drive-In Derry, NH ON SALE SOON!
Sat May 29th 4PM Tupelo Drive-In Derry NH ON SALE SOON!
The JON BUTCHER AXIS Sat July 24th 8PM TCAN Natick, MA (06/27/20 tickets honored)
See and hear Jon at the TASTY LICKS PODCAST, 8pm
SHE BLURBS podcast w/ Jon, 8pm
The JON BUTCHER AXIS Sat Oct 2nd 8PM Bull Run Shirley, MA (03/28/20 tickets honored)
2022 Guitar Summit featuring Johnny A w/ Special Guests Jon Butcher, Gary Hoey
The Blues Project featuring Jon Butcher @ the world famous Old Saco Inn Fryeburg ME.
Jon Butcher & The Blues Project @ The Inn On Main Street
Jon Butcher with special guest Willie J Laws comes to Kowloon for Home Grown Rock Concert Series to assist Boston homeless Vets.
Tickets are available for either single shows or a discount series ticket is available at:(https://gimmelive.com/ClassicRock.cfm)
The JON BUTCHER AXIS returns to the Narrows Center in Fall River MA
The JON BUTCHER AXIS returns to The Spire in 2022!
The JON BUTCHER AXIS returns to the Bull Run Shirley MA
GYPSY CARAVAN record release event!
The Seaside Yuletide Concert at the Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport MA featuring Jon, Sal Baglio of The STOMPERS & Allen Eates