John Butler busking

[attica1010]

hah if i walked past JB i would give him my whole wallet

[shalaley1]

wow! This was posted on the 26th, but he's busking on the 27th. Man oh man, I knew he was good, but... time travel? ;)

[KingKoboldMcMarco]

he seems like one of those rare pokemons ..u can got through the city and when u reaaaaaaly lucky u meet him at some random place

[jester2192]

in the middle of sydney??

[v4mpir33d]

where is his amp?

[intensity92]

acoustic guitar..

[bugkillah]

under his seat

[clipside2]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckin hell wow

[1jimmyneo1]

he raised $250 in 15 mins for charity

it was a comp agaisnt thedocter

[prjctcivilian]

who is thedocter

[Inv3nt1on]

some faggot radio station guy from sydney apparently.

[PsychoHellKat]

Radio guy from Tripple J

[CAMERONHARTLEY]

He was frenzal Rhombs lead singer to my rec collection?

[jamiephelan]

the doctor is frenzal's bassist

[CAMERONHARTLEY]

Oh ok , my bad

[sean1234hi]

@jamiephelan No hes the guitarist

[1jimmyneo1]

this was on the video it was a busk off

john butler made like $250 in ten minutes or somthing

[Hotsoup42]

haha if i ever saw john butler on the street i would drop everything i had in my wallet

[1jimmyneo1]

haha same

[ShaneDee]

This was the video were he had a busk off with the doc? from triple J?

Its on the Live at Fed. Square DVD.

[Fender1]

but u need a permit to busk. it costs over a hundred dollars here in australia i think. maybe it depends on how long u intend to busk for. but yeh ppl pay u if they like wot they hear or see

[purpleshoes]

nah its only like $10 for a 3-month pass in sydney I'm pretty sure

[atreideslegend]

Busking is when you play in a public place and people give you money as they walk past if they like you.

[Richgoddamnit]

Wtf this video was added the 26:th october 2006 but the description sais he played it the day after it was added on youtube |:)

[guitarman63mm]

Could have been midnight?

[Richgoddamnit]

Well it clearly wasn't since the sun is shining. And that doesn't matter anyway. You can't upload a video before it's done.

[firecrakka]

At a guess it was filmed in Australia.

So the time difference of 12+hours could account for the weird dates. 8am Tuesday Australia

11pm Monday London 7pm Monday Newyork  ... Etc

[Fittfan]

Right. Forgot that he lives/lived in australia.

[matsbugs1]

haha jbt is awesome saw him live in canberra the otherday.... im slowly learning a bunch of his songs.. finally got pickapart down pat, look it up everyone pickapart is an awesome song. as are they all.

this one is called funky tonight but its an impro

[o0dresen0o]

i love when he's busking

[camm9182]

I dont think thats central

[slashwannabe69]

he was in a duel with triple j's the docter and made like 3 grand meaning he won which then both john butler and the doc put all that money to charity it wasnt for them selves

[pantherpawed]

Yep it was a busk-off between him and that other bloke mentioned. Wish he'd replace that slide guitar and harp player in Pitt St mall. Someone tell the guy blues is more than huffing and puffing the same stuff over and over.

[EntropyGnat]

sdmffromhell, soz bout my french. but ur a fucking wanker... he was in a busk off and all the profits he made went to CHARITY... he was dueling with the guitarist from phrenzal rhomb (the doc), he only made 256 (not sure the exact number...(but it was definatley not as much as 500)

[toolburger83]

his not in it for the money, he drives an old ford. He gives most of it away, I'd be the same as long as u have enough to get by.

[petah12345]

it was for JJJ you dick

[sdmffromhell]

yeah... so why is he busking? surely a winner of Best Song 2004 (Zebra) and solid album sales from an Independent no less... i doubt he needs any more of your money... he was just hoping for news coverage to boost album sales

[trublood06]

he was busking becoz he was in a competition with another artist. he ended up geting like 3 grand

[boseafus]

maybe it's just because he loves to play

[muchosbeeros]

im seeing him sun 10 at ettamogah on sunshine coast ...its goin to be sweeeeeeeeeet

[fazraz]

he raised over 500 hundred dollars

[fazraz]

ps. for charity that is. then the train gaurds called the cops on him and he almost got arrested, i saw him play last night fucking excillent!!!

[betspe]

i so would have been tempted to go up to him and ask for a dread.

[Rozeroos]

wish I had been there!!

[seattle0sound]

wow, busking and hes still so damned good, amazing

[uzqui]

does anyone knows the name of this song??

[malalilah]

hmm... thats cool and random.. hmm.. at least he's staying like down to earth? But does he really need to coins.. haha!?

[benson120]

It was part of a competition between himself and "the doctor" from frenzal rhomb who hosts breakfast radio on triple J

[malalilah]

Ohh.. makes sense now.. thnx. :-)

[thekellygang]

What's he doing busking?