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The Butties are a Beatles cover band. The group formed in 1983 as a casual side project for Paul, Sam, Mark and Robbo when they were students at Syracuse University. 25 years later, scattered across the country, the Butties manage to regroup at least once a year, usually playing marathon shows that run from 4-6 hours.

What's the deal with the name "Butties"?
In the UK, "Butty" is slang for a fairly unhealthy sandwich (popular with a certain Merseyside group) consisting of bread, butter and one other sweet or salty or starchy ingredient (bacon or jam or cheese or chips, etc). Besides this screamingly obvious reference, the word "Butties" happens to look pretty nice on a bass drum (the "B" and the second "T" are in just the right places).

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