Rhett Butler - The Obsessive Compulsive Guitarist

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COMING SOON!

2008 - Rhett Butler and Kelly Brown in an intimate setting. Vocal and guitar a la Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass.

"Rhett Butler is a gifted jazz guitarist. He uses his trademark style to coax filigreed harmonies and shimmering melodies out of his instrument. The Obsessive-Compulsive Guitarist is born."

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"The Atlantis Assignment "

2008

1. The Atlantis Assignment
2. Listen!
3. January 3rd, 1999
4. Mantooth
5. Before the Morning Watch
6. The Ceili’
7. Canuckafied
8. Captain Miles Standish
9. The Girl
10. Ice Arrows
11. Busker
12. Oricalcum

Coming soon to CD and itunes!

Rhett's newest and best solo acoustic CD.

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"Spend It All "

2008

1. Spend It All
2. A Drive to Denton
3. Messenger
4. Savanna
5. Nicole
6. Radio Music
7. Fade to Rose'
8. Shuffle-A
9. After the PM
10. New Dobro

11. The End

Coming soon to CD and itunes!

Rhett Butler and long time band mates Martin McCall (drums) and Phil McNeese (bass) in an electric trio context.

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"Party of Two"

2008

1. So Nice to Come Home to
2. Pooh Corner
3. Route 66
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Ain't Nobody
6. God Bless the Child
7. Here Comes the Rain Again
8. I Wish
9. Call Me
10. Cow Cow Boogie

Coming soon to itunes!

Rhett Butler and Kelly Brown in an intimate setting. Vocal and guitar a la Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass.

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"Rhett"

2007

1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2. Always with You, Always with Me
3. The Wind Cries Mary
4. St. Thomas
5. Castles Made of Sand
6. Yesterday
7. California Dreaming
8. Amazing Grace
9. Just the Way You Are
10. Bohemian Rhapsody

Coming soon to itunes!

Just Rhett Butler on the electric guitar playing his very favorite cover tunes and standards.

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"...In This World"

2006

1. There
2. Galway Races
3. Shindo Scale
4. Good Morning Arkansas
5. The Joy of Iced Tea (Featuring Tony Trischka)
6. Nil Moran Gaeilge Agam
7. Moher
8. The Opener
9. Diffusion -
10. Wave Motion
11. Every Day
12. Hanauma Bay
13. Hope is Given
14. All the Love They Can Get
15. ...In This World
16. The Weary Traveler

Features Rhett in lush and dramatic orchestral and ensemble settings. This CD is a composition showcase.

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"Live at Houston Northwest"

2005

1. The Physics of Acoustics
2. We Can't Go Back
3. The Kid from Kilkenny
4. The Ceile'
5. Good News is on the Way
6. Diesel
7. Grocery Store Jam
8. You Kneed Me
9. Ceiling fan Remote
10. I Hope You Never Change
11. Surfing with the Rabbi
12. January 3rd, 1999
13. Solitaire
14. God's Speed
15. Amazing Grace

Rhett Butler live in Houston along with drummer Martin McCall and bassist Phil McNeese.

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"The Kid from Kilkenny"

2005

1. Prelude
2. The Kid from Kilkenny
3. Good News is on the Way
4. Believe
5. Solitaire
6. Diesel
7. LifeFlight
8. Finding Rizopoulos
9. I Hope You Never Change
10. Good and Evil
11. Simple Magic
12. The General
13. Mattie's Lullaby
14. What Will Follow?
15. Lil’s Fried Chicken
16. The Great Adventure
17. The Piddler

Rhett's favorite CD that is dedicated to his brother, Ashley, a 27 year cancer survivor.

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"Action Figure"

2004

1. Diesel
2. Georgetown Living
3. I Hope You Never Change
4. Surfing with the Rabbi
5. Grocery Store Jam
6. Del Sol
7. Ceiling Fan Remote
8. You Kneed Me
9. Made In Brenham
10. Hanauma Bay
11. Diesel - Vocal Version
12. Good and Evil
13. Believe
14. Action Figure

These are early versions of some of Rhett's most popular songs as well as a rare vocal performance. (Limited Edition)

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"A New Way Home"

2002

1. Mattie's Lullaby
2. The Ceile'
3. Emily's Romance
4. The Girl
5. Mantooth
6. Ice Arrows
7. Blue Sky Day Music
8. Lil's Fried Chicken
9. What Will Follow?
10. Ave Maria
11. A New Way Home

This is one of Rhett's most melodic CDs. It is his first self-produced album.

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"The Physics of Acoustics"

2001

1. LifeFlight
2. The Maple Leaf Rag
3. The Physics of Acoustics
4. The House of the Rising Sun
5. Invention No. 1 (Bach)
6. God's Speed
7. Another Word for Lonely
8. Blame it on the Weather
9. The Pattern is Full
10. We Can't Go Back

Coming soon to itunes!

The Physics of Acoustics is packed full of great playing and classic Butler compositions. Required listening.

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"Solitaire"

2000

1. The Kid from Kilkenney
2. The Great Adventure
3. January 3rd, 1999
4. Killing Me Softly
5. Yesterday
6. Simple Magic
7. In My Life
8. Solitaire
9. Jesu' Joy of Man's Desiring
10. Melodia en D Minor

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