John Butler is someone that a fair amount of people in this packed venue have waited a long time to see, although massive in his native Australia he has still yet to hit the sort of mainstream success he has achieved in his home country, something that doesn't bother him in the slightest, still feeling totally humbled at the fact he can come halfway across the world and sell out venues as established as the Union Chapel. In fact the venue felt just right for this intimate and rather special event, the Union Chapel, a big converted church where everyone still sat on the old church benches and purveying a sound which flowed and echoed off of the insanely old walls which fitted perfectly until the drummer came on 3/4s of the way through the set and was still drowned out by the vocals and guitar.
This was a truly magical performance with a set list consisting of all of the greats, Treat Yo Mama, and Zebra.
Despite the seating everyone was lifted to their feet in a wave of applause after the stunning 12 minute 'Ocean' which totally blew me away, never has an acoustic set felt so epic and intense, the sort of stuff he does to that guitar would be a struggle for two normal guitarists to keep up with.
John Butler is an extremely talented man with a great vocal range as well as brilliant guitar work which was more than enough to satisfy me but he had to go and push it even further by having a jam session whereby him and the drummer switched places whilst playing and he proceeded to showcase his skills on the drums as well.
This show stopping performance had the crowd revelling in his every move and there were still people waiting in the pouring rain to get his signature about an hour after the gig had finished.
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