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Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician. In 1989 he
formed Suede releasing the Mercury winning debut “Suede”. The era-defining
“Dog Man Star” was followed by his collaboration with David McAlmont on the
anthem ”Yes". Two solo albums on Creation yielded a Brit nomination
before producing seminal releases by The Libertines, Tricky, Black Kids,
Kate Nash, James Morrison, Texas, Mark Eitzel, Paloma Faith and Duffy -
spawning her Grammy and Brit Award winning debut Rockferry. He has played
guitar for Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The
Libertines, Neneh Cherry, Robert Plant and Ben Watt. Butler is Patron to
the Bert Jansch Foundation and Generator NE and lectures in songwriting for
the Abbey Road Institute. In 2022 a collaboration with Jessie Buckley "For
All Our Days That Tear The Heart" resulted in the shortlist to the 2022
Mercury Prize. Currently he has completed albums by Sam Lee, The Clockworks
and a new solo album a solo album for 2024 release.
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