Ben Connor & The Butterman
Soul-driven blues, folk, rock singer-songwriter, Ben Connor, has been described as the musical love child of Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and David Gray. His cohort, multi-instrumentalist, Stuart Christie (‘The Butterman’), has entertained audiences around the nation and across the seas as a musician and physical theatre and circus performer with companies such as Circus Oz, Strut and Fret, Dislocate and Kage.
With Ben Connor, the Butterman entertains both musically and physically, generating sounds that range from the subtle to immersive as he pats, taps, whacks… and even wields a chain over his less than conventional drum kit, often while simultaneously picking, strumming, and occasionally even drumming his guitars and/or making his clarinet sound like a cooing baby predator.
And Ben Connor, with his deep vocals and feel oriented guitar, rides the waves of this one man rhythm section with songs plucked from the deepest recesses of the mind unabashedly performed with warmth, generosity and humour.
Harking from the Blue Mountains, Ben Connor & The Butterman combine the evocative lyrics, compelling melodies and warm well-worn vocal cords of a seasoned singer-songwriter with the style and theatrics of a professional circus performer.
