George "Wild Child" Butler
b. 1 October 1936, Autaugville, Alabama, USA. Butler was one of the last of the wandering bluesmen. He suffered from the general lack of interest in older musical forms shown by the black record-buying public, yet still managed to make his most prized recordings, during the mid to late '60s. His introduction to the blues came via his elder brother Edward (he was one of twelve children) but his imagination was really sparked by the recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson, and with a harmonica in his pocket he took to the road. He recorded a single for Shaw Records in Montgomery, Alabama in 1964 but his real break came when Willie Dixon introduced him to Stan Lewis's Jewel label which, operating out of Shreveport, Louisiana, was the only label of any size still producing records for the southern juke-box trade. Since that time his output on record has remained limited although his tough harmonic style has continued to earn him a living.