Jonathan Butler / Sign Of Life

Jonathan Butler, the talented vocalist / guitarist / songwriter coming from South Africa, setteled in Los Angeles after releasing 6 albums including the awesome instrumental guitar album "Introducing Jonathan Butler" (1985) and "Jonathan Butler" (1987) full of his soft and sophisticated vocal tunes, via London and then in New York. On the former album "Do You Love Me?" (1997), Jonathan revealed his songwriting talent matched with the L.A. City-Breezing atomosphere. And on this album, Jonathan plays gentle and melodious acoustic guitar and also sings soft and mellow but with passion and soulfulness. This is one of the best AOR albums in 1990’s, I thought. Japanese edition includes an extra guitar instrumental tune "Butterfly Lane" as its exclusive bonus track.

Release: 7 September, 1999 (USA) / 10 September, 1999 (Japan)
Label: N-Coded Music - Warlock Records, USA (WRL-0004203) / Victor Entertainment Inc., Japan (VICP-60829)

Tracks:
1. Story Of Life
2. Let's Stand Together
3. What Would You Do For Love?
4. After All This Time
5. Suite 830
6. Can't Let Go
7. Through It All
8. Following The Light
9. Sunset Ride
10. So In Love
11. Butterfly Lane *

* Bonus Track for Japanese Edition

Producer: Jonathan Butler
Co-Producers: Peter Mokran, David Reitzas
Executive Producer: Carl Griffin, Bill Siddons

Jonathan Butler: Guitar, Vocals

- Musicians -
Drums: Will Kennedy
Drum Programming: Peter Mokran,
Drum Programming, Keyboards: Gregory Watcher
Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes, Richard Page, George Duke
Guitars: Michael Landau, Michael Thompson
Bass: Neil Stubenhaus, Larry Kimpel, Abraham Laboriel, Nathan East
Sax: Candy Dulfer
Cello: Suzy Katayama
Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals: Tracy Nelson, Earl Buffington, Mervyn Warren
String Arrangement: David Diggs

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