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Butch Walker Done Making Solo Albums

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  1. Melody Bot Aug 26, 2024
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    Butch Walker talked with Rolling Stone about the anniversary of Letters and how he’s done with solo albums:

    “I don’t want to be that cliché of an aging artist that puts out new shit that nobody cares about,” Walker tells Rolling Stone. “And when you write so many records doing a certain thing, you start to worry about recycling and repeating yourself. I would rather celebrate a record that has an anniversary — and I have a lot of them. By the time I get through that cycle, I’m going to be like 900 years old.” […]

    So, if Walker is serious about calling his solo career quits, would that make 2022’s Butch Walker as…Glenn, his excellent piano-man LP in the vein of Elton John and Billy Joel, his final album?

    “Glenn was the swan song,” he confirms. “And I thought that when I did it. I just really needed to process it over a year or two and see if my theory held up.”

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  2. Jfletch Aug 26, 2024
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    Interesting. He just put out a new solo song. Just not going to be a full album I guess
     
  3. Eml182 Aug 26, 2024
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    Marvelous 3 have been a great output for him
     
  4. Bayside 182 Aug 26, 2024
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    Personally I like Marvelous 3 more than his solo stuff and I like that he is releasing new music with Marvelous 3. The song that just came out is fantastic.
     
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  6. DooDooBird Aug 26, 2024
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    Great songwriter and producer. But he stinks as a solo artist, in my opinion
     
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  7. Former Planets Aug 26, 2024
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    Aaaachem!

    I love this trajectory for artists. Like when GuK got back together and Matt Pryor was like “I wanted to write a rock song and was like I guess I should just do it with the band”
     
  8. Jason Tate Aug 26, 2024
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  9. CarpetElf Aug 26, 2024
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  10. Craig Manning Aug 26, 2024
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    More like DooDooOpinions
     
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  11. gbuffers Aug 26, 2024
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    England.

    I have never been able to get into him, despite many on here with similar tastes, the boss included, being huge fans.
     
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  12. benschuyler Aug 27, 2024
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    Bring back 1969.
     
  13. Craig Manning Aug 27, 2024
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    Pretty sure Michael Guy Chislett exclusively does worship music now.
     
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  15. benschuyler Aug 27, 2024
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    Yeah - that was always his world other than his quick stint with The Academy Is... and 1969. Bummer.
     
  16. Hagysaurus Aug 28, 2024
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    One of the best entertainers I've ever seen. Hopefully whatever he does next keeps him stage rocking out for good long while.
     
  17. Craig Manning Aug 28, 2024
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    A post from Reddit: "He addressed this at the Letters show tonight in LA. Basically - he’s so proud of the albums he’s made, theyre all gonna have their 20 year anniversary sooner or later, he’s not making any more solo records “under [his] name”. What that means? Idk. Very hard to imagine him hanging up the guitar and not writing and releasing new music; it’s not like his old music is popular enough to coast on as a nostalgia act? And the fanbase is pretty invested in his new music. Hoping this just means he’s putting out new music under a band, though the new M3 stuff seems to have underperformed; maybe throwing the Black Widows back together? Who knows."

    So, maybe he'll pull a Sturgill here and adopt a moniker, or get a new band together. I doubt he's done making albums. The funny thing is, Glenn is basically an alter ego album as is!
     
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