Good Excuse Explained

Good Excuse
Cover:	Good Excuse.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The John Butler Trio
Album:	Grand National
A-Side:	Good Excuse
Recorded:	2004 Sing Sing Studios Melbourne, Australia
Genre:	Alternative rock, roots rock, funk
Length:	3:26
Label:	Jarrah - AUS Atlantic - US
Producer:	John Butler Mario Caldato Jr.
Prev Title:	Funky Tonight
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Better Than
Next Year:	2007

"Good Excuse" is a promotional-only release by the Australian jam band, The John Butler Trio, from their fourth studio album Grand National.

"Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by Jarrah Records and in the United States by Atlantic Records. Butler describes the song as a "wake-up call to our self-obsessed consumerist society".^{[1] [2]}

Awards

"Good Excuse" won 'Blues & Roots Work of the Year' at the 2008 Australasian Performing Right Association Awards.^[3]

Video

The video for the song was directed by James Hackett and Jean Camden (Hackett Films) and features a combination of 2D and 3D animation together with live action.^[4] The video was nominated 'Most Popular Music Video' at the 2008 West Australian Music Industry Awards.

Track listing

Written by John Butler^[5]

Personnel

John Butler Trio

• John Butler - vocals, acoustic/amplified 6 string guitar, harmonica
• Shannon Birchall - double bass, backing vocals
• Michael Barker - drums, congas, shaker, tambourine, cow bells, vibraslap, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Michael Caruana - piano, B3 Hammond

Production credits

• John Butler - producer
• Mario Caldato Jr. - producer, engineer, mixing
• Shannon Birchall - co-producer
• Michael Barker - co-producer
• Jarrad Hearman - assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman - mastering
• Tom Walker - artwork

External links

• Video clip for "Good Excuse"

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Butler Trio Biography . ArtistDirect . 19 February 2014.
2. News: Grand designs . . 22 March 2007 . 19 February 2014.
3. Web site: APRA/AMCOS: 2008 Winners . . 19 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140401031935/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history/2008Winners.aspx . 1 April 2014 .
4. Web site: John Butler Trio - Good Excuse . Hackett Films . 19 February 2014 .
5. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Good Excuse" at APRA search engine . 19 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227074139/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Good%20Excuse . 27 February 2014 .