Tom and the Bütz drink sweet tea and shoot the shit. Here we go son!

Dry Ink: I hear you have a new pair of boots and a new band. Can you tell us about it? Do you have a name?

Jeffrey Bützer: Indeed. It is called Jeffrey Bützer and the Bicycle Eaters. It is me plus two to five other people including: Mark Carbone, Chad Shivers, Claire Lodge, TT Mahony and Paul Massa.

DI: Is the material a mix of new an old?

JB: Yes, we’ve reworked songs from my first two albums as well as new stuff. My idea is to bring in people to rearrange my songs as a band, to bring some new life to them.

DI: You will be making your debut with this band on the 26th of March at the Drunken Unicorn. How many songs will you play?

JB: I think we have 10-15 songs.

DI: Any plans of getting back overseas this year?

JB: I have talked to my “people” and we are working on it. I really would like to. I am about to head to Hawaii with the family, after that I can start thinking about tours.

DI: How is the new addition to the Bützer family, Francis holding up?

JB: Oh, he is doing great. He’s a great baby, he is four months old now so he is figuring out he has hands and he laughs a lot… you know what that means…time to get a job.

DI: Any plans of him joining the band soon?

JB: Well, his cello lessons are not going as well as we’d hoped. He can barely hold the bow so we might have to wait a few years.

DI: You just finished producing a record for the fantastic Claire Lodge. What is happening with that?

JB: Yeah, we made this little guitar album. It is noisy and way different from my normal thing I do. We wrote and recorded it very fast, doing live guitar and drum tracks then each of us doing one guitar overdub. It should be out at www.lona-records.com and on i-tunes within two months.

DI: What would you say are your top 10 favorite albums of all time?

JB: I can give you my top 100 of all time. This is just off the top of my head you know. They are just a few of my personal faves in order of how I’m remembering them. I’m keeping one album per artist, OK. Nothing on this list will be too new. I feel good albums have to sit with me a few years before we fall in love. Please note, this is not a list of everything I own or like. I listen to a lot  of music including surf, exotica, jazz, early rockabilly, shoegaze, country, girl groups, garage and gypsy. OK, here we go. Top 100 albums I’ve listened to a lot. Are you ready?

- Yann Tiersen - LES RETROUVAILLES
- Leonard Cohen- SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
- Nick Cave - NO MORE SHALL WE PART
- Tom Waits - REAL GONE
- P.J. Harvey - WHITE CHALK
- Francoise Hardy - THE VOUGE YEARS
- WIlma Goich - WILMA GOICH
- Beck - ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
- Chris Isaak - FOREVER BLUE
- Innocence Mission - WE WALKED IN SONG
- Captain Beefheart - SAFE AS MILK
- Tindersticks - TINDERSTICKS
- Tetes Raides - LES OISEAUX
- Anouar Brahem - LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR
- Elliott Smith - ELLIOTT SMITH
- Neil Young - DEAD MAN
- John Zorn - BAR KOKHBA
- Django Reinhardt - DJANGO’S BLUES
- Edith Piaf - BEST OF
- Micheal Nyman - ESSENTIAL
- Ennio Morricone - THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN WESTERNS
- Erik Satie - PIANO WORKS
- Chopin - PIANO WORKS
- Moondog - MOONDOG
- Cracow Klezmer Band - DE PROFUNDIS
- Harry Partch - COLLECTION 1
- Rob Burger - LOST PHOTOGRAPHS
- NIno Rota - 8 1/2
- Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd - BLOW BOYS BLOW
- Elvis Costello - MY AIM IS TRUE
- Andrew Bird - NOBLE BEAST
- Julee Cruise - FALLING INTO THE NIGHT
- Etta Baker - RAILROAD BILL
- The Residents - WORMWOOD
- Vince Guaraldi - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
- David Bowie - LOW
- Feist - LET IT DIE
- Sonny Sharrock - ASK THE AGES
- Thomas Fersen -4
- Bill Frisell - IN LINE
- Nico - CHELSEA GIRL
- Bonnie Prince Billy - I SEE A DARKNESS
- Morphine- YES
- Grinderman- GRINDERMAN
- Billy Bragg and Wilco - MERMAID AVE.
- Squirel Nut Zippers -PERENNIAL FAVORITES
- Dirty Three - WHATEVER YOU LOVE, YOU ARE
- Flat Duo Jets - LUCKY EYE
- Ute Lemper - SINGS KURT WEILL
- Nick Drake - PINK MOON
- Pixies - DOOLITTLE
- Wire - PINK FLAG
- Blode Redhead - 23
- Rolling Stones - AFTERMATH
- The Gun Club - MIAMI
- Sonic Youth - GOO
- Man or Astroman? - DESTROY ALL ASTROMAN!
- Portishead - DUMMY
- Shonen Knife - HAPPY HOUR
- The Clash - THE CLASH
- Jesus Lizard - SHOW
- Rock *a* Teens - BABY, A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL
- The Birthday Party - PRAYERS ON FIRE
- Metallica - MASTER OF PUPPETS
- Blacktop Rockets - WHAT’LL YA HAVE?
- The Blasters - AMERICAN MUSIC
- Jawbreaker - BIVOUAC
- Cub - COME OUT, COME OUT
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra - BROADCASTING FROM HOME
- Wu-Tang Clan - THE W
- Kraftwerk -MAN MACHINE
- Runaways UK - CLASSIC TALES
- Ace of Base - THE SIGN
- The Fugees - THE SCORE
- Talking Heads - SAND IN THE VASELINE
- Roy Orbison - BEST OF
- The Police - BEST OF
- Jane Birkin - BEST OF
- Astrud Gilberto - BEST OF
- The Specials - SINGLES
- The Jam - SINGLES
- Buzzcocks - SINGLES
- Nina Simone - BEST OF
- The Clancy Bothers - BEST OF
- Johnny Cash - SUN SESSIONS
- The Shadows - SHADOWS ARE GO!
- Operation Ivy - OPERATION IVY
- Madness - MADNESS
- Dave Brubeck -TIME OUT
- Dead Kennedy’s - GIVE ME CONVENIENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH
- Motorhead - GOLDEN YEARS
- Gus Viseur, Medard Ferrero, Jo Privat - MON AMANT DE SAINT JEAN
- Meiko Kaji - BEST OF
- Howling Wolf - MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT
- Thelonious Monk - COLOMBIA YEARS
- April March - APRIL IN PARIS
- The Sadies - PURE DIAMOND GOLD
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - BEST OF
- The Pouges - ESSENTIAL
- V/A - SURF RUMORS AND LEGENDS

DI: Pretty Impressive. Anything else you would like to add?

JB: Yes, I’ve been trying to think of my absolute favorites. Here are some stabs: Nick Cave is my favorite male singer, Wilma Goich is my favorite female singer, Leonard Cohen is my favorite lyricist, Marc Ribot is my favorite guitarist, Yann Tiersen is my favorite pianist/ accordionist, Erik Satie is my favorite composer, The Rolling Stones are my favorite band from the 60’s and 70’s, The Pixies are my favorite band from the 80’s and 90’s, The Rock*a*Teens are my favorite local Atlanta rock band and if I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life it would be Erik Satie: PIANO WORKS. Thanks for reading!

DI: No, thank you. We will see you and The Bicycle Eaters at The Drunken Unicorn on March 26th. Cheers.