Joe Butler

Joseph Campbell Butler (born September 16, 1941) is an American drummer, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful, where he was their drummer and later lead vocalist, the group had seven top 10 hits between 1965 and 1966. Outside of his work on music he is an actor, having acted in several plays, being best known for the musicals Soon and Hair.

Butler would replace the bands original drummer Jan Carl, after the band's first performance in 1964, He would play drums on all of the band's album's and he would occasionally sing lead vocals. After frontman John Sebastian left the band in 1968, he took over full lead vocal duties. He would sing fully on their album Revelation: Revolution '69, the album was made without the other members of the band, the album failed to sell, after the album the band would break up.

In 1991 the band would resume touring, Butler reunited with members Steve Boone and Jerry Yester, along with adding new touring members. Butler would tour and front the band, singing, playing autoharp, percussion and acoustic guitar. In 2000 Butler would reunite with the original lineup for the final time and be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Besides music Butler also is an actor and has appeared in the musicals Soon in 1971 and played Neil and Hair in 1968 as a replacement for the musicals author James Rado in the role of Claude. Butler has also helped create the Circle Theatre Company. Butler is also the father to actress Yancy Butler and would appear in one episode of her show Witchblade in 2002. Butler has acted in several other projects. Provided by Wikipedia