Grand National was the fourth album by the John Butler Trio. The album reached number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. Grand National was the 7th highest selling album in Australia in 2007, remaining in the ARIA top 20 album charts for over nine months.
The title of the album is derived from the antique dobro resophonic guitar that Butler inherited from his grandfather. In the 1920s the Dobro and National were competitors in the development of resonator or resophonic guitars, in 1934 they merged to form the National-Dobro Corporation, and hence the name of the album.
This marks the second last record in my series, Best Australian albums of the 80's-NOW! (Part One - 100-76). To celebrate I reckon tomorrow we feature fellow Aussie legendary group, The Living End with album number 76.
2007 was a great year for music, The John Butler Trio however really did own 2007. Riding on the success of earlier records whilst in 2008, saw JBT perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
I am loving reliving some classic Australian albums, come back tomorrow for more!
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