{"id":113655,"date":"2015-05-22T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingston12.net\/?p=113655"},"modified":"2015-05-22T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T20:01:13","slug":"the-butler-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingston12.net\/2020\/2015\/05\/22\/the-butler-does-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Butler Does it Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica multi-talented keyboard player <strong>Leslie Butler\u2019s<\/strong> new album will have its official I-Tunes release on June 9. \u00a0The album titled: <em>\u00a0We\u2019ve Only Just Begun<\/em> features classic standards like <em>Witchita Lineman, Love Story, Shaft<\/em> and the title track. \u00a0Butler is one of Jamaica\u2019s least known musical giants. \u00a0His classic dub album Ja-Gan (1975) is now a collector\u2019s item. 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