Looking for Butter Boy
| Looking for Butter Boy | ||||
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| Released | July 1997 | |||
| Venue | Port Fairy, Victoria | |||
| Length | 58:25 | |||
| Label | Aurora, Mushroom Records | |||
| Producer | Malcolm Burn | |||
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Looking for Butter Boy is the third studio album by Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach. The album was released in July 1997 and peaked at number 52 on the ARIA Charts. The album was recorded with a small band at a guest house in Port Fairy on the Australian coast.
While recording the album, Roach was swamped with childhood memories, one of which led to the album's title. Roach said “When I was about three years old, I was on the mission where my mother is from. I got into the pantry and covered myself from head to foot in butter. So from then on I was known as "butter boy".”
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, the album was nominated for and won two awards; Best Indigenous Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album.