The Voluntary Butler Scheme is, to all intents and purposes, Rob Jones – a young man holed up in Stourbridge just outside Birmingham, writing pop songs of classic sound, vivid imagination and homemade ingenuity. With a treasure chest of guitars, keyboards, kick drum and loop pedals – the first incarnation of The Voluntary Butler Scheme was born. Tours with the likes of The Duke Special and Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong saw Rob hone his craft as a one-man band – a line-up that suits him just fine, thank you very much. But as of late 2008, The Voluntary Butler Scheme is touring filled out to a three-piece – hello, Damo on drums; hi John, on keys - to cater for a new clutch of songs that need more than one pair of hands.