Yesterday we reported that Zac Matthews will be stepping away from Hot Buttered Rum. While the band has not yet announced if it intends to add any personnel on a permanent basis, HBR will draw in Matt Butler for many of its upcoming Midwest gigs. Butler (Everyone Orchestra) will contribute drums and percussion to a string of shows that begins on Thursday at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Hot Buttered Rum will tour the Midwest through December 13 and then head back to their Bay Area home base for the third annual Nat Keefe Concert Carnival at the Independent on Saturday December 20.