He also proved to be a more than competent studio producer for some of the top acts in Cape Town, including jazz pianist Tony Schilder’s debut album. He headed for London in 1985, after a hugely successful stage and recording career that gave an adoring fan base first the monster hit Please Stay, and then the highly respected 7th Ave and Crossroads album that stamped him as brilliant guitarist. Jonathan has been out of Cape Town, and South Africa, for decades. The one-time teen idol is now also a senior citizen – and a grandfather. That teenage sensation now has made a name for himself in the US in the gospel field, playing to huge audiences and with a social media following of hundreds of thousands. That funky kid with the uber cool moves on stage and a plaintive voice that rivalled Michael Jackson, moved on to bigger – much bigger – and better things. Jonathan Butler, the teenybopper sensation of the ’70s in South Africa, left that world behind a long, long time ago. Young Jonathan Butler – Jompas – who showed at tender age he had a talent to play and sing.
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