ArtistInfo

The Gaslight

Band,
R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Butch And The Newports

A name change followed with Butch And The Newports now becoming The Gaslight with the addition of a fourth member Michael Eatmon. With three further 45 single releases appearing on Higgin’s Grand Junction logo. Firstly “I Can’t Tell A Lie/Here’s Missing You (1001), then” If You See Her/Drifting Away” (1002) followed by a second issue of “I’m Only A Man” but with a different flip side to the Black Rock release “I’m Gonna Get You” (GJ-1100) The Gaslight’s next release “Just Because Of You/It’s Just Like Magic” first gained a release on the tiny independent T.E.A.I. label which was owned by Chuck Armstrong, a former road manager of the Dramatics. This release was later picked up for national distribution by the major Polydor label. It would appear that a second Gaslight release on T.E.A.I. may quite possibly exist. A track entitled “Hard Times” with “It’’s Just Like Magic” on the flip.

Members

Oliver Cheatham perc, voc 1948-2013 US