Windhoek Jazz Festival Returns With A Bang – Namibian

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A collage of pictures of people singing in front of a microphone at the Windhoek Jazz Festival.

They say good artists come and go ,but Jonathan Butler is simply the type of artist you never want to see go.

It has been exactly 46 years since the left-handed guitarist and singer first graced our shores as a supporting act for Richard Jon Smith during the 77 Roadshow in 1977. The roadshow also included the velvet-voiced Lionel ‘Mr Music’ Petersen, while South African supergroup The Rockets provided the back-up music.

Then just a teenager who thrilled South African music fans as Little Jonathan Butler – one half of the teen…