Charlie Sexton: C S Gas
Bill Prince, NME, 15 February 1986
THE EARLIEST known sighting of Charlie Sexton in the British music press occurred almost exactly two years ago when a frothing live review from Dallas-based Cynthia Rose proclaimed "16 tons of sex and fun" to be the sum of the then 15 year-old 'Little Charlie' and his Eager Beaver Boys.
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