With a blonde coiffure that drew many wondering stares, South Africa's Jonathan Butler set off what could be the last Club Benson & Hedges tour Los Angeles may ever see last Thursday night at Billboard Live. With soulfully soft crooning, Butler engaged the audience for just over an hour, with both new material off an upcoming album and old favorites such as "Sarah, Sarah" and an encore to quiet the crowd, which was screaming for more.

In attendance at the show were the likes of comedian Eddie Griffin from WB's "Eddie and Malcolm," actor Glenn Plummer, singer Howard Hewitt and the brother from another planet, Star Trek's Lt. Worf, Michael Dorn.

One particular highlight of the evening was when Butler picked a member of the audience, a bespectacled gentleman resembling Dilbert, who belted out a soulful, "don't leave me" riff for about four minutes to his embarrassed blonde companion. In the remaining time, Butler smiled winningly as he sang, dressed all in black and playing a very traditional acoustic guitar. With the latest legislation passed against cigarette manufacturers, a lot of things that are bad for people are in general will be gone, but unfortunately so will events like this evening at Billboard Live.