In Memory of Oliver Cheatham

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This was submitted last week, but due to technical reasons it could not be posted as a front page news article until now.

I have jus' spoken to Oliver Cheatham Jnr on the phone who informed me that the news filtering through from across the Atlantic of his fathers death is indeed true.

Oliver recently played at SSW on November 2nd which turned out to be his last gig but it's reassuring to know that he was among folk that knew every word of every song and had he sung some of the Mad Dog & The Pubs tunes they would of known the lyrics to those cuts too. He was surrounded by real fans.

He hung out ALL weekend and sang to anybody that asked him to blast out a rendition of a tune and he sat with the soul fans and chatted away as an old friend would.

Ollie passed away due to heart failure in his sleep and will be sadly missed by soulies and disco fans alike.

Soul Source Forum thread

RIP Oliver. Man, did I enjoy playing out your tunes - and still do sometimes actually. May eternal peace & love rest upon your soul.