ASCAP SPONSORS CHARLIE SEXTON'S
CD RELEASE PARTY IN AUSTIN, TX

(l-r): ASCAP's Jan Mirkin, Charlie Sexton, Ellen Canas (Gibson) and Don Pitts (Gibson)

ASCAP sponsored Charlie Sexton's CD release party in Austin, TX, on September 12, 2005, for the singer/songwriter's latest effort, Cruel and Unusual Things, at the Gibson Guitar Entertainment Relations. Cruel and Unusual Things marks the first release for this Austin native in the last decade.

Sexton first garnered much attention when he debuted Pictures for Pleasure in 1985 at the age of 16. He followed up that release with a self-titled second album when he was 20. As a prodigy guitar player, Sexton is always in demand and has played with such legendary musicians as Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Bob Dylan.