Size: 123,4 MB
Time: 53:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full
1. I Made Up My Mind (4:23)
2. A String To Your Heart (4:35)
3. Ya Ya (4:06)
4. What You Want Me To Do (4:48)
5. Tell Me (2:59)
6. Your Cheatin' Heart (4:38)
7. You Don't Have To Go (2:56)
8. Irene (3:56)
9. Back A La Maison (6:15)
10. Patrol Wagon Blues (7:56)
11. I'm A Man (6:49)
Lazy Lester (June 20, 1933 - August 22, 2018) was born Leslie Carswell Johnson Lester Johnson. At the time of recording his first album "True Blues" (1967), producer JD Miller thought that a different name would be more appropriate, because “Lazy Lester had more of a ring to it than Lester Johnson”. Miller thought the name Lazy Lester suited Lester's slow, lazy way of talking. Lester himself commented "I was never in a hurry to do nothing". During the first part of his musical career he accompanied musicians such as Lightnin' Slim, Buddy Guy and Slim Harpo.
On his own albums it appears that Lester has mastered the blues idiom like no other. He is not a world singer, but a perfect bluesman, with vocals that drag just as much as the rest of the music does. His tone is not always flawless, but never false. He often sings around it or tends to talk. Lester has been called one of the founders of the swamp blues, a mix of blues, swamp and country, mixed with influences from pop, rock n roll, and R&B and Jimmy Reed's influence always resonates loudly in his music.
In 1975 he quit as a musician and had all kinds of jobs for years. In 1987 he returned to work as a musician and made a number of albums, including "Harp & Soul" (1988) on Alligator Records. In 2001 "Blues Stop Knockin" was released, with Jimmie Vaughan and Sue Foley on guitar. Vaughan's guitar playing turned out to be a perfect match for Lester's emphatic, casual way of singing. At the end of his career, Lazy Lester played at Le Festival Musique de la Nouvelle in Perigueux, France in 2003.
Organizer/musician Benoit Blue Boy thought it would be a good idea to let his band Les Tortilleurs play with Lazy Lester at the local Parc Gamenson. For the occasion, Welsh keyboardist Geraint Watkins was added to the band. The recordings of the very successful performance have now been released under the name "Yes Indeed!", and Les Tortilleurs are doing great as a backing band, especially when you know that Lazy Lester left the harmonica partly to Benoit Blue Boy. (Translated from Dutch)
Personnel: Lazy Lester (vocals, guitar); Benoit Blue Boy (harmonica); Stan Noubard Pacha (guitar); Thibaut Chopin (bass); Fabrice Millerioux (drums); Geraint Watkins (Hammond B3 organ).
On his own albums it appears that Lester has mastered the blues idiom like no other. He is not a world singer, but a perfect bluesman, with vocals that drag just as much as the rest of the music does. His tone is not always flawless, but never false. He often sings around it or tends to talk. Lester has been called one of the founders of the swamp blues, a mix of blues, swamp and country, mixed with influences from pop, rock n roll, and R&B and Jimmy Reed's influence always resonates loudly in his music.
In 1975 he quit as a musician and had all kinds of jobs for years. In 1987 he returned to work as a musician and made a number of albums, including "Harp & Soul" (1988) on Alligator Records. In 2001 "Blues Stop Knockin" was released, with Jimmie Vaughan and Sue Foley on guitar. Vaughan's guitar playing turned out to be a perfect match for Lester's emphatic, casual way of singing. At the end of his career, Lazy Lester played at Le Festival Musique de la Nouvelle in Perigueux, France in 2003.
Organizer/musician Benoit Blue Boy thought it would be a good idea to let his band Les Tortilleurs play with Lazy Lester at the local Parc Gamenson. For the occasion, Welsh keyboardist Geraint Watkins was added to the band. The recordings of the very successful performance have now been released under the name "Yes Indeed!", and Les Tortilleurs are doing great as a backing band, especially when you know that Lazy Lester left the harmonica partly to Benoit Blue Boy. (Translated from Dutch)
Personnel: Lazy Lester (vocals, guitar); Benoit Blue Boy (harmonica); Stan Noubard Pacha (guitar); Thibaut Chopin (bass); Fabrice Millerioux (drums); Geraint Watkins (Hammond B3 organ).
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