Lazy Lester

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Sugar Coated Love 00:00 Tools
I'm a Man 00:00 Tools
I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' 00:00 Tools
They Call Me Lazy 00:00 Tools
I Done Got Over It 00:00 Tools
I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby 00:00 Tools
Take Me In Your Arms 00:00 Tools
Go Ahead 00:00 Tools
Patrol Wagon Blues 00:00 Tools
I Love You Baby 00:00 Tools
Bloodstains on the Wall 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Baby 00:00 Tools
Alligator Shuffle 00:00 Tools
I Told My Little Woman 00:00 Tools
Sad City Blues 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Pretty Baby 00:00 Tools
Raining In My Heart 00:00 Tools
Dark End of the Street 00:00 Tools
I Made Up My Mind 00:00 Tools
Ya Ya 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) 00:00 Tools
Lester's Stomp 00:00 Tools
If You Think I've Lost You 00:00 Tools
Gonna Stick To You Baby 00:00 Tools
Five Long Years 00:00 Tools
Ponderosa Shuffle 00:00 Tools
No Special Rider 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Leave You Baby 02:13 Tools
You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Blues Stop Knockin' 00:00 Tools
Nothing But The Devil 00:00 Tools
The Sun Is Shining 00:00 Tools
Strange Things Happen 00:00 Tools
Hello mary lee 00:00 Tools
Irene 00:00 Tools
I'm a lover, not a fighter 00:00 Tools
My Home Is A Prison 00:00 Tools
I'm So Glad 00:00 Tools
Whoa Now 00:00 Tools
A Woman 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Highway Blues 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coates Love 00:00 Tools
I need money 00:00 Tools
Patrol Blues 00:00 Tools
Through The Goodness Of My Heart 00:00 Tools
You Better Listen 00:00 Tools
I Love You, I Need You 00:00 Tools
You Got Me Where You Want Me 00:00 Tools
A Real Combination For Love 00:00 Tools
Rooster Blues 00:00 Tools
Late, Late In The Evening 00:00 Tools
Bye, Bye Baby 00:00 Tools
I'm So Tired 00:00 Tools
Pondarosa Stomp 00:00 Tools
Because She's Gone 00:00 Tools
Courtroom Blues 00:00 Tools
Scratch My Back 00:00 Tools
Blue Stop Knockin' 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love - Original vinyl version: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love (Original vinyl version: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days - Original vinyl version: Take 3 00:00 Tools
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 00:00 Tools
Patrol Wagon 00:00 Tools
Ethel Mae 00:00 Tools
Bright Lights Big City 00:00 Tools
O.J. Shuffle 00:00 Tools
When My First Wife Left Me 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya 00:00 Tools
The Sun Is Shinning 00:00 Tools
St Louis Blues - Original vinyl version: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Instrumental Alley Rock 00:00 Tools
Paradise Stomp 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Will Happen To You 00:00 Tools
Blues Stop Knocking 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Poor Boy Blues 00:00 Tools
Out On The Road - Original vinyl version: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Port Allen Jail 00:00 Tools
Sugar-Coated Love 00:00 Tools
Jail House Wall 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand To See You Go - Original vinyl version: Take 1 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' (Original vinyl version: Take 4) 00:00 Tools
That's Alright 00:00 Tools
Ain't Nothin' In This World 00:00 Tools
If you don`t want me baby 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Original vinyl version: Take 2 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' - Original vinyl version: Take 4 00:00 Tools
Now It's Time 00:00 Tools
Been Walking By Myself 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Lose Your Head 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love (Live) 00:00 Tools
A Word About Women 00:00 Tools
Sad Sad City 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle - Original vinyl version: Take 2 00:00 Tools
Nothing In This World 00:00 Tools
Dream Club 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing 00:00 Tools
A Women 00:00 Tools
If You Don't Want Me Baby 00:00 Tools
You Better Listen To What I Said 00:00 Tools
You Got Me Were You Want Me 00:00 Tools
I’m A Lover Not A Fighter 00:00 Tools
Think It Over One More Time 00:00 Tools
Late In The Evening 00:00 Tools
Bloodstains 00:00 Tools
Nothin' But The Devil - Original vinyl version: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Late Late In The Evening 00:00 Tools
Ponderosa Stomp 00:00 Tools
My Home Is A Prision 00:00 Tools
Think It Over 00:00 Tools
Irene - Original vinyl version: Take 3 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days (Original vinyl version: Take 3) 00:00 Tools
Blowin' A Rhumba - Original vinyl version: Take 2 00:00 Tools
Made Up My Mind 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love - Live 00:00 Tools
Out On The Road 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie - Original vinyl version: Take 4 00:00 Tools
That's All Right 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Leave You, Baby 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days 00:00 Tools
If You Think You've Lost Me 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Out On The Road (Original vinyl version: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Lover Not A Fighter 00:00 Tools
Irene (Original vinyl version: Take 3) 00:00 Tools
I´m A Lover Not A Fighter 00:00 Tools
St Louis Blues (Original vinyl version: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Blowin' A Rhumba (Original vinyl version: Take 2) 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Previously unreleased: Take 4 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days - Previously unreleased: Take 2 00:00 Tools
Honest I Do 00:00 Tools
Blowin' A Rhumba - Previously unreleased: Take 3 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand To See You Go (Original vinyl version: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Original vinyl version: Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Nothin' But The Devil 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
Come On Home 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie - Previously unreleased: Take 3 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Glad - Previously unreleased: Take 2 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand To See You Go 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle (Original vinyl version: Take 2) 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Glad (Previously unreleased: Take 2) 00:00 Tools
I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) 00:00 Tools
Quit Foolin' Myself 00:00 Tools
Blood Stains on the Wall 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie (Original vinyl version: Take 4) 00:00 Tools
Starlight Diamond 00:00 Tools
Nothin' But The Devil (Original vinyl version: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' With Lester - Previously unreleased: Take 1 00:00 Tools
I'm Leavin' 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days (Previously unreleased: Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie 00:00 Tools
Lester´s Stomp 00:00 Tools
You're Gonna Ruin Me, Baby 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin´ 00:00 Tools
Need Shorter Hours 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Previously unreleased: Take 4) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' With Lester (Previously unreleased: Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Blowin' A Rhumba 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie (Previously unreleased: Take 3) 00:00 Tools
I´m So Tired 00:00 Tools
Sing Me Back Home 00:00 Tools
Baby What You Want Me To Do 00:00 Tools
Worried About A Woman 00:00 Tools
Blowin' A Rhumba (Previously unreleased: Take 3) 00:00 Tools
10 - Through The Goodness Of 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
im a lover not a fighter 00:00 Tools
The Blues Don't Knocking 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Baby 00:00 Tools
The Call Me Lazy 00:00 Tools
Same Thing Could Happen to You 00:00 Tools
You´re Gonna Ruin Me Baby 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Could Happen to 00:00 Tools
Sad City Blues [#] 00:00 Tools
If You Think I´ve Lost You 00:00 Tools
I´m So Glad 00:00 Tools
Loving Around the Clock 00:00 Tools
Drive It Home 00:00 Tools
Black Snake 00:00 Tools
OJ Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Accoustic Jam 00:00 Tools
Stop Cryin' Now 00:00 Tools
Big Boss Man 00:00 Tools
You Better Listen to What I Said [#] 00:00 Tools
No More Walkin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Bye, Bye Baby (Gonna Call It Gone) 00:00 Tools
Blue Lester 00:00 Tools
I'm So Glad (My Baby's Back Home) 00:00 Tools
Easy Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Strange Things Happen Everyday 00:00 Tools
You Got Me Runnin' 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Miss You 00:00 Tools
I'm So Glad 00:00 Tools
Gonna Stick It to You Baby 00:00 Tools
Travelling Days (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
They Call Me Lazy 2 00:00 Tools
Take It Easy Greasy 00:00 Tools
My Baby's Back Home 00:00 Tools
Accoutical Jam 00:00 Tools
For You, Baby 00:00 Tools
Down Every Road 00:00 Tools
The Same thing Can Happen To You 00:00 Tools
Walking Thru the Park 00:00 Tools
You Better Listen (To What I Said) 00:00 Tools
Bloodstains on the Wall (feat. Mark Hummel, Gary Smith, RJ Mischo, Jr. Watson, Steve Wolf, June Care, Charles Wheal & Kim Wilson) 00:00 Tools
I'm Your Breadmaker Baby Lazy Lester 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) Lazy Lester 00:00 Tools
The Same Thimg Could Happen To You 00:00 Tools
26 - The Same Thing Could Hap 00:00 Tools
Your Cheatin' Heart 00:00 Tools
Why Do You Love Me 00:00 Tools
03 I'm your breadmaker baby 00:00 Tools
You Better Listen to What I Say 00:00 Tools
Lester's Shuffle (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
02 I love you baby 00:00 Tools
Keyhole In Your Door 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Glad (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand To See You Go (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
I Hear You Knockin' (Take 4) 00:00 Tools
Out On The Road (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mattie (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' With Lester (take 1) 00:00 Tools
24 - Strange Things Happen.mp 00:00 Tools
10 No special rider 00:00 Tools
06 - Patrol Wagon - 1979 - Poor Boy Blues 00:00 Tools
23 - You're Gonna Ruin Me Bab 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Baby, Gonna Call it Gone 00:00 Tools
Darling Remember What You Say 00:00 Tools
Young Love 00:00 Tools
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Lazy Lester (Leslie Carswell Johnson, Torras, Louisiana, U.S., June 20, 1933 - August 22, 2018) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter. His career has spanned the 1950s to 2018. Best known for regional hits recorded with Ernie Young's Nashville-based Excello Records, Lester also contributed to songs recorded by other Excello artists, including Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, and Katie Webster. Cover versions of his songs have been recorded by (among others) the Kinks, the Flamin' Groovies, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Dave Edmunds, Raful Neal, Anson Funderburgh, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. In the comeback stage of his career (since the late 1980s) he has recorded new albums backed by Mike Buck, Sue Foley, Gene Taylor, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, and Jimmie Vaughan. In the mid-1950s, Lester was on the margins of the Louisiana blues scene. According to Rolling Stone (February 23, 2006), Buddy Guy, before moving to Chicago, had played in Louisiana "with some of the old masters: Lightnin' Hopkins, Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo." When Guy left for Chicago, in 1957, Lester replaced him, on guitar, in a local band—even though Lester, at the time, did not own one. Lester's career took off when he found a seat next to Lightnin' Slim on a bus transporting Slim to an Excello recording session. At the studio, the scheduled harmonica player did not appear. Slim and Lester spent the afternoon unsuccessfully trying to find him, when Lester volunteered that he could play the harmonica. Lester's work on that first Lightnin' Slim session led the producer, Jay Miller, to record Lester as solo artist and also to use him as a multi-instrumentalist on percussion, guitar, bass, and harmonica in sessions headlined by other artists whose recorings were produced by Miller, including, notably, Slim Harpo. "Percussion" on these sessions went beyond the traditional drum kit and included a rolled-up newspaper striking a cardboard box. Miller dubbed Lester "Lazy Lester" because of his laconic, laid-back style. More than his vocal delivery, Lester is best remembered for songs that were later covered by a wide range of rock, country, blues, and Tex-Mex stars, chiefly, "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter," "I Hear You Knockin'," and "Sugar Coated Love." Lester stated that he wrote these songs, but almost all are credited to Miller or to Lester and Miller. Lester also stated he received few royalties, which embittered him and made him skeptical of the music industry. By the late 1960s, he had given up on the music industry, working manual labor and pursuing his favorite hobby—fishing. Lester moved to Pontiac, Michigan, living with Slim Harpo's sister. In 1971, Fred Reif set up a Lightnin' Slim concert at the University of Chicago Folk Festival, and Lester was brought up from Louisiana to accompany him. A few weeks after that performance, Lester was back in Louisiana. Years later Reif and Lester were both in Michigan, from where Reif orchestrated a comeback. Lester recorded and played around the United States and abroad, backed by blues bands, including, frequently, Loaded Dice. Lester's recordings in this period are on blues labels Alligator and Telarc, alongside releases in Europe. If disenchanted, Lester retained his harmonica, guitar, and vocal talents (the songwriting that had been muse to the Kinks and Dwight Yoakam having dried up long before). In September 2002, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Boston Blues Society. In 2003, Martin Scorsese included Lester in his blues tribute concert at Radio City Music Hall, a record of which was released as the film and album Lightning in a Bottle. The group photograph inside the album depicted Lester grinning, dead-center among peers and musical progeny including B.B. King, Solomon Burke, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Buddy Guy, Levon Helm, Chuck D, the Neville Brothers, Dr. John, John Fogerty, and Aerosmith. In 2012, Lester teamed up with British Blues Woman Dani Wilde to play a special double headline concert as part of Gloucester Rhythm and Blues Festival. Lester appeared and performed in a television commercial aired nationally for Geico Insurance in 2018. He appears in the 2015 documentary film I Am the Blues. Lester lived in Paradise, California, with his girlfriend. He died in August, 2018. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.