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1139659 | Play | Sugar Coated Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1139660 | Play | I'm a Man | 00:00 Tools | |
47432130 | Play | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
1139662 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1139663 | Play | They Call Me Lazy | 00:00 Tools | |
1139666 | Play | I Done Got Over It | 00:00 Tools | |
1139671 | Play | I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139668 | Play | Take Me In Your Arms | 00:00 Tools | |
1139664 | Play | Go Ahead | 00:00 Tools | |
1139670 | Play | Patrol Wagon Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139672 | Play | I Love You Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139679 | Play | Bloodstains on the Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
1139676 | Play | Bye Bye Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139665 | Play | Alligator Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
1139680 | Play | I Told My Little Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
1139669 | Play | Sad City Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139684 | Play | Tell Me Pretty Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139673 | Play | Raining In My Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
1139675 | Play | Dark End of the Street | 00:00 Tools | |
1139683 | Play | I Made Up My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
1139685 | Play | Ya Ya | 00:00 Tools | |
1139677 | Play | I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139667 | Play | Lester's Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
1139686 | Play | If You Think I've Lost You | 00:00 Tools | |
1139682 | Play | Gonna Stick To You Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139681 | Play | Five Long Years | 00:00 Tools | |
1139687 | Play | Ponderosa Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
1139721 | Play | No Special Rider | 00:00 Tools | |
1139674 | Play | I'm Gonna Leave You Baby | 02:13 Tools | |
1139688 | Play | You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139690 | Play | Blues Stop Knockin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1139696 | Play | Nothing But The Devil | 00:00 Tools | |
86823959 | Play | The Sun Is Shining | 00:00 Tools | |
1139706 | Play | Strange Things Happen | 00:00 Tools | |
1139709 | Play | Hello mary lee | 00:00 Tools | |
1139692 | Play | Irene | 00:00 Tools | |
1139699 | Play | I'm a lover, not a fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
1139704 | Play | My Home Is A Prison | 00:00 Tools | |
1139689 | Play | I'm So Glad | 00:00 Tools | |
1139729 | Play | Whoa Now | 00:00 Tools | |
1139698 | Play | A Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
1139703 | Play | Lonesome Highway Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139691 | Play | Sugar Coates Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1139702 | Play | I need money | 00:00 Tools | |
1139707 | Play | Patrol Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139711 | Play | Through The Goodness Of My Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
1139697 | Play | You Better Listen | 00:00 Tools | |
1139733 | Play | I Love You, I Need You | 00:00 Tools | |
1139747 | Play | You Got Me Where You Want Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1139726 | Play | A Real Combination For Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1139693 | Play | Rooster Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139708 | Play | Late, Late In The Evening | 00:00 Tools | |
1139714 | Play | Bye, Bye Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139736 | Play | I'm So Tired | 00:00 Tools | |
1139779 | Play | Pondarosa Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
1139735 | Play | Because She's Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
1139700 | Play | Courtroom Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139694 | Play | Scratch My Back | 00:00 Tools | |
1139718 | Play | Blue Stop Knockin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1139712 | Play | Sugar Coated Love - Original vinyl version: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139710 | Play | Sugar Coated Love (Original vinyl version: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139776 | Play | Travelling Days - Original vinyl version: Take 3 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139716 | Play | Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain | 00:00 Tools | |
1139720 | Play | Patrol Wagon | 00:00 Tools | |
1139713 | Play | Ethel Mae | 00:00 Tools | |
1139719 | Play | Bright Lights Big City | 00:00 Tools | |
1139701 | Play | O.J. Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
1139727 | Play | When My First Wife Left Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1139722 | Play | Jambalaya | 00:00 Tools | |
1139745 | Play | The Sun Is Shinning | 00:00 Tools | |
1139782 | Play | St Louis Blues - Original vinyl version: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139751 | Play | Instrumental Alley Rock | 00:00 Tools | |
1139715 | Play | Paradise Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
1139738 | Play | The Same Thing Will Happen To You | 00:00 Tools | |
1139743 | Play | Blues Stop Knocking | 00:00 Tools | |
47432138 | Play | Travelling Days - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139734 | Play | Poor Boy Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139768 | Play | Out On The Road - Original vinyl version: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139760 | Play | Port Allen Jail | 00:00 Tools | |
1139732 | Play | Sugar-Coated Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1139775 | Play | Jail House Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
1139758 | Play | Can't Stand To See You Go - Original vinyl version: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139740 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' (Original vinyl version: Take 4) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139772 | Play | That's Alright | 00:00 Tools | |
1139739 | Play | Ain't Nothin' In This World | 00:00 Tools | |
1139750 | Play | If you don`t want me baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139741 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Original vinyl version: Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139762 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' - Original vinyl version: Take 4 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139749 | Play | Now It's Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1139724 | Play | Been Walking By Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
1139725 | Play | You Gonna Lose Your Head | 00:00 Tools | |
1139803 | Play | Sugar Coated Love (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139766 | Play | A Word About Women | 00:00 Tools | |
1139744 | Play | Sad Sad City | 00:00 Tools | |
1139786 | Play | Lester's Shuffle - Original vinyl version: Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139746 | Play | Nothing In This World | 00:00 Tools | |
1139761 | Play | Dream Club | 00:00 Tools | |
1139678 | Play | The Same Thing | 00:00 Tools | |
1139813 | Play | A Women | 00:00 Tools | |
1139717 | Play | If You Don't Want Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139851 | Play | You Better Listen To What I Said | 00:00 Tools | |
1139752 | Play | You Got Me Were You Want Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1139824 | Play | I’m A Lover Not A Fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
1139728 | Play | Think It Over One More Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1139770 | Play | Late In The Evening | 00:00 Tools | |
1139778 | Play | Bloodstains | 00:00 Tools | |
47432135 | Play | Nothin' But The Devil - Original vinyl version: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139842 | Play | Late Late In The Evening | 00:00 Tools | |
47432133 | Play | Ponderosa Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
47432131 | Play | My Home Is A Prision | 00:00 Tools | |
1139781 | Play | Think It Over | 00:00 Tools | |
1139791 | Play | Irene - Original vinyl version: Take 3 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139737 | Play | Travelling Days (Original vinyl version: Take 3) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432132 | Play | Blowin' A Rhumba - Original vinyl version: Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139801 | Play | Made Up My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
1139810 | Play | Sugar Coated Love - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
1139806 | Play | Out On The Road | 00:00 Tools | |
47432136 | Play | Hey Mattie - Original vinyl version: Take 4 | 00:00 Tools | |
47432134 | Play | That's All Right | 00:00 Tools | |
1139858 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139796 | Play | I'm Gonna Leave You, Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1139767 | Play | Travelling Days | 00:00 Tools | |
47432155 | Play | If You Think You've Lost Me | 00:00 Tools | |
47432139 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139742 | Play | Out On The Road (Original vinyl version: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139818 | Play | Lover Not A Fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
1139757 | Play | Irene (Original vinyl version: Take 3) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432137 | Play | I´m A Lover Not A Fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
1139755 | Play | St Louis Blues (Original vinyl version: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139756 | Play | Blowin' A Rhumba (Original vinyl version: Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432141 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Previously unreleased: Take 4 | 00:00 Tools | |
47432140 | Play | Travelling Days - Previously unreleased: Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139817 | Play | Honest I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
1139831 | Play | Blowin' A Rhumba - Previously unreleased: Take 3 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139753 | Play | Can't Stand To See You Go (Original vinyl version: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139771 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Original vinyl version: Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139780 | Play | Nothin' But The Devil | 00:00 Tools | |
47432143 | Play | Hey Mattie - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139847 | Play | Come On Home | 00:00 Tools | |
1139730 | Play | Travelling Days (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432144 | Play | Hey Mattie - Previously unreleased: Take 3 | 00:00 Tools | |
47432145 | Play | Lester's Shuffle - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
47432149 | Play | I Ain't Glad - Previously unreleased: Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139787 | Play | Can't Stand To See You Go | 00:00 Tools | |
1139792 | Play | Lester's Shuffle (Original vinyl version: Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139773 | Play | I Ain't Glad (Previously unreleased: Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432142 | Play | I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139795 | Play | Quit Foolin' Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
47432146 | Play | Blood Stains on the Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
1139764 | Play | Hey Mattie (Original vinyl version: Take 4) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139797 | Play | Starlight Diamond | 00:00 Tools | |
1139765 | Play | Nothin' But The Devil (Original vinyl version: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139748 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432153 | Play | Rockin' With Lester - Previously unreleased: Take 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
1139836 | Play | I'm Leavin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1139769 | Play | Travelling Days (Previously unreleased: Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139774 | Play | Hey Mattie (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139754 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139785 | Play | Lester's Shuffle (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139845 | Play | Hey Mattie | 00:00 Tools | |
47432147 | Play | Lester´s Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
47432151 | Play | You're Gonna Ruin Me, Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432169 | Play | Lester's Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
47432148 | Play | I Hear You Knockin´ | 00:00 Tools | |
1139811 | Play | Need Shorter Hours | 00:00 Tools | |
1139846 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen To You (Previously unreleased: Take 4) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139793 | Play | Rockin' With Lester (Previously unreleased: Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139827 | Play | Blowin' A Rhumba | 00:00 Tools | |
1139763 | Play | Hey Mattie (Previously unreleased: Take 3) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432157 | Play | I´m So Tired | 00:00 Tools | |
1139850 | Play | Sing Me Back Home | 00:00 Tools | |
47432150 | Play | Baby What You Want Me To Do | 00:00 Tools | |
1139821 | Play | Worried About A Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
1139789 | Play | Blowin' A Rhumba (Previously unreleased: Take 3) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432152 | Play | 10 - Through The Goodness Of | 00:00 Tools | |
1139856 | Play | St. Louis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1139823 | Play | im a lover not a fighter | 00:00 Tools | |
47432154 | Play | The Blues Don't Knocking | 00:00 Tools | |
47432156 | Play | Tell Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432165 | Play | The Call Me Lazy | 00:00 Tools | |
47432168 | Play | Same Thing Could Happen to You | 00:00 Tools | |
47432158 | Play | You´re Gonna Ruin Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432159 | Play | The Same Thing Could Happen to | 00:00 Tools | |
47432160 | Play | Sad City Blues [#] | 00:00 Tools | |
47432161 | Play | If You Think I´ve Lost You | 00:00 Tools | |
47432162 | Play | I´m So Glad | 00:00 Tools | |
47432170 | Play | Loving Around the Clock | 00:00 Tools | |
47432163 | Play | Drive It Home | 00:00 Tools | |
1139843 | Play | Black Snake | 00:00 Tools | |
47432164 | Play | OJ Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
47432171 | Play | Accoustic Jam | 00:00 Tools | |
47432166 | Play | Stop Cryin' Now | 00:00 Tools | |
1139790 | Play | Big Boss Man | 00:00 Tools | |
1139841 | Play | You Better Listen to What I Said [#] | 00:00 Tools | |
1139852 | Play | No More Walkin' Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
88922612 | Play | Bye, Bye Baby (Gonna Call It Gone) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432167 | Play | Blue Lester | 00:00 Tools | |
88922613 | Play | I'm So Glad (My Baby's Back Home) | 00:00 Tools | |
1139840 | Play | Easy Lovin' | 00:00 Tools | |
47432172 | Play | Strange Things Happen Everyday | 00:00 Tools | |
47432173 | Play | You Got Me Runnin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1139857 | Play | I'm Gonna Miss You | 00:00 Tools | |
47432177 | Play | I'm So Glad | 00:00 Tools | |
47432179 | Play | Gonna Stick It to You Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432178 | Play | Travelling Days (Take 3) | 00:00 Tools | |
86823961 | Play | They Call Me Lazy 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
47432180 | Play | Take It Easy Greasy | 00:00 Tools | |
86823960 | Play | My Baby's Back Home | 00:00 Tools | |
47432174 | Play | Accoutical Jam | 00:00 Tools | |
47432175 | Play | For You, Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432176 | Play | Down Every Road | 00:00 Tools | |
47432185 | Play | The Same thing Can Happen To You | 00:00 Tools | |
1139814 | Play | Walking Thru the Park | 00:00 Tools | |
88922614 | Play | You Better Listen (To What I Said) | 00:00 Tools | |
86823962 | Play | Bloodstains on the Wall (feat. Mark Hummel, Gary Smith, RJ Mischo, Jr. Watson, Steve Wolf, June Care, Charles Wheal & Kim Wilson) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432181 | Play | I'm Your Breadmaker Baby Lazy Lester | 00:00 Tools | |
47432189 | Play | Sugar Coated Love (Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432182 | Play | I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) Lazy Lester | 00:00 Tools | |
86823963 | Play | The Same Thimg Could Happen To You | 00:00 Tools | |
47432183 | Play | 26 - The Same Thing Could Hap | 00:00 Tools | |
47432184 | Play | Your Cheatin' Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
47432186 | Play | Why Do You Love Me | 00:00 Tools | |
47432187 | Play | 03 I'm your breadmaker baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47432190 | Play | You Better Listen to What I Say | 00:00 Tools | |
88922615 | Play | Lester's Shuffle (Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432188 | Play | 02 I love you baby | 00:00 Tools | |
88922616 | Play | Keyhole In Your Door | 00:00 Tools | |
88922617 | Play | I Ain't Glad (Take 2) | 00:00 Tools | |
88922618 | Play | Can't Stand To See You Go (Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
88922619 | Play | I Hear You Knockin' (Take 4) | 00:00 Tools | |
88922620 | Play | Out On The Road (Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
88922621 | Play | Hey Mattie (Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
88922622 | Play | Rockin' With Lester (take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
47432191 | Play | 24 - Strange Things Happen.mp | 00:00 Tools | |
47432192 | Play | 10 No special rider | 00:00 Tools | |
47432193 | Play | 06 - Patrol Wagon - 1979 - Poor Boy Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47432194 | Play | 23 - You're Gonna Ruin Me Bab | 00:00 Tools | |
88922623 | Play | Bye Bye Baby, Gonna Call it Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
47432195 | Play | Darling Remember What You Say | 00:00 Tools | |
88922624 | Play | Young Love | 00:00 Tools |
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.